Officials in Tallahassee have robbed The Villages of ability to rein in short term rentals

I’m not one to file a complaint. However, when politicians in Tallahassee decided to allow short-term rentals, while telling The Villages that they can’t require a 30-day minimum rental policy, then the politicians in Tallahassee have effectively taken away a community’s right to self-determination. They have effectively allowed commercialization within residential areas.

Now we have renters parking on the front lawns with everything from cars to small trucks. And that causes others to do the same. It makes the neighborhood look like a used car lot. There is no real enforcement. Why have rules if they aren’t followed, and aren’t policed by the people who created the rules?

Those who don’t respect our community have won! I have read that now all Community Development Districts now require anyone who files a complaint to give them their name and address. Our officials are bending over for the rule breakers, and not for those who follow the rules. Why? Why follow the rules? Why even have rules?…

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