[janmcn]

Janet Tutt announced earlier today that "there are no further leads to pursue", so case closed in the tree removal case on Lake Miona Drive, according to a new article in the on-line news.

The Project Wide Advisory Committee will pay the $45,000 to $50,000 tab, which means all districts south of CR466.

It will be interesting to see if one particular house that had been for sale for over a million dollars, comes back on the market after the listing mysteriously disappeared.

It would also be interesting to see how much investigative work was actually spent on this case. If the Sumter County Sheriff's Office couldn't solve this case, perhaps they don't deserve to have a police badge.

[RedChariot]

So I guess they got away with it. Hmmmm.......life is never fair is it.

[villagesmagtalk]

I do not see how they can charge me for replacement, when I do not even live near that Village? I hope there is some legal action those of us who had nothing to do with this can take to avoid the assessment. Socialism is alive and well in The Villages!!!!

[joldnol]

the rich almost always get away with it

[virgind]

How can we start a petition against pay for something the 99.99 percent didnt do. I cant believe this cover up is going to be allowed to be swept under the leaves(joke) why am I going to pay for this . Me and a whole lot of other people. I would expect this of our US government but not here. Where can we get a full report of the investigation.

[pmbinnj]

The online newspaper states "All leads exhausted in case of trees cut down at Lake Miona." It seems then, that MUCH MORE TIME should be spent generating new leads. While we all pay for this -- whether actual money or just the lost view of these magnificent trees; the bigger concern is the absolute gall of a homeowner felling the trees to increase the value of their home – and then GETTING AWAY WITH IT. There are plenty of issues on TOTV that should be allowed to die off – this is not one of them!

[virgind]

I think if we could find out who the sales agent was when the house was listed before we could probably get alot more info. Any one have any ideas as to finding this out, bring them forward . By the way was the sheriffs dept. involved. The results should be public record.

[Challenger]

I feel sure that the Sheriffs office has their own ideas about who, but cannot get the cooperation of witnesses needed to prosecute.
It defies belief that no neighbors would be able to give info that would allow the case to be solved.
I truly believe that there is a conspiracy of silence in this neighborhood.

My guess is that some investigative reporter could have a field day with this.

[wendyquat]

Call Greta!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by joldnol

the rich almost always get away with it

THE RICH? THE POOR? THE BLACK? THE CHINESE? THE DEMOCRATS? THE REPUBLICANS? THE OLD? THE YOUNG?

How about the people responsible?

WHAT if YOU lived in that neighborhood? That is SO unfair. That is just like saying that all people who live in a Designer home are less scrupulous than those who live in a Ranch home. People are people, how much or how little money they have in the bank does not make them good or bad unless they broke the law to get it..Every person needs to take care of themselves, obey the laws, and be responsible, whether they live in a teacup or a trailer or the Taj Mahal.

[handyman]

If I lived in that neighborhood, I would tell the authorities the truth .

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by handyman

If I lived in that neighborhood, I would tell the authorities the truth .

And so would I, If I KNEW the truth. I am sure that all people who live there know what the rest of us think we know, that one or more of the four are responsible, but they don't know which one or more are. AND you have to have proof.

It isn't fair to hang the whole neighborhood. That is NOT right. No matter what you suspect.

[onslowe]

I've refrained from any comments on this topic and its earlier threads to allow reasonable efforts to be undertaken by the authorities. I'm not Sherlock Holmes, but neither is this a case involving thousands of possible 'suspects' or leads. A scofflaw landscaper? A realtor with possible knowledge in part or whole? A homeowner or two? Broker notations prior to the sale? To an amateur, it doesn't seem to be a 'needle in a hay stack' problem.

Be that as it may, my prime complaint is the way too early capitulation and declaration that, in effect, the 'bad guys' got away with it. This is the kind of action that fosters distrust, unhelpful mutterings and attitudes, and plain and reasonable anger among citizens.

This is not the crime of the century. It is however, a real quality of life issue for each of us. Why? Because we all tacitly want government to do its job and leave us alone. We want to see that government works. That's the 'social contract,' a delicate trust born thing for sure.

We all have seen instances of government not working in our lives and in many of our cities. That's when people may say 'to hell with it' ,'it's no use,' and 'it's all corrupt.'

Hasty actions and decisions like this one are offensive to all of us. When the towel is just thrown in the second round, of course the finger pointers will come out. No one should expect less. It's wrong, hurtful to people and reputations, and divisive - but it is exactly the result to be expected.

Very disturbing.

[gomoho]

Originally Posted by wendyquat

Call Greta!

My thought exactly, but I think she is too busy trying to save the marine that has been abandoned in Iran.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by gomoho

My thought exactly, but I think she is too busy trying to save the marine that has been abandoned in Iran.

And that is appropriate!