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Section 23: OPA Elections Subject: Brett Hill Candidate Statement Msg# 952123
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I know I used the "field of dreams" quote in my postings opposing the scheme to build it in the first place. I'm not going to say, I told them so. It really didn't take a rocket scientist to make that prediction.
And, you know, I think that a number of the board members that were pushing hard for it at the time are probably quite pleased with the results. Have we heard anything to the contrary at subsequent board meetings? As you say, it's an identity that they were after and that's what they got for our money. Another step in the direction of The Villages. I also think that the failure of the promised club building at the Pointe played a part in the campaign. Before I get barraged with posts.... No, I can't prove that. Can't prove The Villages assertion either. Just sayin' |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: AMEN! Basically the YC is a government run entity . . . there is no urgency to succeed because the property owners (ie taxpayers) pick up the tab. re "identity", the place is obviously designed primarily to be a banquet hall to service non-property owner wedding/banquet guests. I've said many times "the wedding guests got the penthouse, the property owners got the bargain basement". at the infamous "don't call me a liar" gm townhall, I commented to the gm (re the YC) "why don't we just wash our hands of that whole operation and lease it out to a businessman who has local name recognition". I also disputed his 'it's an amenity' excuse for failure by pointing out that in reality it is a retail business that sells a retail product at retail prices and does not have a pricing structure that differentiates between property owners and non-property owners as the true amenities do. it is an amenity like the marina gas pumps are an amenity. when on the clubs advisory committee I beat this drum often, and it went nowhere. and the prob is however, I wonder if the place (due to poor design) is marketable as a lease property. 5 mil of property owners money and what are we to do, shut it down to the property owners for 8 months a year, or to run it in a way that property owners actually patronize the place? the YC was a "field of dreams" project . . . build it and they will come. steve lind |
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