Re: Our continuing conversation about CDD'S

Attn. Mr. Tom Yeatman,

    To continue our dialog about CDD'S, PUD'S, HOA'S and the other allowed abominations of law, I would direct the attention of Senator Geller and yourself to the following newspaper articles. 

   The Orlando Sentinel dated Wednesday February 5, 2003 has 2 articles that must be brought to your attention. In the Lake section which is section H, on page H1 is an article written by Lauren Ritchie titled, "Lady Lake deal comes down to selfishness" and the Robert Sargent jr. article "County OKs fire-service plan".

    The three (3) commissioners mentioned in these articles come from the "Villages"  They live in a CDD community which has a government separate from, and unaccountable to local elected government. Now they are voting in local decision making while at the same time living under a separate Government, and seem to be doing this CDD governments biding!
 
    We have a convoluted form of government operating in this State. It's as if the rest of the people live in the United States and live under one set of laws, and someone governed by Chinese law, that is, by the mere fact of living in the "Villages" part of the year have a vote on how our government operates, and how these laws that they pass effect the rest of us living in the United States but are of benefit to the Chinese, and the people of the United States are required by law to help pay for it at their detriment!
 
    The people in the "Villages" and other CDD'S, PUD'S, HOA'S live in the United States, BUT are governed by these rump CDD'S, PUD'S, HOA'S that this State has allowed to prosper outside of any law of merit. Gentlemen, the tail is now wagging the dog. 

    This "Villages" CDD can now reach out and effect the way Lady Lake makes law  effecting the "Villages" CDD!. This effect seems to be detrimental to the town of  Lady Lake! and surely must be UN-constitutional.

    This "Villages" CDD can now reach out and effect the way the County of LAKE  makes law effecting this "Villages" CDD! and surely must be UN-constitutional.

   This effect seems to be detrimental to the town of Lady Lake and the entire  County of LAKE! and surely must be UN-constitutional.
 
   This "Villages" CDD management government of UN-elected people seems to  have reached out to some of our elected officials at the State level and affected  them also.
 
   This "Villages" CDD management government of UN-elected people will now use this victory as one more sales gimmick to sell more homes and continue it's expansion plus increase it's control over our local elected governments at the disadvantage of us all.
 
    It is past time to address this problem in a positive way without the input and/or the direction of these developers and their lobbyist. They should be allowed no input into how these laws are written as they have in the past. You know, being allowed to write the  laws that benefit themselves and having our elected officials just rubber stamp them and sign them into law.
 
   Sir, Correct this problem.

Sincerely,

Robert J. Miller
Summerfield, FL 34491