[G.R.I.T.S.]

Originally Posted by Daddymac

As we saw Brett Hage is not looking out for us. Is he the Wolf in the Sheep’s body. Is he in the pockets of the builders, Sure looks that way. He looking to raise our taxes. These politicians just don’t get it. Either he has to step up to the plate and look out for us , or he will have to look for a new job.
IS IT TIME TO VOTE OUT ~~~BRETT HAGE ~~~

Beware of "wolves" from up north bringing their ways of doing things down here. It's not good in many high tax states, which is one of the many reasons folks relocate in fl. It will be replicated if the same ideals are brought with them. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.

[mk1126]

Well, who did you all vote for when he was up for re-election?!?
Mikael

[G.R.I.T.S.]

Originally Posted by Daddymac

BELOW IS SOME INFORMATION!!!


The Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart

Full disclosure: Would you mind telling the TOTV community your state of origin? It helps me understand why people think the way they do. I'm a former east Tennessean, fyi.

[tomhinz]

Correct!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by mk1126

Well, who did you all vote for when he was up for re-election?!?
Mikael

Well next time is ABM, anybody but Mikael. Wow talk about conflict of interest!

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by kaniess

Brett Hage is trying to protect Sumter County home buyers, businesses and employees by preventing the implementation of a drastic increase in impact fees. Some people think he should be voted out for helping county development. Notice these new commissioners are NOT proposing a rollback in homeowners property taxes which is why they were elected.

We elected 3 new commissioners, two of them wanted to roll it back, a third one, didn't. The one who didn't was Estep, he voted to delay....... after he voted to delay he made a bee line to Yoder and Munn for fist pumps and handshakes.

[quietpine]

Don’t be caught up in the knee jerk.reaction. The story of The Villages and the only reason we moved here is growth growth growth. So stop trying to cancel people who produce results that benefit us. Without growth this community will become another run down retirement community. They’re all over Florida.

[G.R.I.T.S.]

Originally Posted by Daddymac

BELOW IS SOME INFORMATION!!!


The Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart

Random candidate from orange county:
The Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart

[Daddymac]

Originally Posted by G.R.I.T.S.

Full disclosure: Would you mind telling the TOTV community your state of origin? It helps me understand why people think the way they do. I'm a former east Tennessean, fyi.

So you come from East Tenn. SO~~ Now i know how you think ??
I’m from the North East.

[Advogado]

Originally Posted by Aloha1

No politics!!

This is not about politics. It is about corruption. The sweetheart-impact-fee/25% tax hike is the most important issue facing Sumter County residents. The Developer owns the local media. Where else can residents discuss the issue if not on line, at sites like this one?

Why in the world would you want to shut off discussion?

[Advogado]

"Don’t be caught up in the knee jerk.reaction. The story of The Villages and the only reason we moved here is growth growth growth. So stop trying to cancel people who produce results that benefit us."

In reply:

The issue here is not whether or not The Villages is a nice place to live. I will freely concede that it is. This discussion is about having local government that represents the residents, not just the Developer. There is no reason why we taxpayers should be subsidizing the Developer's business.

We are living in a community, not in a resort hotel. We deserve government that represents the people, not one special interest. Local government has become a plutocracy.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Advogado

"Don’t be caught up in the knee jerk.reaction. The story of The Villages and the only reason we moved here is growth growth growth. So stop trying to cancel people who produce results that benefit us."

In reply:

The issue here is not whether or not The Villages is a nice place to live. I will freely concede that it is. This discussion is about having local government that represents the residents, not just the Developer. There is no reason why we taxpayers should be subsidizing the Developer's business.

We are living in a community, not in a resort hotel. We deserve government that represents the people, not one special interest. Local government has become a plutocracy.

I have lived here for more than a dozen years and I have been very aware of all that has happened here and what is going on now. I have had no reason to not trust the developers. I trust the developers far more than some people with an agenda to overturn this very well functioning CDD form of Government. I suspect that some of the folks posting do have some ties to a political agenda or they simply want to run things. One of my worst nightmares.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I have lived here for more than a dozen years and I have been very aware of all that has happened here and what is going on now. I have had no reason to not trust the developers. I trust the developers far more than some people with an agenda to overturn this very well functioning CDD form of Government. I suspect that some of the folks posting do have some ties to a political agenda or they simply want to run things. One of my worst nightmares.

We are newcomers here (just over a year) and the developer has done a great job building this place.

However when the developer owns the local govt that makes me very uncomfortable as his interests and ours do not always align.

[G.R.I.T.S.]

Originally Posted by Daddymac

So you come from East Tenn. SO~~ Now i know how you think ??
I’m from the North East.

Ummmm, yeah. Think so...

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

We are newcomers here (just over a year) and the developer has done a great job building this place.

However when the developer owns the local govt that makes me very uncomfortable as his interests and ours do not always align.

I haven't seen that to be the case. The longer one lives here the more one realizes that these modest, hard working people, are decent and ethical. Many people are jealous of their immense success and many do not like successful big business of any shape or kind.