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Originally Posted by skip0358

I'm not sticking up for anyone. Maybe the Moorse Family didn't put the wall up, so IF he didn't put it up he can't take it down or comment on it. Why don't you try and contact Gary Lester he seems to be the go to guy !!

Skip... this is the first mention of Lester... was surprised that it had not come up before.

Dr Gary Lester, VP of Community Relations for The Villages... the main PR guy. If ever there was a need for a PR man...they need one now.

BK... anyone been in contact with Lester?

I have been a long time supporter of the developer for the wonderful community he has built and the rewards he has reaped for the risks he took. I believed in the 'benevolent dictatorship' since things have always run smoothly and kept getting better. Not so sure about the benevolent part now. Either he didn't know how many people would be impacted or just didn't care. If the latter, that's just sad. If the former, a good PR man can smooth things over and return the path to operation.

Whether it was a business/liability decision or just a feud with a rival landowner, an explanation before taking action would have headed off most of this controversy.

For the record, I live south of LSL but we both have doctors in the medical plaza adjacent to TV and on the other side of Lowes and probably used the "hole in the wall" 10-15 times a year. With 1 car, 2 carts this will be an inconvenience for us. For some folks, it is a game changer. We are all Villagers and should have empathy for those most directly affected.

I hope this is resolved quickly and things are restored back to what was with face saved all the way around.

Very poorly handled and might make the commissioners in Fruitland Park think twice about wanting to invite TV development into their city limits...they will have effectively ceded future control of their town to TV's developers.

I'm not too proud of Gary and Mark Morse right now.