[Number 6]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I don't believe that the residents own the golf cart path in question. I believe that it is owned by the developer. If it harms him to have outsiders coming through it, he certainly has the right to do something about it.
When it was shown how many people would be adversely affected by that closing something was done about it.
As far as I can see both the interests of the developer and the residents have been looked out for here.

People are going on about how we're not allowed to vote on anything here and technically that is true. But the vote that we do have is the choice to live here or not. It is in the developers interest to keep the residents happy. It is in his interest to present the best product that he can for the money so that he can continue to sell his product and get top dollar for it.

Over 100,000 people have made the choice to live here and thats speaks volumes about the place. If everyone was so unhappy and began leaving in droves, the developer would have a lot of difficulty selling new homes and home values would decline. I don't believe that either of those two things are happening.

You see how quick they were to respond when people became upset about this cart path. They don't want anything sullying the reputation of The Villages. That is also how we vote. It may not be in the traditional sense, but it is a vote of sorts.

I came here because I had a friend who lived here and raved about the place. I came for a visit and bought a house immediately. How many others do you thing first came here because of word of mouth? It is important for the developer to keep us raving about the place.

Well said.