Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Guest Passes Are NOT Being Checked
Had family visiting last week and got passes for all four of them. Husband, son and grandson played ping pong at Seabreeze. No passes were checked. Son took both grandkids to Bradenton pool for nearly two hours and never got checked. Not sure who is trying to convince us that we don’t need to be concerned that nonresidents are using our facilities.
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Yes, it is true, there is not a Rec Center person stationed at every pool all day long. There is some (hopefully random) schedule for checking IDs at pools. I've seen IDs checked about 50% of the times I have visited the pools.
I have had my ID checked every time I have entered the smaller Rec Centers. Regional Rec Centers are difficult and Seabreeze more than some of the others. At the larger centers like Seabreeze, IDs are often checked at the doors for individual meetings rather than at the main entrance. I assume this is to get a count of how many attended a particular event. If I just walk in to take a look around but do not enter an event then my ID is not checked. Ideally, Rec Center personnel would also walk through and check the IDs of those using the game rooms and other facilities (pools, pickleball courts, bocce courts, indoor shuffleboard, etc). Perhaps this is not being done as frequently as it could be, but my experience has been that IDs are occasionally in these areas as well. At Seabreeze, Everglades, and possibly others, governmental meetings are held (CDD, NSCUDD, PWAC, Sumter BoCC, etc). These meetings are open to the public and that is why IDs are not checked. Attempting to check IDs of everyone entering these Rec Centers would cause confusion and problems for those that are coming in only for the public meetings. It would be interesting to calculate how much additional staffing it would take to station someone at all the rooms and all the pools and all the courts all day long. I don't want my amenity fee increased to pay for all that, but it would be interesting to know how many additional people it would take.
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It will get much easier and much less intrusive, once the implanted microchip program is implemented.
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Passes????
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If we are going to check IDs at ALL the pools, then we should also check at all the pickleball/tennis courts. I don’t care enough about it to count how many recreation and pool facilities there are, but staffing them all for 8 to 10 hours a day 360 days a year would be expensive. Then we hear the complaints about the amenity fee going up.
What happens when the person working your pool calls in sick, do we close the pool for the day? |
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If anyone thinks this is a small issue, they are woefully unaware. Non villagers using pools, pickelball courts, and many other amenties happens frequently. Yes I would not mind having to stop whatever I am doing to show my ID. Those outside frequently are quite proud of the fact they don't live here but have never been asked for ID. At family pools, at neighborhood pools, at pickleball courts, these I have experienced in person. Something really needs to be done soon
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How many have told you they are proud? What did you tell them?
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I agree, I’d checks could be more frequent, but from what I’ve seen, it isn’t a big deal. So what if a non resident is using a pool which happens occasionally. I don’t care. What is the cost of a few non residents in the pool? Quit your whining!
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The Villages has gotten far too big to check IDs and enforce deed restrictions. They would need to hire many more people and they are not going to do it.
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I can't see the appeal that any local non-resident would have to want to use our pools and have to listen to Villagers complain about the prices at Publix or gossiping about where the new Trader Joes will be located.
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I get checked frequently. Maybe I am the only one.
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or loudly describing/discussing their current medical issues. TMI!
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY Randallstown, MD Yakima, WA Stevensville, MD Village of Hillsborough |
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I swim at 730 am, even cold mornings, only one in the pool. They checked me.
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