[njbchbum]

It is admirable that so many posters here suggest a permanent guest ID for residents of our tri-county area. And the idea that it could only be used when accompanied by a resident is most anticipatory. So I must ask the posters if you recall the number of whines and complaints on TOTV about how passes are NOT checked at pools and other facilities! What makes anyone believe that 1] the guest pass will be checked for either party and that the guest pass will not be loaned to another resident for their additional use or that the 'guest' might not try to use the pass when NOT accompanied by the sponsoring resdent? Imagine the finger-pointing then!!!!

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea that any rec ctr should be able to issue a special admit guest pass that specified the event, date, name of guest and name of resident. A simple piece of cardboard stock pre-printed like villagers 'contact cards' would suffice so that the info could be hand-written on it. And the rec centers should then turn in monthly counts of such passes issued so that IF found to be potential - more serious thought could be given to the issuance and control of a more permanent special guest pass. The biggest fraud I see there is single residents falsely pumping up their requests for special admit permits!

Have we assumed anywhere in this thread that Villages staff would be required to only issue this special tri-county pass to single deed owners of record? Would that then pizz off married residents who want to be able to get their local BFFs passes because they are not residents? I would imagine that the Villages has their share of marrieds who do not share the same interests and would enjoy doing things with a friend rather than drag along an unwilling spouse or forgo the event.

We might be making this pass issue bigger than it really is but we might not be!