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Originally Posted by njbchbum
how do you understand that - from personal fact or the tales that have been transcribed here? didja know that there are no golf cart trails in orange blossom, country club hills and silver lake villages - only public roads?
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Well,there is the cart path that has been under discussion and there is the cart path that runs from Paradise Road through the dog park and up to the golf cart bridge. There is also a golf cart path from Tarrson Dr to the post office area and the Circle K and the old town square. There is also a cart path that runs from Turnberry into the Silver Lake Rec Center parking lot. Then there is the path that runs from LaGRande Blvd along 27/441 past Paradise Lake and to the dog park. Those are the ones I can remember. There might be more.
I think what Gottschalk might be referring to is outsiders sneaking onto the executive golf courses after hours, and using the pools and possibly attending lifestyle club meetings in the rec centers. I've also seen some strangers in some of the rec center pool rooms. They might be guests but again, who knows. There is no one to check ID's at the Silver Lake Rec Center. The golf course starter building are closed at 7:00 and in the summer there is still almost two hours of daylight, plenty of time to get in 9 holes of par 3 golf.
Checking of IDs at the pools and rec centers is sporadic at best. For a little while everyone was being asked for IDs but I have been to some activities where I haven't had to show and ID in months. There has been a rumor that some people that attend some clubs are not residents. I don't want to get specific, but I belong to a club where a person was asked to leave because after attending for a long time, it was discovered that he was not a resident. I also know of another person that was attending a club and moved out of the Villages. He continued attending the club until it was discovered that he no longer lived here.
I'm sure that this is not a widespread problem and I honestly don't care if a few insiders get in and use some of the facilities as long as they are in interfering with the residents use of those facilities.
And the point that these people can come by car is well taken. But shutting down the Paradise Rd golf car gate will it less convenient and it should virtually eliminate people sneaking onto the golf course after hours.