[jbdlfan]

Well this will bring down the Hellfire and brimstone, but I must take issue with the statement from "the Boss." After reading this post yesterday, I felt compelled to call my son to verify this information. He was the general manager of a local establishment at Spanish Springs. He worked at the same place for six years and moved his way up through the business. It had changed hands but he was not only retained but given leadership duties. I asked him if there was any monies given to The Villages as a result of sales. He said that indeed, once they reached a sales "goal", a percentage of sales after that benchmark were paid back to The Villages. His particular company had a $500,000 benchmark. They generally met that by April each year. This would put considerable strain on the finances through the summer.
Now, the question he couldn't answer was "who" actual was the entity that received the funds. It may well not be the Sales and Leasing group, but it was a Villages company. He went on to say that the local businesses at SS and LS have bonded together the last few years to form, in his words, "a type of union" in order to deal with The Villages. They use a collective voice to get the deserved attention to any particular matter.