This is just one example of how things have negatively changed. I think you will find the "quality of life", within the Villages has changed for the worse and will continue. Not only due to size but the age of our community is getting much younger. Cars are driving faster and there is less respect for the peace and quiet we all thought we were getting.
If you live north of 466 when was the last time you saw a golf cart driver or automobile driver actually get a speeding ticket. Used to be residents feared a ticket for speeding especially in their golf cart. I have paced golf carts on Rio Grande Ave and Morse Blvd going at least 30 MPH more than I care to remember.
So, yes the Developer is part of the problem with not keeping promises made - but with only select enforcement of any rules this is what we get. The Developer does whatever he wants and his puppets in office rubber stamp the process.
If anyone still believes the taxpayers of Sumter County did not get a 25% tax increase last year I have a bridge for sale. All it took was willing commissioners to keep impact fees extremely low and pass on the Developer's cost, that should have been paid in impact fees, to the taxpayers of Sumter County.
My suggestion to the new Sumter County Commissioners, raise impact fees to cover the full cost of the 170 million bond issue and have the Developer pay it on every one of the 60,000 new houses he sells at about $2,800/per house. What a message that would send to all of us.
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