Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Sumter commissioners get open records request
A former circuit judge has filed an open records request for communications between Estep, Miller and Search and 11 other people. Some of the people are the president of the POA, a few democratic activists, etc. It appears they are looking for ethics violations.
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Has anyone ever heard of a similar stunt being pulled anyplace besides Sumter County? It is hard to imagine who has the motivation, financial interest, and deep pockets to finance: the compilation of the “hit list” of Villagers contained in the public-records request, the preparation of the request, and the review of documents that will ensue. Might this fishing expedition be related to the grass-roots movement to increase the Developer's sweetheart impact fee and rollback the 25% property-tax increase? Nah, that would be too obvious. BTW, this is not the first effort by Angeliadis to stifle free speech. A video of him browbeating a Villager trying to speak at a County Commission meeting while Angeliadis was employed as Commission attorney, back in the days when all five Commissioners were the Developer's puppets, is available on youtube: Angie takes on Angeliadis - YouTube Hopefully, Angeliadis's actions in the video and his representing a mysterious client (who doesn't have the courage to identify himself) in this fishing expedition are not his finest performances as an attorney. In fact, I wonder if he advised his client of the old legal maxim: People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. It is far from clear that this fishing expedition won't end up with his client's being on the hook. In any event, I certainly agree with the original poster: It should be interesting. Last edited by Advogado; 03-20-2021 at 07:58 AM. |
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If the commissioners were emailing each other that could be a problem. If they were knowingly working through an intermediary in an attempt to get around the law that could be a problem. But simply communicating with those they were elected to represent does not seem like it should be an issue with the sunshine law.
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wow the politics of this place is incredible
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Long term effort to scare away any potential future commissioner candidates that are not attached to strings.
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Arrest last week, little scam in south Florida.
Ex-Florida Senator Frank Artiles Facing Charges in Sham Candidate Probe – NBC 6 South Florida
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Angeliadis is engaged in a fishing on behalf of a client who wants to hide his identity while apparently trying to intimidate the new Commissioners and the Villagers who support them and who have criticized the Developer's sweetheart impact fee. There is no indication that the new Commissioners are not following the law. The whole fishing expedition is incredible! My question to you is: Have you ever heard of something like it being done anyplace else in the country???? Last edited by Advogado; 03-20-2021 at 09:22 AM. |
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I do love how the local paper or rag keeps telling us the developer pays more in taxes to Sumter than anyone else.
Just doesnt think it should point out they are the largest builder and land owner by far. Sad when people take it seriously. |
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Last edited by Advogado; 03-20-2021 at 10:02 AM. |
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Any article by David R. Corder in the Daily Sun should begin: "Full disclosure: Mr. Corder's salary and bonus are paid by the Developer of The Villages."
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Additional Impact fees?
Just wanted to thank you all for educating a new resident about the local impact fees and local politics in this and previous posts. Question: With the developer proposing future multi-age housing are there additional impact fees such as a school impact fee, police impact fee and parks & recreation impact fee that the county commissioners should also be considering?
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BTW, I am glad that you are taking an interest in local government. Too many residents forget that we are living in a community, not at a resort hotel. As citizens of that community, we should be demanding honest, representative government. We should not be putting up with shenanigans like Angeliadis's fishing expedition financed by an undisclosed client. Last edited by Advogado; 03-20-2021 at 10:08 AM. |
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The following youtube video, which I just discovered, neatly summarizes what is behind Angeliadis's public records request: George Angeliadis Open Records Request - YouTube
Every Sumter County resident should see it and demand that Commissioners Gilpin and Breeden reveal what they know about who is funding the Angeliadis's fishing expedition. Last edited by Advogado; 03-20-2021 at 11:44 AM. |
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