Towne Lake Garden Association

No I don't. I think the gate might give some a false sense of security, but that's all. We have a percentage of "these people" as residents, all neighborhoods do. We even have some of this type of behavior just like every other neighborhood. The gate doesn't prevent crime, the only thing it prevents is ticketing of motorists that put the neighborhood's children at risk of injury or death from speeding and wreckless driving. I bet the camers would show lots of vehicles following other vehicles in after they open the gate, and coming in the outbound gate after someong leaves. Let's not forget the twice a day the gate remains open for an extended period of time for people going and returning from work and school.  Still, I doubt the gate will come down. We'll just have to see what comes out of the next meeting.

I think whether the sense of security is false or not, the value added to our home prices by the gate is real. Remove the gate, our values begin to fall. Remove the lake, and they fall even further. Add today's slowing home sales market and the lousy economy, and our home prices go in the toilet completely. Let's don't kill our neighborhood by removing the few things that make living here worthwhile and worth money in the home market.

Well said and I agree.

The gate is just a selling point behind the false sense of security. It adds no value to the homes, especially these homes. Nice try though. I personally wouldn't advocate a percieved monetary value over child safety, but hey, to each their own.