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Originally Posted by Advogado
We seem to have strayed here. The subject is not whether or not StevieZ is a pontificator, whether or not The Villages is a playground or merely a great place to live, or whether Lauren Ritchie is a columnist or a reporter or neither. The subject is the very serious question of the impact of an IRS victory on the future of The Villages.
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Pontificator that I may be.....
Until the matter is settled between the Government (IRS) and TVCCD, it's all conjecture. "Impact" won't be known until quantification has been settled, and that seems very much a matter of negotiation.
It's rare that any party puts their "best and final" position as their first and public position. It's usually the starting point, and then the negotiators work from each's starting point, rarely meeting in the middle. So, until the negotiations are complete, or, if stale-mated, the matter is litigated through all the appropriate judicial levels, it's a guessing game for the rest of us.
Would I like to see conclusion of the matter? Yep! However, trying to guess the outcome based on the public record is trying to claim that some algorithm can be applied to everything (including unspoken negotiation positions and other factors which can come into play during private talks) which can spit out an answer. That algorithm doesn't exist.
So much for this pontification....