[Robyn1963]

Always a great job. I referenced your Bond, Maintenance and Amenity video in my 5 Things You Need To Know About Buying in The Villages.

[markandjane]

Another EXCELLENT video with LOTS of info. Thanks so much for your hard work.
Have you heard anything related to an additional cart path over the turnpike on the Warms Springs bridge? I remember your wondering if they'd do that...and I wish they would.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

I've posted an update on the construction here in The Villages and have included part 2 of the discussion on the Amenity Fee. There is a lot of content in this video, so I've added markers in the description on YouTube to allow you to jump to a specific point in the video, you'll need to expand the description to see these.

I apologize for all the commercials YouTube puts in the videos; I have no control over their content and only a little control over where they occur.

Yes, I really am trying to give away $10,000, the details are in the video.

The Amenity Fee (part 2) and Villages 8/17/20 Construction update - YouTube

Listening to your clear explanations should be required of everyone wishing to write comments on these matters here or on Facebook. When you say it, it all makes sense. Thank you.

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Robyn1963

Always a great job. I referenced your Bond, Maintenance and Amenity video in my 5 Things You Need To Know About Buying in The Villages.

Originally Posted by Choro&Swing

Listening to your clear explanations should be required of everyone wishing to write comments on these matters here or on Facebook. When you say it, it all makes sense. Thank you.

Thanks, I try very hard to just stick to the facts, or at lease the facts as they are known, and let you know when something is just my opinion. An uneducated rant does nothing good for anyone except prove the orator a fool.

[merrymini]

Thank you Don. I wish I were astute enough to hear and retain all the information you give. I am happy I can repeat listen until it all sinks in. I am glad for the “gadfly” role you play to the developer’s “steed.”

[Rzepecki]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

GoldWingNut
Outstanding post!

Ditto.

I ask people who are upset the Developer is making money, didn’t they work to make money? Weren’t they entitled to their paychecks? How is it different?

As to those that feel something was taken from them when the restaurant at Chula Vista and the like were closed, you’re looking at the situation backwards. The area was developed and there weren’t any restaurants. The Developer provided one until other restaurants opened in the area. Fenney Grill will have the same lifespan.

And don’t get me started on people who don’t like change . . . . .

[dennisgavin]

Thank You!!!!!!!!!! I am so tired of hearing all the negativity and so glad you take the time to explain things. A true service to us and it is much appreciated!

[EviesGP]

Thanks for the explanation, as always, Don! This helps a lot, for me, anyway. My eyes still gloss over a bit, when I try to determine the authority and/or hierarchy of the committees? But, I'm sure it will sink in, in time. I agree, that it's their property. I would only start to get concerned if/when golf courses get closed down? That's what sold me(and many others), to come to TV. Cheers! Mike

[dtennent]

The founders of our country realized that the institutions that they were creating were not perfect and hence the words “to form a more perfect Union” in the preamble of The Constitution. What was considered to be “normal” 200 years ago has changed as our society has grown in knowledge, our understanding and our view of what is proper and correct. It hasn’t always been a smooth growth (the Civil War) or even consistent (Prohibition). When looking at our history through the lens of today, you can say “what a travesty!”. I prefer to say “Look how much better we are today than we were 200 years ago!” Are we perfect? Nope, we are still working on that more perfect Union.

[bumpygreens]

Thanks, again, for all your work in putting these videos together. I've been watching for this one ever since you posted part 1. In the 12 months I've lived here, I have been amazed at the amount of negativity and hostility directed toward the developer on TOTV and the neighborhood app. No system is perfect, but it seems to me that The Villages has learned from the mistakes of others. Go to a 30 year old Del Webb project that is now completely in the hands of the homeowners and compare it to what we have here.

[Dilligas]

Thank you Don for your intense interest in the workings of TV and your objective distribution of the knowledge you have gained. I more enjoy reading and hearing about what is happening in our hometown, without the use of words like 'greedy', 'wealthy', 'promised', 'Schwartz versus the grandkids'. As you say repeatedly, too many people forget that TV is a business, and successful and well run businesses have to make a profit. I also respect the Developers (for 30+ years to the present) for their vision and the determination to fulfill and improve on that vision. Many other developers in the country, will move out once they build out, and leave everything to the community, who generally know nothing of how to keep it functioning better.

[Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by dennisgavin

Thank You!!!!!!!!!! I am so tired of hearing all the negativity and so glad you take the time to explain things. A true service to us and it is much appreciated!

That makes about 119,950 of us. The other 50 will gripe and complain until the undertaker rolls up.

[Kenswing]

It looks like you had to upload the video again? Did anything change?

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by jacksonbrown

You, like many others here in The Villages lack an understanding of who owns what, who pays for what, and what is an amenity and what isn't, HH was NOT an amenity, it was a privately owned business.

Don, although I appreciate your verbose response, and having read it twice, I am still not convinced just why the AAC voted to cede the major share of the amenity fees to the developer.

Maybe, fewer words and a more concise explanation would satisfy my feeble mind.

Do you now understand.....it's important if there can be one more person that gets it.

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

It looks like you had to upload the video again? Did anything change?

I had some glitches in the original upload that, depending on the browser you used, it would lock up so the answer was to reupload the video, unfortunately there is not a replace function in YouTube so I had to do a second posting of the video.