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Old 10-03-2019, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazuela View Post
Actually, no they won't. There are roads in Sumter County that are NOT Villages roads, that have been sorely in need of repaving for years, and have been ignored and neglected. Meanwhile, Sumter tax dollars pay for the roads that exist because the Villages exist, to be repaired and repaved, for traffic studies and tweaks on the areas of the main state roads that lead into and out of the Villages.

SOME of the taxes actually pay for "the entire county." But most do not.
So property taxes in Sumter County don't pay for more than roads and projects in the Villages?
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