[Chamo]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

That's a shame, when it comes to safety and health I don't mind spending a few dollars. I hope we're not going to get stuck with those 20 minute blue ambulances that seem to be hiding under shade trees for most of the day.

As long as they are hiding in the shade that means people are healthy. We pay enough taxes where they can beef up the service and add more ambulance to the fleets with more jobs. It’s not about paying a few extra dollars here and there it all adds up let them spend our tax dollars where they are needed

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by GmaLisaG

It's a shame. People vote no because they don't fully understand or think oh my taxes could go up. .

Bingo

Jus look at the posts on this thread.

People (lamy, kerr, etc) are showing the lack of knowledge.

Sit tight, the vote will come again.

[Pete Swanson]

Just wondering. If you are a PT resident or a "landlord" so-to-speak, how would you vote on this issue? Just askin!

[OhioBuckeye]

Feel bad for the firefighters but if it involves money, I’m guessing people are getting a little tired of seeing everything going up in prices, some people are dipping into their savings. Something has to give to help people get back to what we were used to!

[rstebbins]

Maybe all those mail in were people who, while Florida residents, are not here all the time. So they figure they don’t need the service

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Pete Swanson

Just wondering. If you are a PT resident or a "landlord" so-to-speak, how would you vote on this issue? Just askin!

You vote where you established residency and registered to vote. If you have not declared Florida residency and registered to vote from a Villages address then this issue would not have been on your ballot.

[Mrs.Guy]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Bingo

Jus look at the posts on this thread.

People (lamy, kerr, etc) are showing the lack of knowledge.

Sit tight, the vote will come again.

I don't find it amazing there are so many uninformed/clueless people. I do find it amazing when they post and prove it. A lot of the time they are the most vocal. Add clueless to the fact so many are cheap and then add in this strange hatred for the Developer..... And don't even get me going on the part timers that can't vote or the non-citizens. Hope it doesn't come back to bite them on the a$$. Rant over Thanks.

[yankygrl]

Originally Posted by seecapecod

Absolutely! The minute the threat (real or not) of taxes increasing, people shut down and don’t hear/read/learn any further.

My taxes would have gone up $40. There was a lot of misinformation and people just didn’t know the facts. Glad I live in an AED neighborhood and I’m an RN

[Burgy]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

What was confusing about 0.75 * (market value - land value) / 1000?

This cannot be put on the ballot again without the legislature passing a new bill and the governor signing it.

All they had to do was give some examples. We could see the $124 on this years tax bill also but the plus this and that raise the question would there be offsetting minuses on the county tax bill. So how much?

[dougawhite]

Originally Posted by twoplanekid

It's my understand that the new ambulances are already in the Villages fire department stations and are being used. So, no changes to the placement of these ambulances because of this no vote.

At any time the BOCC can cut the number of ambulances, EMTs, fire stations, etc. They have little to no accountability since these items are a small part of their overall budget responsibility.

That's why the IFD is important, their ONLY responsibility would be the ambulance and fire service quality and cost for The Villages, which has very unique needs compared to the rest of Sumter County.

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by dougawhite

The Villages, which has very unique needs compared to the rest of Sumter County.

What are our "unique needs"?

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by VApeople

What are our "unique needs"?

old people, more health issues, close to death, etc.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Burgy

All they had to do was give some examples. We could see the $124 on this years tax bill also but the plus this and that raise the question would there be offsetting minuses on the county tax bill. So how much?

There were two tables of examples in the YOU DECIDE information sent to residents and posted on the VPSD page.

Basically, you are currently paying $124 plus about 0.71mils towards the VPSD. The VPSD, the Villages, you, I, none of us can know what the BoCC would have done with tax rates next year. The projected budget that they published in September showed about a 0.8mils decrease. It looks like the BoCC planned to remove that cost from our property taxes but we would have to wait until next September to see what they actually did.

[Mrs.Guy]

Originally Posted by VApeople

What are our "unique needs"?

Originally Posted by dewilson58

old people, more health issues, close to death, etc.

Who would of thunk it? Boy, you really are Mr. Helpful!

[Rosie1950]

Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed

Very true, very true. Sometimes it takes more than “try it, it’s moms apple pie” to convince folks. I attended two sessions of “explanation” and nonexistent Q&A sessions and left determined not to buy this pig in a poke. The general concept sounds good but you gotta scratch below the surface and no one was willing to do that

Because it’s considered double talk and gas lighting, many people believe “if it’s said often enough it’s true” and will never check the facts. In this case there were no facts to check, the cards were kept close to the chest.