This agreement is between Sumter County and The Villages (the contractor). There is no mention of some third party that has purchased the entertainment. Now perhaps the Villages has made an arrangement by which the third party coordinates all the entertainment, but if TV didn't own this, they could not enter into an agreement with the county for this grant.
Also, to the suggestion that this grant will somehow lower your taxes. If you believe that, I have some swamp land I'd like to sell you.
There is no way you will find your assessments from the Villages going down over something this tiny in the budget. AND since you're a tax payer in Sumter County (if you are) then your taxes will actually go up to help pay for this, along with the few other people living in the county, but not TV.
Do I think this is a bad thing? No. Clearly a huge number of people enjoy this service, and it seems in large part to help create the lifestyle that is TV. Probably not something I'm going to use very often, but still pretty cool. This should help spread the cost around which will make it more likely to last, but the only money savings will be for the developer who will now have help paying for it.
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