Originally Posted by Nucky (Post 2074451)

I might be aggravating but there is no way its ever going to stop.

Occasionally I am asked by someone at the Historic Gate if they can borrow my card. I no speaky da english. Just keep on moving.

Originally Posted by jricci13 (Post 2073969)

I realize that the Town Squares are open to the general public and the businesses thrive on their patronage. Yesterday I went down to the St. Patrick's events and it was so packed I couldn't get a beer!
I'm all about lots of people and having fun. But I found out from a couple of young girls that they accessed the square using The Villages Golf Cart trails. I was surprised since they had told me that their parents do no live in the Villages. When I asked them how they got on The Villages trails they said that their parents and other people that lived in the same community had cards to swipe. I also saw another couple on a golf cart that I know does not own property in the Villages.
I'm not trying to be a "downer", but it sort of rubbed me the wrong way that they could use our trails so easily when I could have got a bigger house for less money where they live! I could just live over there and not have to contribute to the upkeep of trails and bridges etc. A huge reason why I bought in The Villages was to have access to the trails. Isn't there something that can be done to monitor this better! New passes...checking pass numbers...anyone agree?

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki (Post 2074203)

“No one goes to the squares anymore, they’re too crowded”

Yogi Berra

Originally Posted by Nucky (Post 2074451)

I might be aggravating but there is no way its ever going to stop.

Occasionally I am asked by someone at the Historic Gate if they can borrow my card. I no speaky da english. Just keep on moving.

Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2074274)

A group we talk to from Stonecrest came through the Walmart gate and over the Orange Blossom bridge to get to the squares.

How could this happen when we pay for those trails?

Originally Posted by spark291@comcast.net (Post 2074502)

it shouldnt happen what can be done! so many ppl here enjoying all the outdoor amenities from stonecrest using the walmart path , even our previous realtor told us about it . Needs to stop

Originally Posted by BigSteph (Post 2074638)

They could have community watch sit at the gate and ask for identification a few times a week.

There may be technology to identify if a card has been suspected of being copied -- i.e., used over and over again in the same direction (indicating more than 1 card) or numerous times in a certain period -- still possible, but improbable.



When I see a police officer on the side of the road, I slow down.

Originally Posted by spark291@comcast.net (Post 2074502)

it shouldnt happen what can be done! so many ppl here enjoying all the outdoor amenities from stonecrest using the walmart path , even our previous realtor told us about it . Needs to stop

Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 2074719)

Get in your car and come to the squares - perfectly legal. Do it in your golf cart you are a total low life knowingly and willfully abusing the system.

Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 2074719)

The non Village people coming over in their golf cart through the Paradise gate know they are doing wrong. They can't get in the gate unless they have an illegal card or BS some resident they forgot their gate key. Get in your car and come to the squares - perfectly legal. Do it in your golf cart you are a total low life knowingly and willfully abusing the system.

Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2074755)

This conversion is stupid, because there's no legal way to control it.

Outsiders coming to TV, take your car, and not your golfcart, simple as that.

If we villagers do business outside the compound, we should do the same.

IMHO all golfcart paths should end where TV limits ends, a no brainer.

Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 2074798)

You edited out the most important part of my post "the Paradise gate". This gate is solely on The Villages private property and by entering it with an illegal gate pass or under false premises is trespassing. Last I knew trespassing was against the law. FYI you can be trespassed out of the town squares by the developer and arrested. Has happened many times in the past.

Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2074805)

Like I stated:
IMHO all golfcart paths should end where TV limits ends, a no brainer.

That Paradise gate shouldn't be there if it leads anywhere off TV limits like Lowes or soon to open BJ's.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2074456)

I ask them for their ID. Villagers' ID or drivers license. If their address is on a street I'm familiar with I let them through with a curt "be grateful it was me who let you in, instead of a dozen people who didn't." If they say they don't have it, I tell them to go home and get it - and while they're at it, get their gate card. If they're trying to come IN, and they don't have an ID showing they live here, I refuse to let them in.

One guy tried to give me money to thank me for letting him in after I verified that he had a valid ID proving he lived in the Villages. I just told him next time bring his damned gate card.