Side striping of the golf cart path
 

Some one please tell me why the side stripping of the golf cart paths have to be done. Thats an expence that is a waste of money.

Funny, I read the other day it had been voted down?

As long as residents or more likely representatives find a way to pay for something that is all that is needed to not follow the decisions made?

The consistency we have enjoyed these many years is now a neighborhood by neighborhood decision?

It was nice while it lasted these many, MANY years!

I believe the pro-striping folks are being telepathically manipulated by aliens who want to use the paths as runways for their space craft.

Cdd 8
 

I read that CDD 8 had the courage to go ahead and vote it in for their District. Like it or not you have to give them credit for taking action on something they want and the Village's District Management did not want them to have. Actually if we are being clear we could say the people who live outside The Village's did not want them to have.:BigApplause:

Still my question is why is it needed. You cant see the side of the path? Come on people.

It would be nice if the folks spending our money surveyed the residents of their district first. Almost everyone i speak to feel it is a waste of money.

Isn't this a great opportunity for the rest of the villages to see if the number of accidents go down?

If it doesn't improve safety, which admittedly is hard to measure, close calls and all than maybe the rest of the districts could help chip in to defray the cost. That may set up a president. So the next time an idea comes along one district could try it out and the other districts would help defray the cost if it fails or add the same service if it doesn't.

This strikes me as an opportunity to try new ideas out.

This is a complete waste of our money to stripe the sides of the multi-modal paths in our district (CDD 8).

I am very much opposed to this. There are no proven benefits to doing this. There are no facts that back up this poor decision.

The issue of golf cart safety needs to be addressed through education and more communication.

If others feel the same; email your district 8 supervisors: 'dist8board@districtgov.org'; 'sal.torname@districtgov.org'; 'Victor.ray@districtgov.org'; 'dennis.hayes@districtgov.org'; 'Ray.banks@districtgov.org'; 'Joe.Elliott@districtgov.org'

Courage?

Are there a lot of accidents now?

I live in District 8 and DO NOT want striping. I cant believe our "esteemed" supervisors voted for this after voting it down project wide. Unbelievable waste of OUR $$$$$!!!!!

Who knows?

From what I've read on this issue, the cost is less than $1 a year per household so I don't know that it's that much of an issue. My opinion is if there is striping to be done at all, it makes a lot more sense to have it in the center rather than the sides. :mornincoffee:

very sad day when the people who live in district 8 have no say as to how our money is being spent.
where is this 1 mile of path that is so dangerous located?
complete waste of money

Here's how that works. A majority of voters elect an official. That official now has the proxy authority to spend all the voters' money. My advice is to worry more about how this process unfolds on a national level.

Boy do I concur with this!

It will be interesting to see what the outcome of the cart path striping will be as far as cart drivers are concerned. Will they like it? Will they not like it? Will carting become safer?

It seems to me that after experiencing driving some striped cart paths folks will know whether to stripe or not elsewhere in The Villages.

I could get pretty damn courageous if I had the power to make a decision to spend RETIRED people's money, who wouldn't? The PWAC is not going to spend a dime on this idiot decision; the RETIRED residents of CDD 8 are going to have to pay for this. I'm really p/o about this; I didn't work hard all my life to come to a place where three people want to frivolously spend RETIRED folks money so they can puff their chest out and say "look what we've done". It's easy as hell to do when you spend RETIRED folks money to do it. Oh, did I mention they're spending RETIRED folk's money to do this????? I live in CDD 8 and there are plenty of people here who thinks this rogue decision to paint side stripes is STUPID.

Shall we check some pocket books. Just like the tree issue. Almost. Problem if one district does the others will follow.

No one is gonna come to your door and ask for $5 to pay for the stripes! These funds are already sitting there and you are not going to get a refund. It's your amenity fees that you pay every month. They are spent to maintain and make things better for all of us.

Personally, I am happy that they spend that money on things I can see. Marking the paths is a good thing, in my opinion. I would rather have the silver reflectors along the side of the paths, but that is just my personal preference. Any markings are better than none.

Like others have said, I am a little disappointed that these districts cannot agree on something this simple and keep the Villages consistent.

4 up north has yellow stripes down the center; 8 will have white (who knows) stripes down the sides. What's next, alternating center and side stripes with another CDD? I can hear it now after an accident, "I felt too crowded on the side with those stripes, that's why I was driving over the center". Yea, a center with no clear definition.

If you live in the area in question and are not happy with the decision and you have not called or contacted the representatives....shame on you.

Those elected, even at this level are special interest, politically or in some other way motivated. They need to be overwhelmed by the majority.....which never seems to happen....therefore they get to do what they want.


Hmmmnnnn that all has a familiar ring to it!

Side stripping of the golf cart path
 

Big assumption here...what if the majority are silent because they have no objection?

Then what does your idea accomplish?

Sir, we are talking one mile of MMP in district 8, not a good test sample in my opinion.

The district knows and it has been published. 67 accidents in 4 years, 12 fatalities, and I think only 3 or 4 accidents after dusk in those 4 years.

I remember my days living in Ohio. And I also remember various levies proposed to be on the ballot for schools, public works, etc. And the selling point was..it's only $32 dollars per $100,000 home value, and then it's only $79 per $100,000 home value. And before you know it, your yearly tax bill goes from $1800 per year to $7500 per year. Been there, seen that.

side stripping
 

Just a center stripe like on the G.C. bridge for safety please...

The cost amounts to approximately 20 cent per home per year. :loco:

Yes it does. I contacted my reps and district this morning via email. I did get a response from one district supervisor and his stance was...it's only .20 per household. And so the next whimsical project will be how much per household?

Impeachment get the rope

Thanx for those stats...are they just for District 8? If not, do you have the stats just for that District?

Someone sees a need in all the districts. i.e. Cart Passenger Safety
They propose a solution. i.e. Stripes
My idea is simply to add stripes in one district and see if it improves safety.
If it does not work than the other districts share the expense of the experiment.
If it does improve safety, less accidents, the other districts adopt the solution. i.e. Stripes

You asked me if there was safety problem. Is there too many accidents?
And I asked the group who knows how many accidents there were?

I asked "Who knows?".

Probably all those fatalities were with an automobile maybe one or two were cart to cart. One was a mans wife fell out as he was turning into a tunnel. Probably going to fast. I doubt any of the deaths were because of no center line. Many I would say was because the driver was drunk. Lets be honest about this stuff. This is beginning to sound like Washington. Just a way to squander away money. If that is the only way to get rid of overage on funds then cut the amenity fees .

Remember this when elections come around. The problem is, as it is everywhere, the strong don't run, and stuff happens. A supervisor position anywhere takes intestinal fortitude to do what makes sense and very few have that anymore. They want the position but don't want the personal exposure that comes with it.

It's not simple because there are a lot of us that see no need for stripping.

But not on the MMP's. I believe the issue is the MMP's not the collisions with cars on the roads.

Agree and, yes, we contacted the supervisors before this passed and asked them not to vote yes on this. I don't know anyone in 8 who wants it.

I lose more than that in my couch every week.

I just drove home from Brownwood in the dark and got home safely without lines in the paths !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!