Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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There are currently commissioners on the board that would stop at nothing to make moves that they perceive will hurt The Developer, even it it ultimately results in damage to the Villages.
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Real Name: Steven Massy Arrived at TV through Greenwood, IN; Moss Beach, CA; La Grange, KY; Crystal River, FL; The Villages, FL |
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I was told that the reason for the Villages separate fire/EMT service is that Sumter county response time was too slow. The fire department in the villages has world class response times and is worth the money, especially if you are the one having the heart attack.
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I recently moved to the Villages. Just retired from the Fire service after 34 years and 10 years as fire chief. My department was always always under attack by the Big City so they could take out money. During the time I was there our local department provided a much better, more personal and better value than the big city. Giving control to a larger entity is not always the best plan. In my opinion Taking our Villages tax money and paying it to our Villages fire department with our Villages control is a win for us. |
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The Villages Fire Dept would be the best service to take over the ambulance service. As a former Fire Chief and Firefighter that is the best service period.
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Support villages fire dept
We all agree that we need to keep the excellent service of our Villages Fire Department in place and not allow County Commissioner Bradley to take it over. We need to get involved! Contact your local and County representatives! Also we need to attend the open meetings of the ad hoc County EMS committee which are held at the Wildwood Community Center on August 4, 18, Sept 1 and 15. All meetings start at 7:00pm. Voice our opinions!
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So let me understand this. Our, The Villages, fire department has an excellent response time. Sumter County ambulance service (AMR) has the most horrible response time, sometimes between 30 min to an hour. Which means you call 911for a heart attack, the fire dept gets to you in 5 to 10 min, but then you wait 30 to 60 min for an ambulance to get you to a hospital. That’s what we have now. What is being proposed is that we put The Villages excellent Fire Dept under the management of the horrible Sumter County management. Whose brilliant idea was that? The sad thing is that if we don’t get this to a wider audience, they will slip it in under our noses. Who’s spearheading The Villages action on this?
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YOUR VOICE MATTERS TO SAVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT Please contact the Ad Hoc Fire, EMS, and Transport Committee and Sumter County Board of County Commissioners to support The Villages Fire Rescue and oppose Sumter County consolidating The Villages Fire Rescue! To contact the Ad Hoc Committee, please email Leslie.Smith@sumtercountyfl.gov To contact the Sumter County Board of County Commissioners, please email doug.gilpin@sumtercountyfl.gov gary.search@sumtercountyfl.gov oren.miller@sumtercountyfl.gov garry.breeden@sumtercountyfl.gov craig.estep@sumtercountyfl.gov |
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Lake County
If option 2 mentioned above happens in Sumpter County, will Lake County try and proceed to take over as well?
I like the independent model 3; where we as Villagers pay for our own excellent fire department services and have a say in what it looks like moving forward. Even if it works out as a bit more tax money it may be worth the cost to have ownership of such an important service. Just my opinion. |
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Thank-you for providing this information and insight. It can be very difficult to get this in this sea of propaganda that seems to overshadow the villages in so many areas.
I suspect the vast majority of people in the villages want what is best when it comes to their health and safety. SO, my primary question is, what is best for the health and safety of the villages? Second question is about cost; who pays, who benefits and is this a fair model? |
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Isn’t Arnold The Choice Of The Prior Commissioners?
Wasn’t Bradley Arnold the choice for Sumter County administrator of the prior Developer-supported County Commissioners?
Now that the county commission is no longer under the control of the Developer, what’s changed? How long will Arnold survive under his new bosses?
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Are we talking about fire protection services, ambulance services, or both?
Does TV Fire Department have enough resources (vehicles, manpower) to provide ambulance service or would they need to substantially expand? If the independent district is established and we pay fire protection (and I assume ambulance) taxes to it then where does the rest of Sumter County get funding for their emergency services? Is there any reason to believe our county property taxes (the ad valorem part) would not be increased to cover the shortfall in the county budget?
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Echoing...thank you so much for your service! That said we've had the honor of some of your folks helping us out and the response time was excellent. It's always been comforting to know you are "there" for us. When one is in what is a medical emergency---time is of the essance. We've been following what the new commissioners have tried to railroad through and quite frankly it's frightening!! They even live here and Heaven help them "if" they ever need your services!! Just saying. These folks are "NIMBYS" (Not in my back yard)....wanting to change everything and how it's done to be what it was like where they were from. Also are RINO's which was false pretenses. Anyway, unfortunately people's lives are at stake. It's not because of the developer but the CCD's who are the rule makers. Just my 2-cents worth.
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