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Old 01-31-2016, 04:08 PM
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Default Gates are a joke

Specifically the gate at Canal and Stillwater. Hasn't worked for two weeks or there about. They got it going the other day and a hour later it wasn't. Working today but we will see how long that will be. What a waste of money.Does our amenity fee pay for that. If not then where else would the money come from.
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Old 01-31-2016, 04:22 PM
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I think your annual maintenance fee pays for that.
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Specifically the gate at Canal and Stillwater. Hasn't worked for two weeks or there about. They got it going the other day and a hour later it wasn't. Working today but we will see how long that will be. What a waste of money.Does our amenity fee pay for that. If not then where else would the money come from.


So far you haven't convinced me that gates are a joke.
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Default GATES! What are they good for?............

The gates control traffic.

At least in my neck of the woods, that's what the gates do.

Without the gates, there would be even more accidents involving golf carts.

I like the gates.
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I think your annual maintenance fee pays for that.
Annual maintenance fee???? That's a new one on me.
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Annual maintenance fee???? That's a new one on me.
Check your tax bill under "Non-Ad Valdrem Assessments". Mine is a little over $500
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Catholics pay for the gates. There is a collection plate every Sunday and I'm pretty sure it's to pay for the broken gates.
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Every topic is a joke...and I use that term very loosely.

Another vote FOR the gates.
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Catholics pay for the gates. There is a collection plate every Sunday and I'm pretty sure it's to pay for the broken gates.
Sounds like Irish Catholic guilt. Must be Catholics breaking the gates.
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Gate repair is only costing a little more than the stopped striping plan. The cost is about 1/2 million per year paid for by someone.
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Old 01-31-2016, 05:26 PM
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Every topic is a joke...and I use that term very loosely.

Another vote FOR the gates.
What's the title of the thread?
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[QUOTE=Polar Bear;1179963]Every topic is a joke

I knew you'd eventually come around to my way of thinking
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...I knew you'd eventually come around to my way of thinking
Not quite yet...not until I start thinking every joke is funny.
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What's the title of the thread?
What would it matter?
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Not quite yet...not until I start thinking every joke is funny.
I look at it more as a percentage
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