[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Mortal1

Actually believing that some people ride around in "remote" neighborhoods just to point out restriction violations appears to be a creation of someones imagination. Never seen it happen and assume as do those who might believe this action might be a tad bit paranoid....personally I have no issue with folks who do this(if they exist at all)because deed restrictions aren't typically addressed unless pointed out by someone. So having a person, who for whatever reason(nothing else to do, fed up with those who could care less about restrictions, or just ignorant)decides it's a worthy past time has my thanks.

A person might not consider the TROLLS to be a "worthy pastime" if they had to change all of the rocks in their yard (after 20 years of having them) because some anonymous busybody wrote them up. Personally, I think that the professional grass cutters hate rock yards so much that they become like little 2nd-grade tattletales. Adults acting like whinny brats!

[roob1]

Did they have to change all the rocks because they were written up, or because it was a covenant violation?

Which occurred first?

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

A person might not consider the TROLLS to be a "worthy pastime" if they had to change all of the rocks in their yard (after 20 years of having them) because some anonymous busybody wrote them up. Personally, I think that the professional grass cutters hate rock yards so much that they become like little 2nd-grade tattletales. Adults acting like whinny brats!

[Bogie Shooter]

Speaking of “Adults acting like whinny brats!“

[midiwiz]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

And more people that hate The Villages chime in. Wonder why they are still here.

i wonder where you read that in this thread, I have yet to see it

[midiwiz]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

They seem to always show up.......

that isn't hating the villages, that is reality. if you think it's hating then sorry for you because I don't have to mamby pamby overly politically correct anything for anyone.

The OP poised an interrogatory and I gave him an answer from experience in this state. I'm not about to sunshine and rainbows anyone on here or anywhere else. If you want to bend over and see sunshine that's your business but I take great offense to the suggestion that I hate it here when I am merely posting reality. It's bad enough I have to watch my references because those that monitor are not in the know.

VERY much insulted..

[MrFlorida]

I like rules, that's why I moved here....

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by lee60car

I was "wrong" to have 8 2" colored solar lights in my flower bed. Later, 2 blue pottery spheres were "wrong." If I had put flowers in the spheres, it would have been OK. Go figure. This is the same person that has tormented the neighbors close to him for years. Such a waste of a way to live your life.

Oh, you evil person.
Seriously, I would have asked if changing the solar to some other form of illumination would be acceptable, for safety and security purposes. I also would have drilled hole in the spheres and put in a single small plant that would not obscure the sphere. Maybe some chia plants?

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by roob1

Did they have to change all the rocks because they were written up, or because it was a covenant violation?

Which occurred first?

Not sure which happened 1st. Not sure why that would make a difference? So, sorry, I can't answer that.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I like rules, that's why I moved here....

Rules can be good like speed limits. But, rules that are not made by the majority are bad rules. And rules made by one or several people are a dictatorship.

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by midiwiz

that isn't hating the villages, that is reality. if you think it's hating then sorry for you because I don't have to mamby pamby overly politically correct anything for anyone.

The OP poised an interrogatory and I gave him an answer from experience in this state. I'm not about to sunshine and rainbows anyone on here or anywhere else. If you want to bend over and see sunshine that's your business but I take great offense to the suggestion that I hate it here when I am merely posting reality. It's bad enough I have to watch my references because those that monitor are not in the know.

VERY much insulted..

So, if you hate something it is reality, if someone else hates something it is trolling?

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Rules can be good like speed limits. But, rules that are not made by the majority are bad rules. And rules made by one or several people are a dictatorship.

Hmm, the Constitution received 9 votes.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

Hmm, the Constitution received 9 votes.

Out of how many?

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I like rules, that's why I moved here....

Moving to a development (like TV Land) that has rules / deed restrictions IS a good way to keep up the value of your property - usually a person's biggest investment. I have zero problem with that. it is the OVERLY strict interpretation of the "rules" that bothers me. I understand the general principle of "no lawn ornaments". That is a good concept. But if someone has a small blue globe in a rock garden - I am NOT going to be offended. I myself, would think that even a large globe or 2 in a front yard would look good to me. And I would not ever waste my brainpower to determine one person's trim color to be BAD and another person's to be GOOD. To me, those are details that are too small for me to complain about. So, I would suggest some degree of flexibility in the RULES.
The idea of self-appointed Trolls driving around (with clipboards) and trying to impose 100% conformity to a Village - is very foreign and extreme to my way of thinking. That is like the old song about house developments......." and they are ALL made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same"!

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

Hmm, the Constitution received 9 votes.

The Constitution is a living, changing document. It has been changed by Amendments and will likely be changed in the future. I can think of some improvements!

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Moving to a development (like TV Land) that has rules / deed restrictions IS a good way to keep up the value of your property - usually a person's biggest investment. I have zero problem with that. it is the OVERLY strict interpretation of the "rules" that bothers me. I understand the general principle of "no lawn ornaments". That is a good concept. But if someone has a small blue globe in a rock garden - I am NOT going to be offended. I myself, would think that even a large globe or 2 in a front yard would look good to me. And I would not ever waste my brainpower to determine one person's trim color to be BAD and another person's to be GOOD. To me, those are details that are too small for me to complain about. So, I would suggest some degree of flexibility in the RULES.
The idea of self-appointed Trolls driving around (with clipboards) and trying to impose 100% conformity to a Village - is very foreign and extreme to my way of thinking. That is like the old song about house developments......." and they are ALL made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same"!

Flexibility in the rules is a slippery slope. Before you know it, there are no rules.