[gadaboutgal]

Originally Posted by nitehawk

If it is not a gated community --- then remove the dumb gates (thay get repaired once a week) Put up a Sign that you license plate is being recorded and a picture will be take if you proceed - if you do not agree --- "Do not proceed" Do you feel safer with the gated that open when you press a button Dumb Dumb--- just the traffic by Baily and the entrance to Lynhaven is reason enough to remove the gates ---- They do not stop anyone with evil on their minds ---- They only stop the visitor who is lost !!!!! If you are a visitor and need help - so you push the button --- what happens ---- The gate opens -- Dumb

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I so agree. I've lived here 12 years and have always thought the gates needed to be removed. People want them for "traffic control"? That's pretty pricey- why not just throw down a few speed bumps throughout The Villages!! --who pays for the maintenance of the gates; who pays the salary of the Gate Box people?--Public roads should be maintained by the government, and if this is the case in Sumter County, then why should the whole county pay for just having gates in one community-let's install then on every road throughout the county? And if we in The Villages are paying for the Box People and the gates-why are we permitted/required to do this on a county/public road? They need to remove the worthless gates--Nuff Said, Rant Over.