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Originally Posted by charlie1
Now that the election is over, I have to say that I am done supporting or being a member of the POA with its current leadership. I am done with them endorsing candidates with only one platform – “Blame the developer”. I am done with them accusing people of being “paid off” by the developer. The POA has become a political organization that is taking an adversarial role with the developer. They are in a war with the developer! Really not sure what else they do at this point! I do not agree with this approach. I believe that the POA should be working in conjunction and together with ANY organization regarding improvements wanted by the majority of the residents. They are not my voice anymore! I have found conversations gets results. I have found willingness to compromise and agreeing to smaller steps will open doors to continued discussions. This is how you help both parties feel good about change and get to mutual agreement. I also have found that demanding never works. It slams the door shut and nothing constructive ever gets accomplished!
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I guess you missed it when the Developer's Sumter County Commission raised property taxes 25% in order to eliminate the Developer's impact fees for building new homes. What happened as a result of that was two years ago we threw out three of Developer-backed Commissioners and this year got rid of the other two. One decided to pass on a new term and Gilpin was beaten at the polls. Mission accomplished!