[redwitch]

let's see -- moffitt is a for-profit hospital that we are expected to fund. the majority of world-class physicians of moffitt will stay in tampa and, if we're lucky, will telecommute to here for consultations. personally, i think we've been sold a HUGE bill of goods on this one. unfortunately, we're stuck. so are the morses. they're discovering that fund raising for moffitt is not going as quickly as they expected. they're hearing a lot of negative comments about the whole deal; comments they did not expect. so, they need to cut out other fundraisers in the hopes that people will contribute more to moffitt.

i do believe that if we were to march down the public streets we would in fact be arrested, just as protestors were in the 60s and 70s. we may live here, but the morses do still hold the power.

to my way of thinking, disallowing the relay for life in the villages is obscene. it's the only word i can think of for this action.

[beartrack]

Originally Posted by Boomer

I know I am not supposed to have an opinion on this because we do not yet own here in TV. But we see so many things to like about this place that we are seriously considering buying. We have been looking at houses.

And I can no longer stay silent on this one. (I sometimes wonder, when I read some of the stuff here on TOTV, if an independent thinker like me can make my way in TV. But I always manage to find my people somehow. So I am betting that I can.) Whoops. I digress….. so anyway, back to the topic that’s got me all riled up……

I was appalled by what I had been reading in this thread. But then I read that article in today’s newspaper and now I need a new word -- something stronger than appalled. Can’t seem to think of the perfect word right now…..well… at least not a ladylike word.

Thank you, BTK, for your comments on the article and also for your comments on this situation in general. You are telling it like it is.

I saw that newspaper article as quite a piece of writing that boiled down to saying that a small, powerful group made a decision to pull the rug out from under the biggest Relay for Life in the country. I can only imagine the influence that must have been brought to bear in that one. (shudder)

As I looked at the writer’s style, it sure looked to me like a version of the assumptive close. Invoking the assumptive principle, the writer presents the issue with absolute and complete confidence, as if it is all so very obvious, so purely right. When a decision is presented in such a manner, people who say the decision is wrong can find themselves cast in a bad light by those who will call them (gasp) negative and, in some cases, worse. And so it goes……

I have learned a lot about TV from TOTV. I have learned that the streets are public and the squares are public. I also know that charter schools are funded with public money.

The Relay for Life is always inspiring and beautiful. I think it would be wonderful to see the Villagers’ Relay for Life pour out, in those huge numbers, into the streets and the squares of TV. Not to be denied. And I would plan to be right there with them.

I can dream, can’t I?

Norma Rae Boomer

Great post. You said it better then I ever could

Thanks Boomer

[Pturner]

If anyone has a fax machine and would be willing to fax me a copy of the long Daily Sun article on the subject, please PM me and I'll give you my fax number. Thanks much.

[memason]

Just saw this on the ACS website.... Not updated ?? Looks like you can still sign up for TV relay...

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/Re...al&fr_id=29865

[wendyquat]

Great idea about Carriage Museum nj girl! What a beautiful place!

[Larry Wilson]

Originally Posted by redwitch

let's see -- moffitt is a for-profit hospital that we are expected to fund. the majority of world-class physicians of moffitt will stay in tampa and, if we're lucky, will telecommute to here for consultations. personally, i think we've been sold a HUGE bill of goods on this one. unfortunately, we're stuck. so are the morses. they're discovering that fund raising for moffitt is not going as quickly as they expected. they're hearing a lot of negative comments about the whole deal; comments they did not expect. so, they need to cut out other fundraisers in the hopes that people will contribute more to moffitt.

i do believe that if we were to march down the public streets we would in fact be arrested, just as protestors were in the 60s and 70s. we may live here, but the morses do still hold the power.

to my way of thinking, disallowing the relay for life in the villages is obscene. it's the only word i can think of for this action.

You are right redwitch. I think someone needs to leak this to papers around America. I bet that publicity would change their minds.

[billethkid]

on this subject, the relay will take place as planned. They are busy pursing non-TV alternatives and or teaming up with other neighboring venues already established.

I guess when TV got national coverage from ACS for being the largest in the country, they puffed up their chest.
Now the headline could be:

The Villages cancels the nation's largest Relay for Life event for self interest projects.

btk

[Bogie Shooter]

Was the committe that ran the cancer fund raising including the Relay for Life a Villages group or just citizens that banded together? If it is the latter, how can the developer be blamed for canceling the Relay for Life?

[barb1191]

Originally Posted by beartrack

One point that seems to be overlooked here is the convenience of having the Moffitt center here instead of having to go to Tampa."

Easy ....The Moffitt Center will be built at Leesburg, regardless of the outcome of TV site. Leesburg is a lot better drive than Tampa, yes? Problem solved. ;-)

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Was the committe that ran the cancer fund raising including the Relay for Life a Villages group or just citizens that banded together? If it is the latter, how can the developer be blamed for canceling the Relay for Life?

Because it would be easy to organize another committee to coordinate the project instead of announcing that a Relay for Life will not take place in TV so that all fund-raising can be channeled into Moffitt.

[Whalen]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Was the committe that ran the cancer fund raising including the Relay for Life a Villages group or just citizens that banded together? If it is the latter, how can the developer be blamed for canceling the Relay for Life?

Because TV, aka the developer, has forbidden the annual Real Relay for Life to take place on Village property.

There are over 70 teams in the Villages who raise funds and participate in the annual Really for Life which includes the Survivors Walk.

At last Wednesday's meeting representatives of these teams were told that all support for Relay has ended,
but were more than welcome to get on the Moffit bus or go elsewhere .

Therefore any Villager who wishes to participate in the Relay for Life next year will have to go to a neighboring community and will not be able to walk in their own hometown.

[barb1191]

Since the streets of TV are county owned, the administrators of the Annual Relay for Life could request a permit in an area not controlled by the developer; like the Rte 466 Walmart area. The walks would then be cart accessible and yet just across the street from the charter school where the rallies were originally heldl!!! The blocks of streets there would do fine for walking a track.

If the Annual Relay for Life event is continuing their plans for the relay elsewhere, I sure wish them well for their efforts to succeed with humanity under such atrocious conditions put forth by the "greedy developer."

[Dorothy Hardee]

Please know that the Relay For Life of the Villages of Hope WILL take place, April 29-30, 2011!

For more information please visit our event website at relayforlife.org/thevillagesfl

You may also call or email me at Dorothy.Hardee@cancer.org or 352.326.9599 x 5706.

Join us for the next team party on Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 5:30 PM!