[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Thank you for this video. A question I would have liked to ask is why the roads with congestion around Lake Sumter Landing, for example, have shown no improvement although our property taxes there went up. They have not been widened, there were no lights put in or other measures to improve safety and traffic flow. Why is the money that was raised not put to use on the area where it was raised (and continues to be) from?

And … there are significant potholes, like at Murphy’s Estate and Odell Circle, I am worried about hitting it with the golf cart. But I guess the pot hole falls under maintenance not improvements.

Where would you like to expand the roads in LSL, replace the sidewalks? There is no room. The rest of the outlying roads are also limited on expansion, how close would you like one built to your house.

Road resurfacing is done on a schedule for most residential areas, unless there is an emergency or significant safety issue, then it addressed much quicker. Yes, this is maintenance and not improvements.

Only using tax money where it is raised? Pretty shallow thinking and not the way the system works. Why not just use a bill-as-you-go system, so when they repave your street you and your neighbors will get the bill for a fifty or sixty thousand to split among yourselves and the rest of us don't have to pay for it, after all it's not our street it's yours.

[Velvet]

Yes, but the property tax was raised without the homeowner’s support. I was trying to justify it by giving them something in return. No matter how it is labeled I still hear it as enforced charity.