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Originally Posted by Normal
Not everyone pays city taxes. We pay Wildwood a hefty 1,300 a year. I’m wondering if the loophole for the Villages north of 44 in Sumter County will be covered? There is a huge lapse for taxes in that area. The potential could do a lot for the county as a whole.
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Some Villages north of 44 are in the City of Fruitland Park, some are in the City of Lady Lake. Some future areas will be in the City of Leesburg.
There are not and will not be any change in status for the unincorporated areas in Sumter County. To do that would require a petition from the landowners. I can't imagine anyone would volunteer to pay more taxes.
Wildwood government used to be anti- Villages. That's why the
Trailwinds and Beaumont areas were not developed into new Villages. After that proposal was turned down by Wildwood, suddenly they changed their attitude and started to welcome the Developer. I remember a newspaper article that quoted a Wildwood commissioner gleefully saying that lots of money would come into their budget and all they had to do was slit open the envelopes.