Folloing is an e-mail sent to the Daily Sun EDitor on Novemeber 22, 2011. To date no response or mention in the newspaper.
Dear Editor
As it appears the number of accidents in The Villages involving golf carts has been increasing as the population grows, may I suggest that you do in investigative report on this matter? I have noticed lately that some accidents never get reported in the Daily Sun. Have we become complacent or is this matter no longer newsworthy?
I believe that your reporters should be able to obtain enough factual data from local law enforcement to enable The Daily Sun to run one or more articles on this subject. I would suggest a look back over the last 12 months to allow you to present information on the increasing number of accidents, and if there were injuries involving ambulance transport or, Medevac to a Trauma Facility. If you report on this data and also show the locations where most accidents have occurred, you would do all the residents a great service and hopefully enlighten them to be more cautious when driving their carts on public roads and their autos where they share the road with golf carts.
I look forward to your reply or reading about it in The Daily Sun.
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