Recreation Department employees reluctant to check IDs because they don’t want conflict

I have seen numerous people using our amenities who don’t live in The Villages.

One lady I know has a house in Michigan and a house in Water Oak and somehow gets an ID to participate in pickleball tournaments in The Villages. I have reported her several times. Once she was asked to leave. Another time I was told they could do nothing about it.

Don’t IDs need to be checked when they sign up with a picture ID? The rec employees I see are elderly and I don’t think they want confrontation so they pass by people on courts and return to the rec center…

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