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Babubhat 11-09-2022 07:58 PM

Time to close the thread. The voters have spoken. If you want to lament the unknowable you are already dead. move next to a hospital and the issue is moot. Problem solved.

JoMar 11-09-2022 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 2156283)
Time will tell, but you cannot say you have lost nothing because you have no idea what the politicians might decide to do with your service. Would have been much better with an independent system and an elected board of Villagers. But you said no.

And when the politicians do what they do it will start more threads of complaints.

Bridget Staunton 11-10-2022 05:18 AM

Not true it didn’t matter how long the early voting length. We voted early and we did our analyzation before we voted. We try to understand the reason for the vote.

Worldseries27 11-10-2022 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by altavia (Post 2156148)
well said, unfortunately the result of saying no to everything is often throwing the baby out with the bath water.

villagers are tired of escalating costs to live here. The graph is always heading north
whatever you point out. Even gasoline rises and falls but not the cost of living in the villages. Vote was a protest

Romad 11-10-2022 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2156031)
It appears that the Fire District has been rejected in a close vote.

The vote was 35,207 against and 33,225 in support of the measure.

It was good to see that the longer term Villagers knew this was all about who gets to pay for fire/EMS and had nothing to do with ambulance response times.

The new people never heard about the county roads agreement, the previous time the developer tried to offload some of their costs to the residents.

Rwirish 11-10-2022 05:51 AM

The voters have spoken.

La lamy 11-10-2022 06:26 AM

I assume this "no" vote outcome will not affect our real estate taxes that included over $300 of extra charges this year, or will it? I'm just about to send in my check.

jimkerr 11-10-2022 06:28 AM

It was a bad proposal and was nothing more than another money grab. The ambulance response times have already been fixed.

We didn’t need another useless tax.

Sandy and Ed 11-10-2022 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Mleeja (Post 2156152)
The Independent Fire District is not totally dead. It could be put on the ballot again. If there is a second attempt to establish the district I hope the Fire Department and the District Offices get out front in better explaining the cost and benefits. The “simplified funding” was confusing at best. The was a lot of misinformation floating around about this proposal which likely lead to its defeat.

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

Bill14564 11-10-2022 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by La lamy (Post 2156334)
I assume this "no" vote outcome will not affect our real estate taxes that included over $300 of extra charges this year, or will it? I'm just about to send in my check.

The IFD vote does not affect the tax bill you are about to pay.

My bill was a bit lower this year than last - no $300 of extra charges. But I am full-time here and benefited greatly from the homestead exemption.

VApeople 11-10-2022 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2156339)
My bill was a bit lower this year than last - no $300 of extra charges.

Yeah, same here. We are not complaining.

seecapecod 11-10-2022 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2156044)
The big No! No! for the yes vote was their lack of firm financial info.
In already austere financial times, a threatened increase in tax of any description is not a front runner in any election.
I thought the idea of an independent Fire Service was a good idea, but it was a badly presented campaign, with to many if, buts and maybes.
JMO.

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

coleprice 11-10-2022 07:49 AM

Continued GR8 Fire Department Support
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2156031)
It appears that the Fire District has been rejected in a close vote.

The vote was 35,207 against and 33,225 in support of the measure.

Voters avoided a tax increase and will continue to receive excellent service from the existing Fire Department. Current Fire Department support is superb, so there was no "problem that needed to be fixed". If the new Fire Department had been approved, it is very possible that Villagers would be paying more taxes for diminished services (More for Less).

jmpate 11-10-2022 07:58 AM

Fire District vote
 
Ambulance response time was one of the reasons I voted YES to the Fire District amendment esp given the growing size of Sumter Co. AED purchase for your Village section might be a good way to ensure a defibrillator is onsite for a cardiac situation. Ventricular Fibrillation is one of the cardiac conditions that needs electricity intervention quickly and a major reason for deaths outside the hospital. THIS was my greatest concern for a delayed ambulance response time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2156031)
It appears that the Fire District has been rejected in a close vote.

The vote was 35,207 against and 33,225 in support of the measure.


GmaLisaG 11-10-2022 08:01 AM

It's a shame. People vote no because they don't fully understand or think oh my taxes could go up. Well, I've had 4 times already here where someone was injured and needed an ambulance and it was well over 15 minutes for them to arrive..thank god we had a nurse most of the times to assist before they got there. I'm sorry but if a $100 or so a year tax increase (and no one even knew if it would increase) could help save a life and someone voted no well shame on you. And on a side note... to see that the majority of yes votes came from the south side (Ezell, etc) makes me just happier that I chose to live south rather than north..


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