[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by chachacha

thanks for starting this thread, bill...i have written about this before and even had a petition with over 200 signatures but we were put off until "next year" which never resolved anything. i can understand limiting golfing, but i cannot understand why a single buyer cannot get a guest pass for a companion, issued at purchase, which they can use with the date or friend of their choice, no matter where they live. for other activities. i am just tired of fighting it!

I remember this topic from last year. There must be some way to accommodate single home owners who want to bring a date to "official" TV events and/or TV facilities. After all, single homeowners pay the same amenities fees as households having two or more residents.

Perhaps a single homeowner/long term renter could be issued a card showing they are single which would allow them to bring a date. No need to issue additional cards.

[chachacha]

[QUOTE=graciegirl;845201]I think that the passes are meant for homeowners. I don't think they are meant to hurt or exclude singles friends. How could you keep these rules easy to regulate if a single had a steady date who had a card and that guy/girl was out the door and then they applied for another card for the new main squeeze....


gracie, i am not talking about a card given to the guest, but a one-time card given to the purchaser saying they are single and entitled to bring one guest of their choice to non-golfing events such as dances and club meetings. this would make life so much nicer for single residents and could not be abused very easily. all of us may be single at some point after the death of a spouse or a breakup and then would understand.

[maybe]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I think that the passes are meant for homeowners. I don't think they are meant to hurt or exclude singles friends. How could you keep these rules easy to regulate if a single had a steady date who had a card and that guy/girl was out the door and then they applied for another card for the new main squeeze and the jilted guy still had his card?

I know this sounds mean, and I don't mean it to be.


I am playing devils advocate here. It is like cart identification. A good idea but a nightmare to police. Maybe I am not understanding which events and amenities the friends are excluded from.


dangling participle.

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The standard guest card is only good for a maximum of one month. A guest must get a new one through the resident every month, at least that is what I had to do as a long term guest last year. As to the guest card, I am only asking that the over-50-mile requirement be eliminated for single house owners. A totally separate change would simply allow single house owners to have their ID card marked as such, which would allow them to bring a guest[with no card at all] along WITH the owner to any event requiring Village ID.

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by maybe

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The standard guest card is only good for a maximum of one month. A guest must get a new one through the resident every month, at least that is what I had to do as a long term guest last year. As to the guest card, I am only asking that the over-50-mile requirement be eliminated for single house owners. A totally separate change would simply allow single house owners to have their ID card marked as such, which would allow them to bring a guest[with no card at all] along WITH the owner to any event requiring Village ID.

What do you suppose it would take to lobby for a change like that?

[redwitch]

Good luck, Kitty. Maybe if you could get a petition signed by at least 50% of TVers? A petition signed just by singles wouldn't do the trick, I don't think. You'd have to convince the powers that be that the majority would not object; that it would be in the best interests of all.

I don't like the idea of an ID card marked as single; I prefer that a single homeowner be issued two ID cards -- one blank for guests (which would tell anyone checking IDs to be sure that the guest is accompanied by the resident) and the regular ID for the homeowner. This way, you could invite your favorite tennis partner from Stonecrest to play doubles with you; your dear friend from Lady Lake to join you at a card game in the rec center; your favorite date to come dancing with you.

[DianeM]

I would hate my ID card marked "single". It's another case of putting a scarlet "S" on my chest to point me out. My single status is fine - not ashamed of it - but geesh - I think it's absurd to request something like that on an ID card. Give me 2 ID cards if you absolutely feel that's necessary but otherwise that last thing I want is to be culled from the rest of the room because - OH NO - SHE's SINGLE - according to her ID card.

[2BNTV]

I think a single owned home should be allowed two cards. One for the owner and one for whomever, they designate as a special guest.

At the same time in a dually owned home, (husband and wife), allowed four gate access badges ? If that is the case, then single owners, should be allowed two resident I.D's. I find it hard to believe that husband and wife, need to share their gate passes.

I just find it funny, that the powers to be assume, that us teenagers would hand the extra I.D. to anyone. If I wanted to take a date somewhere, or had a family visitor, it should be able to be done, without fuss and muss.

I don't agree this is an equitable situation, but a double standard. I think these passes would be treated like giving your house key to a trusted friend. You wouldn't just let anyone have it. It can also be reported as missing to the powers that be.

This should be rectified immediately and plan to put it on the survey.

I wonder if this is legal? It sounds like a form of descrimination against singles.

What do you think?

[maybe]

By "single owner" on the card, I had in mind "sole owner on the deed", not one's marital status. The Villages could accomplish the same thing by giving "sole owners" a second card that is only valid when accompanied by the sole resident owner. It does not have to be actually on the owner's card. The justification for this is that it would help equalize the benefits of sole owners with those of dual owners. Houses with more than one name on the deed would not be eligible, since they would already have 2 resident ID cards.

[2BNTV]

I bow to your superior knowledge.

It sounds good to me.