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Originally Posted by Dynasty
Are you suggesting that the guest gets free golf? Would they also be covered under my trail fees? If so can I trade my wife's resident ID for one of these special guest deals? Sure would be nice to be able to play free golf with my buddies outside of TV. The greens fees are a killer on the executive courses. We find it is cheaper to play championship or outside TV. I would support this cause under these conditions.
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Here is the original petition from the begining of this thread:
To: Ms. Janet Tutt, Director VCCDD
Single residents in The Villages pay the same amenity fee every month that married couples pay, yet they are not allowed to bring a friend into The Villages to enjoy dances, swim in the pool, and play other games, golf, etc. unless they live outside the tri-county area. Specifically, we ask that single resident households be allowed the same opportunity to enjoy all the things that The Villages lifestyle has to offer married couples. We believe this is the only fair thing to do since single residents pay the same amenity fee as a married couple.
Proposed for consideration:
We the undersigned, call upon you to pass an amendment to the bylaws to allow a single resident household the same privileges that married couples have. Each single resident household shall have a special guest pass that is linked to the resident’s Identification such that the guest shall be in the company or presence of the resident at all times in order to use it. The guest pass shall be electronically linked to the resident’s bar code. This would ensure that the guest pass could not be given to someone outside The Villages for use by anyone unaccompanied by the resident. Our sense is that this is what the representatives are concerned about and we believe this addresses that concern.
As I understand it this is to address the inequity that, the limits on local people visiting the villages causes for singles in their social life. But it would seem to me that if a person who owns two properties can transfer the rights to golf for his rental to two people renting his second place then a single should be able to have permanent guest pass linked to their own with the requirement that they accompany the guest.
I haven't bought yet so it really is none of my business. I was just commenting that it didn't seem equitable. I would also bet that if most of those affected were men instead of women the petition would have been adopted.