[Rokinronda]

I have been watching the VHA meeting on VNN and impressed with the informatiion, insight and eloquence of a family member. Down to earth, witty and willing to work with us on important and frivolous issues. My opinion is a job more than well done! I believe the Morse family will continue to listen and do everything they can to make TV the best community in the world! BRAVO!!! :#1: Maybe, just maybe with our input, the buffalo will be back in view. I believe the Morse family will consider options. AGAIN BRAVO! POA, > what a negative, nasty, greedy bunch. 7 million to a lawyer!!! WHY??!! SHAME ON YOU! 7 loudmouth complainers now sharing $350,000, I see a personal greed factor here. The POA continues to bad mouth. I, for one, am not looking at their bulletin any longer. AGAIN, MARK I am impressed and wish you, your family, and my fellow, content, happy Villagers a lifestyle I used to only dream about! You have made my personal dream a reality! JOB WELL DONE! Could the Morse family please consider a New Years Eve party under the stars? My only wish.

Care to elaborate bit about the $7 million and other figures?? Have not watched VNN for a while.

[Rokinronda]

It was not mentioned at the meeting, but the class action suit against the developers by the POA was a matter that I feel was for personal gains. The attorney for the POA was paid $7,000,000. The 7 plaintiffs that brought the lawsuit were awarded $350,000. I would love to know if the lawyer was a relative or friend of a plaintiff. I would not be surprised if that was the case. I would also like to know the details of what and where the $40 million awarded will go??!! My short term memory is failing. The link to the settlement that was detailed in the Orlando Sentinal is no longer functioning! Sorry, Tal. I think this needs to be another topic, I just wanted this post to congratulate the DEVELOPER for a job well done! KUDOS TO THEIR VISION!! Please chime in with your thoughts and BRAVOS!.

[Rokinronda]

Come on people, lets show some appreciation here!!! :bigthumbsup:

[villages07]

Ronda,

I agree with you...I am watching it as I type this. He is doing a nice job....folksy, plain spoken, and does seem sincere about wanting the Villages to be a community we can all be proud of. He seems to have inherited his father's and grandfather's passion for TV.

For all others living in TV....VNN is doing a continuous broadcast of Mark Morse's talk to the VHA all weekend. So, carve out an hour (or so...) and watch it....it's well worth the time.

[graciegirl]

This is such good news to hear and especially from one whose judgement I have come to value. I am so glad to "know" you Rhonda!

[graciegirl]

Wish I could hear it up here in Ohio but two of my favorites have critiqued it for me. You go Mark Morse! :bigthumbsup:

[Beltlady]

Right on Rhona, I agree with everything you said. Hope we can resolve this buffalo issue fast. Was there anything in the paper about these litagations before they were awarded? Maybe Daily Sun and VNN should let us know, so we can get helpful action started eariler or before it's too late. Maybe more of us should go to the meetings. I did notice the Savanna Center was pretty filled.

[swrinfla]

I'll add my praise. He does a good job, indeed.

This was the third year that I've gone to this particular VHA session at Savannah Center. It's the first one where Mark Morse spoke for more than an hour. It's the first one that I know of where one of the ballrooms was set up with a huge screen to accommodate the expected overflow. I was frankly more impressed this year than in others.

I just wish ther'd be some small opportunity for questions, but the logistics would be nightmarish!

SWR

[Frangyomory]

Mark Morse is just as phony as you can be. It took a class action suit for hiim to pony up on the millions of dollars of OUR amenities and to give them back to US! You can like him and give hiim all the atta boys you want but when it takes a law suit to get money back that is ours; it takes a law suit to fix sink holes; it almost takes a law suit to fix the vinyl siding in many homes, I am not going to give any atta boys!!!!

Mark Morse happens to be a charismatic speaker and the VHA folks are just like sheep following the dog. I happen to be a member of the VHA but am going to join the POA because FULL DISCLOSURE is an entitlement and not something we should have to sue to get.

The lawyers got what is routinely paid to lawyers in law suits, they got a specific percentage of the value of the suit. This DOES NOT make the POA greedy, etc. They simply saw a wrong and went about making it right in the only way they could because the developer would NOT give the money back that belong to the owners.

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[GERALDINE]

Originally Posted by Frangyomory

Mark Morse is just as phony as you can be. It took a class action suit for hiim to pony up on the millions of dollars of OUR amenities and to give them back to US! You can like him and give hiim all the atta boys you want but when it takes a law suit to get money back that is ours; it takes a law suit to fix sink holes; it almost takes a law suit to fix the vinyl siding in many homes, I am not going to give any atta boys!!!!

Mark Morse happens to be a charismatic speaker and the VHA folks are just like sheep following the dog. I happen to be a member of the VHA but am going to join the POA because FULL DISCLOSURE is an entitlement and not something we should have to sue to get.

The lawyers got what is routinely paid to lawyers in law suits, they got a specific percentage of the value of the suit. This DOES NOT make the POA greedy, etc. They simply saw a wrong and went about making it right in the only way they could because the developer would NOT give the money back that belong to the owners.

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As much as I hate to admit it...I think YOU are more right than wrong. I'd love to live in "La-La Land" and believe that the Morse family is here to take care of our every desire...but I know they worship a "golden idol" (money) and that's what they're here to get. There never would have been a siding issue if they had paid the money to hire the right/best contractors in the first place...

[bimmertl]

Put simply, Morse and the VCCD tried to pull a fast one and not live up to their contractual obligations to the residents of TV. The fact this matter had to be litigated was no doubt due to Morse and the VCCD at some point saying, if you don't like it sue us. Fortunately somebody called their bluff.

The resulting settlement was filed with the court and approved by a judge. All members of the "class" were given notice of the settlement prior to the court approval. The settlement and amounts awarded in fees to the plaintiff attorney and to the participating named plaintiffs were also court approved and in line with amounts typically awarded in multi million dollar settlements.

Withholding $40 million of our money and only "agreeing" to pay it after being sued is not doing a good job. You must be kidding.


http://www.thevillagesfl.us/classactionsettlement.htm

[Frangyomory]

jkp and bimmerti you have seen the true reason we got those amenities back. I still find it hard to understand how anyone can applaud Mark Morse, et al when we as residents have to threaten a law suit or actually file one, to get the developer/family to "do the right thing" and he has the audacity to complain about the bad publicity and the POA downtalking the family!!!!

[jadebox]

Three cheers for Mark Morse and family. They make a heck of a lot more sense then some of the people posting on here.
I would hate to live with the attitude of some. So sad to live that way.

[Rokinronda]

Fran, I have been away from the computer, enjoying life and just got back. Will you explain which amenities had been lost? What obligations were they not adhering to? I didn't think the ammenities fees were our monies to spend, but were for the upkeep. Did the Morse family cause the sinkholes? Could they have been predicted and could they have prevented them? I appreciate that our golf courses have acclaimed Audobon status. I have never heard anything but good about correcting siding problems. Maybe I drank too much kool-aid or have been brainwashed, but I do feel their lifestyle visions are commendable. ATTA BOY. Live and learn, I should not speak my mind. Criticism's will come forth. I am just a sheep following a dog. I will think twice before posting from now on. Don't expect me to go any further with this thread. This is why I stay out of political threads, also. Life is too short and I am enjoying every minute! :hot: