Posted at each gate, the gate closes after each car. People just can’t wait and ride the bumper of the car(s) in front of them.

One car at a time. Let the gate open and close.

Not only that, but who are we going to blame once they've gone.

Gates crashed into--------------------------snowbirds
Driving too fast--------------------------------snowbirds
Driving too slow--------------------------------snowbirds
Can't navigate a RB--------------------------snowbirds
Can't get a tee time---------------------------snowbirds
Waiting at restaurants----------------------snowbirds
Any rude behavior-----------------------------snowbirds
Excessive dog poop--------------------------snowbirds

Guess all those problems disappear May 1 :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Full disclosure, I am a full time resident

You forgot one:

Businesses closing because of lack of customers----------snowbirds

Didn't include that since I am unaware of a boatload of businesses that close each summer. The annual expansion and contraction of population is a reality of doing business in Florida.

Plastic nuts are used on gates so that they will pop off if hit by a car. Cheaper than replacing the arm.

Very True, Have, well had a store in Sanibel (hurricane), Sarasota, Naples. We make profits from January thru May. Rest of the year try and break even.

They are waiting for all of the snowbirds to leave before repairing them for the summer.

I like it when the gates are down…. But I always come to a full Stop 🛑. The gate on Pinellas that goes to 466a is really stupid. There is not reason for it… there is no golf cart crossing or driveways. Take it DOWN!

They have always used the plastic bolts, for as long as we have been around in 07. However for gates to fall off all by itself, means either the bolts are not put in properly (which I doubt, due to the amount of repair) or my guess is the bolts themselves are just not made as well.

One of the many jobs done by the Community Watch drivers is to try and reattach the downed gates, if possible. Don't know if this has changed with the new gate maintenance contract.

It melts when the weather warms up ?

A "snowflake" used to describe a Villager's residential status, is someone who comes and goes as time allows...

Sometimes is a few weeks in the winter, sometimes it's in the summer, fall or spring...

It has nothing to do with the term as used to describe those who are butthurt by anything that might offend them...

The wife and I are "snowflakes". I'm able to come down 4-5 times a year, for a few weeks each time, while my wife is able to stay a bit longer, on most visits...

Soon, we'll become frogs... And we'll go back north to the DC area, once in a while, to visit the kids...

And anyone who is offended by the therm "The Wife" is the other kind of snowflake...

The arms need bright yellow flags added to them for visibility.

Replace gates with red lights.

We are snowflakes although we are full time owner and not part time owner. We do not sell the house each time we leave, we own it for the entire year.

Anyway a snowflake comes when they can for a week or two and then returns when they can. For us this means 3-6 weeks a year.