I am going to try to get Andrew D. Blechman to visit TOTV. He might have done so already, but I kind of doubt it.

I'll post a request to get him to visit from his website. Hope some others will do the same. Andrew D. Blechman - author of LEISUREVILLE and PIGEONS

Not sure when he last visited the Villages?

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I am going to try to get Andrew D. Blechman to visit TOTV. He might have done so already, but I kind of doubt it.

I'll post a request to get him to visit from his website. Hope some others will do the same. Andrew D. Blechman - author of LEISUREVILLE and PIGEONS

Not sure when he last visited the Villages?

I sent Andrew D. Blechman a short e-mail to his address which is available through his website contact information above.

This should be interesting if we can get him to come onto TOTV.

I did not use my real name in the e-mail just the TOTV handle Taltarzac725 and my first name of Jon.

Why?

I wanna know who Mr. Midnight is.

I think Mr. Midnight is an urban legend.

Originally Posted by Patty55

Why?

Some posters give his views on this and that without quoting from the book Leisureville or somehow otherwise supporting what they are saying Andrew Blechman would write.

He also may want to get an up-to-date look at the Villages and people in it.

Originally Posted by Patty55

I think Mr. Midnight is an urban legend.

Mr Midnight is a real person. A previous post on TOTV a few years ago gave some details on the man.

We certainly do not need Andrew Blechman around The Villages. It would take even longer to get the stench out of the air than when Newt Gingrich was here for a campaign stop.

Originally Posted by buggyone

We certainly do not need Andrew Blechman around The Villages. It would take even longer to get the stench out of the air than when Newt Gingrich was here for a campaign stop.

He lives in Dusseldorf and Massachusetts the last I looked. He would not need to visit the Villages. My guess is that he is a Democrat too from his views in Leisureville.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

He lives in Dusseldorf and Massachusetts the last I looked. He would not need to visit the Villages. My guess is that he is a Democrat too from his views in Leisureville.

He visited TV before writing Leisureville. And during his prior visit (as mentioned in his book) he openly admitted he violated one of the covenants (parking on the street instead of the driveway).

In his book he openly opposes age-restricted communities (except for assisted living facilities). He has a view that people have a "collective responsibility" to others and would like to see more public funding of the types of housing he believes to be appropriate (i.e., taxpayers should pay for his utopia whether we want to or not).

He has had more that his 15 minutes of fame...............let it rest.

Just curious as to why you would want him to visit this site, Tal. If I remember correctly, he mentioned the cemetery near the Caroline postal station. My impression is that his stay was in my village.

Originally Posted by pooh

Just curious as to why you would want him to visit this site, Tal. If I remember correctly, he mentioned the cemetery near the Caroline postal station. My impression is that his stay was in my village.

Many of his views seemed to be that people in retirement communities like the Villages were no longer all that much involved in anything else but leisure. I have found that many Villagers are very political and very much involved with volunteering and other matters. They might be involved more in Republican politics and Republican causes.

Originally Posted by quidam65

He visited TV before writing Leisureville. And during his prior visit (as mentioned in his book) he openly admitted he violated one of the covenants (parking on the street instead of the driveway).

In his book he openly opposes age-restricted communities (except for assisted living facilities). He has a view that people have a "collective responsibility" to others and would like to see more public funding of the types of housing he believes to be appropriate (i.e., taxpayers should pay for his utopia whether we want to or not).

Yes wouldn't be absolutely terrible if we all took care of each other and our elderly.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Many of his views seemed to be that people in retirement communities like the Villages were no longer all that much involved in anything else but leisure. I have found that many Villagers are very political and very much involved with volunteering and other matters. They might be involved more in Republican politics and Republican causes.

Sounds like a good reason, but my feeling is that he will continue to believe what he believes, Villagers are just older teens with money, he wanted to sell his book and felt he had a great market, or he's just an a** .....😜

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