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A fight over golf-cart access to The Villages is brewing and once again landowner Ron Brown is playing a leading role.

Brown owns property back by Lowe’s and lives on property near Bowersox Drive on the Historic Side of The Villages. Although Brown does not live in The Villages, he apparently wants access to The Villages.

In the summer of 2013, Habor Chase assisted living facility was being built on property Brown had sold. When Harbor Chase began touting itself as being golf cart accessible, a wall suddenly and mysteriously went up near Paradise Drive blocking golf cart access to non-Villagers. That wall was eventually taken down and replaced with a card-access gate.

A special Lady Lake Commission meeting on Brown’s latest legal maneuvering is set for 9 a.m. Thursday at Lady Lake Town Hall.

The issue was called to commissioners’ attention Monday night by Town Attorney Derek Schroth. At Monday’s meeting, Schroth and Commissioner Jim Richards, who had a long career in government engineering, both indicated they think the town is on solid legal footing as they brace for a potential legal battle with Brown.

Commissioners indicated they have no interest in seeing golf cart access to The Villages opened to outsiders.

From the you know who online paper.