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Old 03-14-2021, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by diva1 View Post
You obviously do not know the history on this issue. The old 'Gang of Five' owned by the Developer put the screws to taxpayers a couple years ago with a 25% property tax increase while simultaneously lowering the Developer's impact fees significantly. Thus the POd people threw out the 3 of them up for reelection last November. Now the Developer wants to take local issues away from the oversight of local people and vest it in the hands of the state of FL where they have more control. If their Bills are passed they would go into effect July 1. This is not a good thing and our Commissioners need to be proactive before then. The Republicans don't like big government interference...until they do!
That is interesting and sounds accurate.

The Villages is the developers' grand scheme and they should not just avoid keeping things fair after they have made a great deal of money from the venture. Firemen and the like need to be well financed as well as do the roads.