Misconception
 

There seems to be MANY who are confused about who pays for what in Florida. News flash, the county pays for everything concerning your roads, not the mystical developer. Sumter county paid 50 million to the developer for Southern Oaks roads and the upgraded bridge. The developer initially paid for the construction, but then was paid back. There was minimal reimbursement from some state taxes. It was the main reason 3 commissioners lost elections a couple of years back.

I do hope for more bridges because we own in Dabney. Lake county hasn’t been clear on what’s going on but has to abide by the Sunshine law concerning public roads. Nothing has been released, so nothing has been determined about golf cart paths. I doubt our commissioners want a repeat of prison time like Sumter commissioners had.

If someone’s says they are putting a golf cart accessible bridge or not placing a golf cart accessible bridge in, they live off of conjecture. Zero announcements have been made on the subject. By law nothing can be done in secrecy.

No matter how you slice and dice it, the homeowners ultimately pay.

The Villages is adding three billion dollars a year to the local property tax base that ultimately pays for everything via the property owners.

LOL - How long have you lived here?

Everything is decided and many things done before announced.

Law Applies to Government
 

Total 8 years in Florida part time between Lady Lake, Ft. Lauderdale and now Clearwater. I get what you say. The facts we know are that the developer will be reimbursed 6.5 million and a credit for the widening of the road to 4 lanes. The agreement could be amended at a later Lake Co. commissioner’s meeting! We will wait and see. Leslie Campione would make anything public if it helped her. I’m sure when modifications are made she will make a statement before minutes are released the following day of the monthly meeting.

Keep your fingers crossed

It's interesting to watch how things develop.

Turnpike design just started so not much solid expected fur 12 mo.

I'm betting the new interchange will be about a mile south of the existing ;-)

Maybe the reason for all the houses for sale is they found a house and an area they loved, and moved to the new southern neighborhoods. Believe it or not there are many very happy people that live in Dabney.

Just because you think Dabney residents made bad investments, doesn’t mean they feel the same. After all, those residents chose the area, you didn’t back them financially, so why do you care so much?

We gave a long hard look at moving to Enclave, because it was to be the next Premier neighborhood. We changed our mind because it wasn’t to be a premier neighborhood only. It would have been house #5.