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Old 11-30-2009, 08:13 AM
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Imagine my confusion. The streets in the Villages are "PUBLIC" streets. Payed for by MY tax dollars. (Yours too) Under what rule of divinity does the Villages have the right to dictate who parks on public streets?

This is the exact issue that causes The Villages to NOT be a gated community. The streets are public, therefore you cannot restrict access to them.

Only a rule making body of a political subdivion (City, County, Town, Village) can make rules governing use of PUBLIC streets. (with the exception of freedom to congregate and speak and a few others).

If my daughter and son in law visit us, and they park on the street in front of my house (or my neighbors house) on a public street, what can The Villages do? They have no authority.

Even if YOU park on the public street, what on earth can they do to you?