Lots of questions - some answers depend on your likes and dislikes. Here goes a shot at most of them:
1. Say what you want (within bounds for polite society) as this site is not run by TV in any shape, form or fashion.
2. Someone said the Nuts N Bolts Section - good suggestion. Costs are very dependent on what you want/do/subscribe to. Every house built in TV had a bond. The newer the house, the bigger the bond. Sometimes a selling point for a pre-owned home is that the bond has been paid off. Bond is not a part of the purchase price. Make sure you understand the bond balance on any home you plan to purchase, payoff methods, etc. Sometimes (not very often) this can be a deal maker or breaker.
3. Really depends on what you do. The Amenity Fee is the $135/mo you mentioned. Yes, you get "free" golf included with that ON SOME GOLF COURSES AND IF YOU WALK THE COURSE. Trail fees for a gold cart are extra as are greens fees for the "better" courses. Join some groups or clubs, they may have a membership fee. Want to take some classes at the Life Long Learning Center, there is a cost. Some people have complained that they feel "nickled and dimed" to death with small fees, charges, etc. nearly every time they want to do something. I guess that depends on your perspective.
4. Relations with all three country (Lake, Marion and Sumter) governments are generally pretty good as they are with the two towns involved (Lady Lake and Wildwood). The vast majority of TV (and the voters) are in Sumter County. Sumter County maintains a "government annex" in TV where you can do most anything government thing (tags, taxes, register to vote, pay traffic tickets, get a homestead exemption, etc). Marion and Lake have those facilities nearby but not necessarily in TV. Unless you have some special reason to live in a certain county, don't be too concerned with it. Most of Lake County/Lady Lake is the older section of TV (sometimes called the "Historical District"). The Marion County portion is on the north side of TV around the Nancy Lopez Golf Courses. The rest is Sumter County.
5. Yes.
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