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Originally Posted by dewilson58
As a Developer, developers try to maximize tax benefits and incentives while minimizing costs to develop a piece of land. This is Developer 101. It's not greed, it's business. If a city or county "gives too much away" (in the eyes of taxpayers), it's not a develop issue. The developer did a great job.
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I understand your point, the only problem with your argument is that in a typical city or county the municipality is not buried so deeply in the developers pockets. In this case, many homeowners attempted to engaged in the "process", only to quickly learn the process was nothing more than and procedural scam and that the developers wishes were a pre-determined done deal. The 25% tax increase, in lieu of adequate impact fees, (which was voted on unanimously despite strong taxpayer opposition) is proof that the developer runs Sumter county. Our so called representatives are nothing more than proxies of the developer. That's not how things are supposed to work in a functional municipality. All I can say to our so called representatives is, are you familiar with what conflict of interest is?