
12-07-2012, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by mickey100
I agree with you. I think any of us could look and find an activity that is funded by The Villages that is something we're not interested in, but we know a number of people that bought homes here in part because of that activity. Softball fields for example. Polo. The Villages Woodshop. Bowling Alleys. Add Parades to that list. The majority of the people here may not want parades, but a big percentage do (if the unscientific poll is to be believed). The same way the majority of people don't play softball but a large percentage do, and so on. The lure of this place was it had a little something for everybody, or so it was advertised.
And it is misleading if not unethical to advertise certain amenities, allow people to purchase homes based on the promise that the amenity will be provided, then discontinue the amenity.
But we need to keep the past in mind and learn from it. We've learned in the past that the Morses have an unethical side to them as evidenced by the class action lawsuit that Villagers filed a few years back that said monthly amenity fees paid by every homeowner had been misused by the developer . They at first tried to settle out of court and got nowhere. Luckily for us they went to court, and the lawsuit resulted in $40 million to replenish maintenance accounts to to cover repairs and maintenance to facilities.
And how about the latest business regarding improper refunds of bond payoffs. Can we really trust the developer?
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