[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Advogado

To address your points and questions:

Why no rainy day fund for the infrastructure? It is not raining. Instead, the Developer is massively expanding The Villages, which will earn him billions but will necessitate a massive infrastructure expansion. Impact fees, not rainy day funds (which are taxpayer dollars) should be used to pay for such infrastructure expansion.

Yes, the present impact-fee schedule (which gave the Developer a sweetheart rate of $901 versus $2,600 for ordinary builders) was adopted in 2015—i.e., before the massive expansion of The Villages was on the table. But it was supposed to be revised at least every 5 years. It was NOT revised when the Developer announced his massive expansion. Instead our taxes were increased. Why was this done? I think that the answer is obvious.

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Will I be a candidate for the Board of County Commissioners? No. I am too old and don't know enough about local politics. My only objective is to see Commissioners elected who are honest, competent, and independent of the Developer.

The Village of Fenny [and the need for all of its infrastructure] was announced way before its first phase opening in June of 2017 - impact fee was $901 at that time and was not to be revised at that time according to your allegation...which would not be until 2020. So that expansion was announced and begun well before your idea of "massive expansion" - no? And your taxes didn't increase then - or for so very many years up to that point! Maybe the impact fee will increase according to your alleged schedule in 2020.


One is never too old to run for office to serve the people in an honest/competent fashion! Based on my assessment of your post, you seem to think you know quite a but about local politics!