Hello once again, Villagers.
I wanted to let everyone on the TOTV forum know that the actual documents from both attorneys representing The Villages in the bond dispute are posted with my column.
Just go to the link at the top of this thread and click it. It brings up the first column, which ran on Sunday. Just below my picture in the column is a headline that says "Related Links". They are two separate PDF files (so you'll need Adobe Reader) that can be downloaded or simply viewed. They are letters from Perry Israel, the Villages' tax lawyer in California, and from Archie Lowry, the Mount Dora attorney who is the lawyer for the Village Center district.
Also, my column that will publish in the paper this coming Wednesday already is posted on the site at this link:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...4758757.column
You can copy and paste it into your browser or simply go to
www.orlandosentinel.com/lake and scroll down to my picture.
Also, I'd like to invite everyone to check out my new blog. It's at
www.orlandosentinel.com/laurenonlake In the next day or two, I hope to post something on the bond situation and to invite your comments.
I'm happy to see that folks in the Villages are watching this issue because I honestly believe it could have an impact on them in the long run.
To SteveZ: you gotta let it go, man. Not everyone is jealous of the Villages. If you enjoy the lifestyle, then it's heaven. But it's not for everybody. You can try to turn the discussion away from Villages actions and bonds with an accusation of jealousy, but most people on this forum simply are trying to inform themselves about an important issue and to discuss it intelligently with others. Surely you must realize that the nation's bond publications all are writing about this. I am far from the lone "jealous" voice.
And I don't know where you think I live, but you apparently have incorrectly assumed it is Orlando, for the second time. To clear the record: I live in Lake County just like many Villagers, and I have lived here 29 years. That's why I am so passionate about things that affect this county and its residents. I own a home in the Lake Jem area which I built a few years ago and which you can verify by going to the property appraiser's website online and typing in my name. It's a public record, as are deed recordings in the clerk's online service that will confirm for you that I have owned homes continuously in Lake County since I bought my first one in 1981. I hope that clears up any confusion you may harbor that I am some far-flung columnist commenting on something she has no stake in.