[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by Laker14

But since you don't own a cart, or use a cart, you, of course, see no benefit in the gates. Most residents of TV do use golf carts, and use them a lot. So those of us who do use golf carts a lot see everyday the value of having a gate arm come down and stop traffic in order to let at least one car across. During busy times, the carts would be backed up a long way waiting for a natural break in the stream of traffic. That's a fact.
I'm not "second guessing " you. I'm telling you you are just plain wrong in saying they don't help.

As far as the expense, using Two Plane Kid's numbers from the District site, of $3Million/year, and dividing it by the estimated 130,000 people who live in TV, that comes to about $23/year per person, or $46 per household.

Most of us are more than happy to pay that amount in order to have the cart traffic moving along, and don't mind the moment of inconvenience it causes us when we are in our cars.

You ARE second-guessing me! I did own a golf cart for quite a while and subsequently, chose to sell it. I have never seen the benefit of the gates and I truly believe those who think they are terrific are a product of Morse's brainwashing and giving residents a false sense of security as to their benefit.

Yes, the gates do stop traffic momentarily but when there is another car directly behind that one, there is still not enough time for a golf cart to safely cross the entrance to a village. They still have to wait!

Your breaking the cost down to $23.00 per year, per person is laughingly ridiculous and probably not very accurate, but what difference does it make???