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Originally Posted by shermark
Unbelievable that some of you are directing your anger at Lauren Ritchie. Your anger ought to be directed at Gary Morse for this debacle. I find it impossible to believe that he was totally unaware of the IRS rules regarding tax exempt bonds. If he is retaining this California law firm who are experts in tax exempt bond laws, they either gave him lousy advice or they counselled him correctly and he chose to ignore the rules. Then your anger should also be directed at the fact that the property appraisers must be an independant group, but did that happen? No it did not. Do you think maybe they appraised your property too high. These appraisers were hand picked by Gary Morse. That's another law broken. And you should be really ticked off to the fact that you have absolutely no say so in this. You Villagers are the ones who are footing the bill for all these amenities and half of that pays off these bonds and you have no representation ?? In todays political climate, the way to handle controversy is to attack the messenger and not the real issues. Attacking Lauren Ritchie and the IRS agent is a waste of your time and blood pressure. If I were you, I would get together with the POA and some savvy attorneys who live in TV and I would start showing up at Gary Morses office and demand some answers. You are talking about your hard earned money here and the expenses you have paid to live there. If this is not resolved in your favor, I can see some residents on fixed incomes having to move because they can no longer afford to live there. I would hope this case is not dragged out in court and that it is resolved quickly. Some of you want this to play out over months and months. Do you want to wake up every morning over a long period of time not knowing what is going to happen with this mess ? Uncertainty can be very stressful. So stop ignoring the real issues here and going after Ms. Ritchie. Direct your anger at Gary Morse. He is the one who is going to have to answer for this situation he has gotten you into. After all, he's running the boat.
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You say "You villagers" & "if I were you"
I take it you are not a Villager.....where is your dog in this fight?