Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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While he clearly cannot simply raise prices to pass on an increased impact fee, I don't care if he could pass all or some of it along. With increased impact fees, that would be his problem, and the existing taxpayers would not be paying for his massive expansion of The Villages. BTW, if you are going to defend the indefensible tax hike, would you please reveal your true identity. |
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Yes, I do mind but I don't obsess over it. And I do vote.
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" Lock Em Up "...... to coin a Familiar Phrase.
Never gonna happen politics as Usual... Honor, Pride, Honesty, and Conscience not in their profile. Once a bottom feeder always a bottom feeder. Individuals will still give them the familiar friendly greeting to them handshakes, pat on the back, hi how are ya, etc, Wildwood Fl. somewhere USA and most of all Washington no difference at all. |
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I disagree. I believe he can simply raise prices to cover an increased impact fee. Just be clear, we both have opinions and neither of us know for sure so please don't speak as if you are stating facts.
You really should go back and reread my posts before attempting to put words in my mouth. I am not defending anything. I am simply stating what I believe is reality. Quote:
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It's all good, dood. |
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My house is in Lake County. I already pay higher taxes than you do over in Sumter, so no - this really has zero effect on me personally. But I also don't approve of the developer having such low impact fees. I also don't think it makes any sense at all to compare with Collier. It's apples and oranges. Impact fees in Collier cover the costs of every department in the district. Impact fees in Sumter only cover the cost of roads and maintenance thereof. I feel if Sumter were to increase taxes by 4% this year, 4% next year, and 4% the third year - AND increase the developer's impact fee to $1200 per unit, it would provide for pretty much everything the county needs without pushing away all the residents who are NOT Villagers, who rely on jobs in and near the Villages at minimum wage, and are struggling to pay their rent/mortgage as it is. A modest tax increase AND a modest impact fee increase. If you put the entire burden on the developer, then the developer will have to raise his prices. He might not raise them the full amount but you can bet for sure they'll go up. And that will be the beginning of the end of "affordable" in their marketing strategy. |
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The thing is................A majority of the 2019/2020 tax increase is not going to infrastructure caused by TV growth. Why didn't they recompute???...........they have a long-term vision for county growth and future county revenues. The negative focus (yours included) is "selling" the point: 25% is because of infrastructure costs and if the Developer paid a much larger impact fee, 'our taxes would have been flat.' It's just spread falsehoods. Just quit whining and move forward.
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Good lord. It’s happened, get over it.
Nothing is going take away the tax increase no matter what side you’re on. My new taxes are still a fraction of what they were in Illinois and even less than in Kansas City. Move on to something else.
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On another note, I am sick of hearing that taxes are still lower than wher I used to live. One of the reasons that people decided on the Villages is because the taxes are much lower than where they used to live. And the taxes should be lower for several reasons. Here are a few of those reasons. Taxes pay for a single charter school, not for an entire school system. Crime and accociated enforcement costs are much lower in a 55+ Community with relatively little crime compared to a typical urban area. Many northern communities have their trash and recycling costs included in their property taxes, unlike Sumter county. And the biggest cost difference is that Florida has no real winter, which entails huge snow removal costs and road treatments. The cost of keeping roads up north operable during winter is huge, and is only a portion of the cost of winter. Snow and ice, as well as frequent freezing, thawing, and refreezing causes severe and very expensive damage to roads and it occurs every year. I can only roll my eyes when Floridians complain about potholes. A road in Florida that is considered to be in horrible shape would be considered one of the better roads up north. The car we keep in Florida would be worthless at our home up north for about 5 months of the year. We could not get around during the winter and the first half of spring up north without a four wheel drive vehicle with big tires and lots of ground clearance. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the taxes should be much higher up north. |
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I will just make a short comment about the POA. It is a political organization. It may have started out as an advocate for the residents, but that is long gone. Their goal is to oppose the development of The Villages and to take over our method of government. This can be seen as board members of the POA are running for seats on the CDDs.
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The Villages developers could of course pay $20,000 per home more than they do now, and be equal to Collier County. Just as soon as The Villages gains ownership of Gulf Coast beach property, and eliminates all the mobile homes in the entire county (not just in the Villages). No one will want to buy a luxury home next to a trailer park, or a prison, or on the side of a highway, without easy access to the beach, marinas, yacht clubs, etc. Collier County can't compare in any way, shape, or form to Sumter County. That is why you need to stop comparing the two. They can't be compared. |
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If you do that, it will happen again, and again, and again.... maybe a little more next time, since you’re ok with it, this time. It is saying, “You can do whatever you want because we are helpless anyways.” Are we?
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Although this thread started with comparison of the POA and VHA’s responses to the county tax increase, it has degenerated into the same back and forth arguments in the previous thread(s) which are closed. This thread is now closed. Members may review all the points by looking at all the closed threads on this topic.
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