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Old 10-05-2019, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
In my opinion the POA has always seemed negative toward The Villages. I have always wondered who and what is the driving force.
The driving force is a sense of reality.

I cannot honestly see how you can defend what the Developer is doing here. Do you really understand it? Take a drive outside The Villages and look at some of the poverty there. You think these people won't feel the impact of the tax increase????

I can afford to pay a few hundred dollars a year extra in taxes. I gather that you can as well, but there are plenty of people inside and outside The Villages who cannot. Have you no compassion for them?

In fact, I personally wouldn't mind paying a few hundred dollars extra if the money went to teachers, firefighters, and cops. But that is not where it is going. It is going into the Developer's pocket, thanks to his toadies on the County Commission.

Last edited by Advogado; 10-05-2019 at 01:39 PM.