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Originally Posted by redwitch
If there hadn't been the sharing issue, I'm sure the Morses could have easily found another venue. I do not think the loss of the high school field was due to the Morses. That was the school's decision because of work on the field. However, I think the Polo Fields could have easily accommdated Relay for Life.
I don't like the facts that (1) Moffitt coming to TV was an after-thought (Moffitt announced it was coming to Leesburg and someone decided we should have one on campus; (2) that any chairty held in TV has to share its proceeds with Moffitt; (3) the duplicitousness of "donating" the land and building when the reality is anything but a donation; (4) that TV is losing Relay for Life because of the selfishness and greed of the developer; (5) that IF donation goals are not met, the funds will be taken out of the Brownwood hospital, which is truly needed.
To accuse Russ of being a shill for the hospital in any way, shape or form is beyond the pale. He's been a caring member of TOTV for a long, long time. He loves TV. He happens to have opinions about the TV Moffitt Center that I don't agree with, but that doesn't make him any less of a person or a valued member of this forum any more than it does me. As he has said repeatedly, you can choose to contibute or not. He has chosen to contribute. I have chosen to not contribute.
And I really, really wish I had seen The Shadow's post. My curiosity is killing me!
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Me too Red! And I agree with you about Russ Boston.
I think in five years, when this has passed, and Moffitt Center is built and the Relay for Life is here again, and none of us will know any more about what the Morse family are really, really like.
We will continue to speculate about this family who has built this lovely place and gotten rich off of it.
Some of us won't like them at all, and some of us won't care, and some people will marvel at their business acumen....But
we (us lucky villagers) will be here enjoying this place...I hope.