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Originally Posted by mickey100
Thanks. But you forgot about the part where they will accuse me of being jealous of the Developer or any other business person. To be precise, though, even some of the things that were mentioned that the poster assumed were "charitable" by the developer, some were not so. For example, when a development such as The Villages affects the road system, (adding 10,000/year to the driving population on the roads qualifies), a permit is required by the State or County, depending on which roads are affected, to mitigate such effects. Any improvements made to Route 301 would fall into that category - required by law in other words.
I realize that there are a certain number of posters who have their heads in the sand and foolishly think the Developer is some sort of benign king with our best interests at heart. "Don't worry, be happy, just turn off your brain" is their mantra. Some of us tend to be a little more cautious. Had the Developer been so altruistic, we never would have needed a class action lawsuit. The folks back then would have pointed out (and actually they did request but were denied) what was needed, that the funds hadn't been set aside for maintenance, and the Developer would have kicked in with a mea culpa, and everything would have been wonderful. But that didn't happen. He didn't voluntarily put up the funds that were allegedly misappropriated, he had to be prodded into it with a lawsuit. And that says something to me. Like I said, just being cautious.
Anyways, I am grateful for the POA and all they have done and continue to do for the residents.
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Although they are residents of this community, I am unaware of any philanthropic actions on the part of the Developer family to benefit their community. I realize that they are under no obligation to contribute to local charitable or civic causes and they may be really nice people, but let's not view the Morse family as candidates for canonization.
They do have tremendous business acumen and have showed absolute genius in building a wonderful place for retirees to my live. From time to time, however, the Developer has tried to improperly profit at the expense of the Villagers. In those instances, the POA has stepped in on behalf of Villagers and rectified, or attempted to rectify, the situation.
BTW, it continues to amuse me that some posters here continue to attack the class-action lawsuit. Not one of these attackers, however, has returned his or her share of the settlement proceeds to the Developer.