Originally Posted by paulandjean (Post 435417)

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.

Originally Posted by PennBF (Post 435456)

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".:popcorn:

Originally Posted by dude175 (Post 435042)

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

Originally Posted by PennBF (Post 435830)

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" !:ohdear:

Originally Posted by cappyjon431 (Post 435842)

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.

Originally Posted by cappyjon431 (Post 435842)

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.

Originally Posted by PennBF (Post 435155)

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? :ohdear: