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Originally Posted by ScottFenstermaker
You are absolutely correct.
FYI: Compared to Collier County, the value of Hage's legislation to the Developer is over a billion dollars (at the expense of current residents). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQiReUkH_V4
One of the few good developments regarding this issue is that every Developer-puppet County Commissioner who voted for the 2019 county tax increase to preserve the Developer's sweetheart impact fee has now been tossed out of office-- as has State Representative Hage, who got almost a million dollars from the Developer after sponsoring the legislation tailored to protect the Developer's sweetheart impact fee. |
You write as if the business of development of The Villages was a negative thing. It isn't. It is a wonderfully well run and safe place and unlike anything on this earth. I don't think anyone is so naive that they don't know that having powerful friends that can help your business is desirable. There is a huge industry based on favors and getting them. That is reality. Business owners make money. The only entity that I know of that wastes and loses money on a regular basis is in power now.