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Originally Posted by marlinguy
Just as a reminder as I often forget myself, The TDC, (Tourist Development Committee of Sumter County) funds the entertainment at the squares. Sumter County tax $$$! Frankly, if I were a Sumter County resident living in places like Bushnell, etc I would be incensed that I was paying for Rocky and the Rollers, Uncle Bob's Rock Shop, Scooter etc to perform for US here. So, unless we Villagers want to take over the funding for the entertainment, those "outsiders" should have as much fun as we do watching the performers.
Thanks
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Originally Posted by mulligan
They do !! And the funding does NOT come from property tax money, it comes from tourist tax money (short term rental tax). I would say there are probably more short term rentals in TV than in Bushnell.
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Actually, I never mentioned that I think that non-villagers should stay away from the squares, just that it seems more and more that the people who attent the functions are not from TV. I would just as soon they stop having the functions at the squares in the evening, but can agree that some people seem to enjoy them. And if the funding is also provided by other areas , maybe it shouldn't be held here, but in a more neutral area.
But, I still contend that there is a significant number (and no, I don't have numbers) of people from outside the Villages who are using areas in TV that are not entitled to use, ie: the pools, golf courses after the starters leave, and even water classes. I have seen huge groups of people get out of vans and play shuffleball or bocce ball-people from middle aged adults to young kids-no grandparenty types around. And just with some human nature, if some one "gets by" with doing something, they tell others, and soon it multiplies. And so many thing have changed in the past 5 years-things that never seemed to be problems before, some how have become problems. Life changes and I doubt there is anyone who won't agree that people feel much more "entitled" to whatever they want whether they pay for it or not. Again, I know that there are those who won't agree, and will continue to deny that TV has changed, and we all need to be pro-active to try to keep it the same wonderful place we moved too.