By Meta Minton December 12, 2014 Share FacebookTwitterReddItEmailCopy URL Want all the latest news from The Villages delivered directly to your email inbox? Click here to subscribe! Hurry and lock in your price now before rates increase in 2024! More Headlines The cows in my backyard have been replaced with bulldozers Watch out for signs of heat stroke Villagers offer ideas for restaurant to fill void after Sonny’s closing Villager IDs son as theft suspect caught on surveillance at Walmart Get Our Daily Emails Headlines Closing of Sonny’s in The Villages shocks and saddens fans 86-year-old arrested after alleged attack sends wife to hospital Suspect found sipping beer stolen from cooler at Dollar General Two executive golf courses in The Villages closed for aerification Middleton reader says our country has a problem Letters to the Editor The cows in my backyard have been replaced with bulldozers A longtime resident contends the growth of The Villages has paved the way for bulldozers and the disappearance of cows. Read her Letter to the Editor. Middleton reader says our country has a problem A reader from Middleton, in a Letter to the Editor, warns that our country is facing a big problem. Opening Priority Pools would be wrong and costly A Village of Hacienda resident warns that opening Priority Pools to non-members would be wrong and costly. Read her Letter to the Editor. Is ‘hate speech’ hateful and does ‘misinformation’ misinform? In a Letter to the Editor, Village of Sunset Pointe resident tries to determine the truth about “hate speech” and “misinformation.” Guests should be charged to use facilities in The Villages In a Letter to the Editor, a longtime resident of The Villages suggests the 300,000 guests per year to The Villages should be supporting the community by paying for guest passes. Photos Peaceful sunrise over Lake Sumter Landing Swallow-tailed kite finds lunch in the Village of Chitty Chatty Florida softshell turtle buries eggs near Fenney Nature Trail Mottled duck in the Village of Pine Ridge Beautiful sunrise on Sweetgum Executive Golf Course