[Happydaz]

Originally Posted by PennBF

When I look at the number of comments in this stream of responses I am reminded there
was an overflow number of residents at the meeting to determine if LADY LAKE would approve apartments in the Katte Belle building. The vast number of residents who attended were strongly against the use of the property for that purpose. Now I read a few who responded to the OP's input. Here the majority either support the use for apartments or provide "snide" remarks as in an attempt to support the concept. The question is who are these alleged developer supporters. The point is there is no filter regardiing who writes in to TOTV as it should be but when digesting the write in's it is key to consider what is the motivation to go against th majority and who may be driving that position.

You are on to something here. Many of the frequent posters on TOTV are supporters of the developer. They come out to mock or criticize anyone who does not follow their point of view. There are many Villagers who support the OP’s view. There is nothing wrong with a group of posters drowning out dissent with 20,000 or 25,000 posts, but the rest of us should be aware what they doing. Thanks for your analysis.

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by Happydaz

You are on to something here. Many of the frequent posters on TOTV are supporters of the developer. They come out to mock or criticize anyone who does not follow their point of view. There are many Villagers who support the OP’s view. There is nothing wrong with a group of posters drowning out dissent with 20,000 or 25,000 posts, but the rest of us should be aware what they doing. Thanks for your analysis.

As Henryk used to say “if you are a hammer everything looks like a nail”. It is not a matter of being a developer supporter, it is a matter of being a more recent (younger) resident who has never been to Katie Belles and does not view change as catastrophic.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Happydaz

You are on to something here. Many of the frequent posters on TOTV are supporters of the developer. They come out to mock or criticize anyone who does not follow their point of view. There are many Villagers who support the OP’s view. There is nothing wrong with a group of posters drowning out dissent with 20,000 or 25,000 posts, but the rest of us should be aware what they doing. Thanks for your analysis.

Some of us try to be objective. The Morse family has done a fantastic job in building this place but some of the things going on now are not in the best interest of the residents and if we think that way why not comment?

[RUCdaze]

Change is inevitable, and it is the developer's prerogative to make changes, but why do all the changes the developer makes have to negatively impact those of us who bought into the utopia he was selling? Seems like a little bate and switch here. Back when Schwartz was alive, there were only two mouths to feed. Three generations later there are multiple mouths, thus the need for each generation to be greedier than the last.