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Originally Posted by jbdlfan
.... Why spend more money on something that is already working and effective? Why not spend the money elsewhere to try and generate a new stream of income??? Answer is.......
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That was my feeling as well. It would make more sense if you really want to promote tourism, to come up with new and innovative ideas to fund.
It doesn't make any sense at all to fund entertainment at the Villages, from a tourism point of view. People come to The Villages to live or rent, regardless of whether or not there is entertainment. And especially during snowbird season, you get a lot of snowbirds from other nearby retirement communities like Spruce Creek, that frequent the Squares for the free entertainment. Again, they are not tourists - they live or rent in the county already.
Makes you wonder why the legislators are so keen to fund this. I don't really know the political makeup of the local legislators. Could it be they are Republicans who have been on the receiving end of Morse's big donations to the Republican party?