Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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What A Sensible Move
There is a moratorium on building in Osceola County in order to provide government leaders an opportunity to review the impact and to make changes to the pattern of future building. The county recognizes that its infrastructure is insufficient to maintain its present rate of growth.
Florida voters were given an opportunity to vote on such moratoriums in 2010 but the lobby for realtors and developers kicked into high gear and side tracked the initiative. Sumter county is governed by Sumter One. Sumter One lives to serve the Developer. Sumter One repeal was on the ballot in 2010. the developer kicked into high gear and derailed the initiative. When the population growth finally settles it will require massive changes in infrastructure, maintenance etc and with that will come ever increasing taxes. So enjoy the ride now but as the guy on television said "you can pay me now or you can pay me later." This is not a complaint its an observational fact |
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In all due respect, that was a given. Some of us moved away in part because we wanted to get way from big city living, crowds, traffic, etc. It seems however big city living is being foisted upon us and we don't even get to vote on it.
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Disclaimer. I am not speaking of property owners known as snowbirds, snowflakes or Fruitflies. (Those who own in Fruitland park area)
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Sumter One essentially kept all 5 County Commissioner reporting /meeting here in The Villages . The concern- fear- allegation is that all 5 county commissioners would act on behalf of the developer first vis a vis their respective territory within the county.
Indeed the Developer campaigned aggressively in 2010 to have Sumter One vote on repeal failed. My view at the time was to ensure that each county commissioner have not even the mere appearance of conflict of interest with their duties to the residents residing in their respective county territory . And that everyone was assured that each commissioner was working on behalf of the needs in their respective corners of the county and meeting the needs of the people residing there. Personal Best Regards: |
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And this?: One Sumter: let the games begin
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Thank you for your quick reply.
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My opinion is that The Villages is run far better as a CDD than it would with input from all of the people who would like to run it who have never been involved in Civic Government. Then we would all be using the word "MESS" a lot. CDD forever as far as I am concerned. I don't want the inmates running the asylum. We have seen how that works by just looking at other areas the same size run in the "ordinary" way.
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We live in a "bubble" and all we see is what we are allowed to see. So if there is a need outside our bubble, it will not get addressed because.... well.... we live in a bubble and One Sumter. But some people are content to put their heads in the sand, and who cares about anyone else in the county... Right????
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Last edited by angiefox10; 12-10-2017 at 01:50 PM. |
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Agree 100%.
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It all depends on what a person WANTS from a county. Like..changing the animal shelter. Florida Poverty Rate by County
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It is better to laugh than to cry. Last edited by graciegirl; 12-10-2017 at 02:24 PM. |
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This is an interesting article on the history of One Sumter, at least until August 2004. ONE SUMTER ONE HOT ISSUE - News - Ocala.com - Ocala, FL
Andrew Blechman, if I recall correctly, also addressed this issue in his book "Leisureville". Sumter County was indeed not only a financially very poor county prior to The Villages being developed, it was sparsely populated and mostly rural. I view the current population disbursement as somewhat akin to NYC and the rest of New York State. Would the whole of New York State like to be run solely by candidates dedicated primarily to benefitting NYC? Of course one could argue NYC is not controlled by a single large real estate development business; perhaps Wall Street, though...anyway, it now is what it is.
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