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Old 11-04-2013, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rubicon View Post
There are complaints that the police were not showing up to patrol the Square.

There are complaints that when the police do show up at the Square they won't act.

There are complaints about teen agers running wild at the Square

There are complaints that cops over react and arrest people for sitting in their golf carts and drinking at the Square.

There are complaints that the wrong kind of people are frequenting the Square.

There are complaints that people bring their dogs to the Square.

There are complaints about people bringing snakes to the Square

There are complaints about complaints about the Square.

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Well, most of the complaints you list are related to opinions.

Unfortunately, the one about the police arresting people for sitting in their golf carts and drinking at the Square is about a law. It is the "open container law" that prohibits having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle even if it is parked.

I don't agree with the law in the context of our peculiar situation in The Villages, and suspect that some of the police called upon to enforce it don't either, but they are sworn to enforce the law.