[paulandjean]

I can see it know, I do not use the pools and recreation centers so I should not pay my "amenities fees" either. Or else I have to get me one of those felonies.

[PennBF]

As I said, you can always find a critics..They are easy to find as it is
much easier to be a critic than to be creative. What is difficult to find are those who don't agree with some suggestions/recommendations and offer up
alternatives or suggestions. It is reasonable that some do not agree with suggestions regarding residents exposures to some convicted violent criminals but do they have any independent ideas of thoughts? As the good Security
expert once said, "the time you recognize you need protection is the day after you were robbed, etc".

[paulandjean]

What?

[paulandjean]

What? Or a good sense of humor.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by paulandjean

I can see it know, I do not use the pools and recreation centers so I should not pay my "amenities fees" either. Or else I have to get me one of those felonies.

A few residents might choose to go the felony route rather than pay amenities! Hmmmmm, I wonder if skinny dipping qualifies. Just kidding, Penn!

[pooh]

Originally Posted by PennBF

As I said, you can always find a critics..They are easy to find as it is
much easier to be a critic than to be creative. What is difficult to find are those who don't agree with some suggestions/recommendations and offer up
alternatives or suggestions. It is reasonable that some do not agree with suggestions regarding residents exposures to some convicted violent criminals but do they have any independent ideas of thoughts? As the good Security
expert once said, "the time you recognize you need protection is the day after you were robbed, etc".

Are you talking about the attempted robbery at the hospital or about convicted felons who might live in TV, in general? If someone has a felony conviction, has served their sentence and is now free....well, if they live here and pay their fee...they have as much right as any other resident to use the facilities. Do we have lots of convicted felons living in TV? I know there are some...they're registered, but are abiding by the terms of their release, at least I do believe they are. Are you suggesting that they might not be?

Now we've both changed the thread...it was initially meant to make people aware of potential danger...now we're talking about not allowing some residents, not sure what residents, to use the facilities they HAVE to pay for. Pardon me if I seem confused because at this point, it's confusing.

[CarGuys]

You can tell when a Post has lost its original meaning the purpose energy and direction or intent.

Time to say to this one! No more, night, goodbye over and out-

IMHO -

[jgbama]

Originally Posted by dude175

You will find an article about a attempted purse snatch at Villages Hospital in Daily Commercial, page A2 (second page), Sunday Jan 1

Nice to see a post that sticks to the topic of the thread! You certainly get my "KUDOS" Award! Happy New Year and welcome to the whacky world of TOTV!!

[PennBF]

You have a "robbery" and a suggestion to put controls on felons in THe Villages and some don't see the connection? It is better to try to find solutions than just participate in "gossip" !

[graciegirl]

I say that it is another tempest in a teapot. You can worry if you want to.

It was an attempted robbery. It happened in the hospital parkling lot. The woman said she saw a man in a car with a gun who asked for her purse. She ran. He drove away. She fell. Was not badly injured.

It was in the morning, not in the middle of the night. The targeted person may or may not have been a nurse, a patient, an employee or a visitor. He didn't get her purse.

We have close to 90 thousand people living here. It is not Fort Apache, The Bronx. YET.

[cappyjon431]

Originally Posted by PennBF

You have a "robbery" and a suggestion to put controls on felons in THe Villages and some don't see the connection? It is better to try to find solutions than just participate in "gossip" !

Doesn't this assume that the "robber" was, in fact, a resident of TV? That is an assumption that I am unwilling to make and one that has never been suggested.

I started this thread and I only had two intentions: 1)To see if anyone could confirm a report I had heard about an attempted robbery, and 2) To get the word out there if there was indeed a threat.

Well, it was confirmed through several sources (including the Sun) and the word got out there, so my goals were met.

If people want to use this thread as a forum for controlling felons who live in TV, or as a way of fighting TV doggie doo perpetrators or to establish garden gnome/pink flamingo patrols, it is their right. While you're at it, I saw a mini-van on a multimodal path yesterday and I could see how this may be related to a robbery.

Truthfully, I am all for retiring this thread.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by cappyjon431

I started this thread and I only had two intentions: 1)To see if anyone could confirm a report I had heard about an attempted robbery, and 2) To get the word out there if there was indeed a threat.
Truthfully, I am all for retiring this thread.

LOL, it's called opening up Pandora's Box. We all have personal "hot buttons" that we trot out at the first opportunity, and I'm including myself in that!

[PennBF]

My goodness..read the paper each Monday and see the number of residents who are charged (not yet convicted of a felony) and then go into denial. We have a great community of about 90,000 with some bad people. The question was whether anything can be done about "bad" people who reside in our community and continue to expose others to their bad behavior. I don't understand why some want to avoid setting or try to set boundries but so be it. I agree, close the thread and go back to accepting what ever comes.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by cappyjon431

Doesn't this assume that the "robber" was, in fact, a resident of TV? That is an assumption that I am unwilling to make and one that has never been suggested.

I started this thread and I only had two intentions: 1)To see if anyone could confirm a report I had heard about an attempted robbery, and 2) To get the word out there if there was indeed a threat.

Well, it was confirmed through several sources (including the Sun) and the word got out there, so my goals were met.

If people want to use this thread as a forum for controlling felons who live in TV, or as a way of fighting TV doggie doo perpetrators or to establish garden gnome/pink flamingo patrols, it is their right. While you're at it, I saw a mini-van on a multimodal path yesterday and I could see how this may be related to a robbery.

Truthfully, I am all for retiring this thread.

It is your thread and you can end it, Cappy. Happy New Year. When are you two going to stop by?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by PennBF

I thought being able to use the Rec Centers, Country Clubs, Pools, etc. was a privilege and not a "right". If this is true why can't The Villages take away
these "privilege's" when someone is convicted of a felony. If someone is convicted of aggravated battery, aggravated assult, etc. why should they be permitted to be use the facilities. If someone assults a child, police officer or "someone over the age of 65" it automatically goes from an assullt, battery, etc. to a higher charge of "aggravated"..This should at least mean they have sacrificed their rights to use what other residents are paying for.
If there is a "catch" that because they pay amenity fees these privileges cannot be denied then then don't charge them for aminity fees and take away the privilege's. This way some would think more before they commit a felony in The Villages. We deserve a peaceful community and there should be some consequences when there is a felony conviction?

And how do you propose to POLICE your little felony rule. What a wacky idea.