Originally Posted by janbergeron (Post 593980)

I thought I'd made myself clear, but I will say it again. I am not trying to start rumors, but find valid information to squelch them. I've tried to find some support to tell this person it's baloney, but I haven't found it yet. Criticizing my legitimate request doesn't help.

For what it's worth, I run an email list for my village, and have run it for eight years. I don't abide rumors, and I try to obtain valid information before I tell people that they are just rumors. The person who sent me this is quite reliable, and, in fact, is the type of person who gripes when others send out rumors, so she is just trying to get some facts.

Why the "business man" would start something like this is beyond me. All I want to do is put an end to it, true or not. I know it sounds ridiculous, but the ban on support for parades also sounded ridiculous, but as it turned out, there was some truth to it.

And to answer the other question, yes, I am Dr Jan Bergeron, a retired veterinarian who has lived in The Villages for nine years (come next month). I am on the Advisory Board of the Mac Users Group. And I do not like rumors, hoaxes, urban legends, chain letters, and other related nonsense.

Note to the owners of this forum: I think it is a great place to share information, but I would recommend special forum for Village Rumors, where people could ask legitimate questions about rumors. I certainly get enough of these and spend a lot of time researching them. I did research this one but could not find any information, which is why I posted the question here. I did not expect to be criticized for asking the question.

Jan

Originally Posted by janbergeron (Post 593980)

I thought I'd made myself clear, but I will say it again. I am not trying to start rumors, but find valid information to squelch them. I've tried to find some support to tell this person it's baloney, but I haven't found it yet. Criticizing my legitimate request doesn't help.

For what it's worth, I run an email list for my village, and have run it for eight years. I don't abide rumors, and I try to obtain valid information before I tell people that they are just rumors. The person who sent me this is quite reliable, and, in fact, is the type of person who gripes when others send out rumors, so she is just trying to get some facts.

Why the "business man" would start something like this is beyond me. All I want to do is put an end to it, true or not. I know it sounds ridiculous, but the ban on support for parades also sounded ridiculous, but as it turned out, there was some truth to it.

And to answer the other question, yes, I am Dr Jan Bergeron, a retired veterinarian who has lived in The Villages for nine years (come next month). I am on the Advisory Board of the Mac Users Group. And I do not like rumors, hoaxes, urban legends, chain letters, and other related nonsense.

Note to the owners of this forum: I think it is a great place to share information, but I would recommend special forum for Village Rumors, where people could ask legitimate questions about rumors. I certainly get enough of these and spend a lot of time researching them. I did research this one but could not find any information, which is why I posted the question here. I did not expect to be criticized for asking the question.

Jan

Originally Posted by janbergeron (Post 593925)

I'm new to posting, and this seems to be the best place to ask this question.

A neighbor sent this email this morning. This is a first-person question from a reliable source, and I am trying to find answers for her. This is the first place I thought to look, and since I can't find anything related to this, I'm forwarding her question.

This is her question:

"This morning while shopping, a business man mentioned that he attended a meeting this morning at Lake Sumter. He told me The Villages will no longer have entertainment at the town squares….starting in Jan. He also mentioned that an estate sale would require a $ 50 permit and 2 “security” type people must be present. Yard sales would no longer be allowed.

Does anyone know if this is true or not? Let’s try and find out before the rumors start flying."

If anyone has any answers, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks,

Jan (BTW, my gender is male)

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 594002)

Just came back from getting my mail. While there I overheard two men talking. One said that starting Monday there will be a viewing charge for people visiting any village with excessive Christmas decorations. A charge of $10 per vehicle would be collected at the village's entrance. Seems that neighbors who live in these villages, and don't decorate, want to cut down on traffic.
Can anyone confirm if this is true?

Originally Posted by cathyw (Post 594068)

I also heard that they will be collecting $10 but that it would be used to buy decorations for those that do not decorate. Then they are going to call The Guiness Book of World Reords and try for ANOTHER world record. We got the longest golf cart parade...can't believe we didn't win the kazoo record...maybe we'll get the most decorated 55+ community. Bogie...can you confirm ANY of this :)