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02-12-2020, 02:45 PM
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Sage
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Originally Posted by Advogado
This post absolutely misses the point.
The Developer is responsible for the need for the new roads and should be paying for them through an increase in his sweetheart impact fee. He should also be paying for other infrastructure (like libraries, fire, and police stations, related equipment) the way he would say in Collier County, where he would be paying $20,000/house or more than 20 times more than he pays here.
Who makes up for the lost impact-fee revenue? You, I, and the other Sumter County taxpayers do. In reality, the tax increase is going into the Developer's pocket, right beside his County Commissioners.
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To paraphrase "The Wizard of Oz", You're not in Collier County any more 
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