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Sancho

(9,070 posts)
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 10:04 AM Jul 2017

I think this is interesting, and it's here in Florida of course...

....some of our craziest RW "friends" have moved to the Villages. We've visited once, and even though there are pockets of resistance I didn't like it at all. At any rate, if you don't know, the Villages is a very conservative haven for upper crust retirees with the houses, stores, and entertainment of an entire town built from scratch. I'll throw in some links of tRump at the Villages. Many residents don't drive (cars), and they get around the town on golf carts. Some of the carts are pretty high end too.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-drug-raid-the-villages-retirement-community-heroin-meth-golf-cart-chop-shop/

THE VILLAGES, Fla. -- Five people have been arrested after a police raid of a home in a central Florida retirement community uncovered drugs and golf cart parts, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies raided the home early Wednesday after receiving reports of suspicious activity, including possible drug use and golf cart thefts, at the home located in The Villages, a sprawling senior community with a population of more than 150,000. A SWAT team executed a search warrant obtained after a confidential informant helped orchestrate three drug buys there, reports the Village News.

Drugs were in "plain sight" in the home, deputies said, and investigators uncovered golf cart parts including windshields, seat cushions, wheels and tires in the garage in attic, reports CBS affiliate WKMG. Brannen told the Village News the property may have been used as a golf cart chop-shop.

Golf carts -- many souped-up and customized -- are a popular method of transportation around the massive community known for its golf courses, CBS News' David Begnaud reported in 2015.



http://video.foxnews.com/v/5128609051001/?#sp=show-clips
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-the-villages-trump-inauguration-20170420-story.html
http://www.villages-news.com/one-time-trump-foe-coming-villages/
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I think this is interesting, and it's here in Florida of course... (Original Post) Sancho Jul 2017 OP
Morans! flamingdem Jul 2017 #1
The high VD rates probably help too! RKP5637 Jul 2017 #2
Tony Montana is rolling in his grave Not Ruth Jul 2017 #3
Lol!! flamingdem Jul 2017 #8
Typical, and so glad they were caught. Toxic place..n/t monmouth4 Jul 2017 #4
The Villages was a seething pit of sin long before Trump. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #5
Hotbed of retired rightwing nutsacks HAB911 Jul 2017 #6
There is a strong Indivisible group there mcar Jul 2017 #7
Yep...there's a small group of liberal holdouts. Sancho Jul 2017 #9
We've even got one in Citrus County! mcar Jul 2017 #10
bump flamingdem Jul 2017 #11

mcar

(42,334 posts)
7. There is a strong Indivisible group there
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 10:27 AM
Jul 2017

Despite the lunacy. We go there every couple months for a movie. The theaters are great.

Sancho

(9,070 posts)
9. Yep...there's a small group of liberal holdouts.
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 11:39 AM
Jul 2017

Last edited Sun Jul 2, 2017, 02:35 PM - Edit history (1)

If tRump messes with Medicare and SS he may lose some of his supporters...that plus driving across the putting green really is the last straw.

Out indivisible group in Tampa Bay is pretty active and growing.

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