launched a separate lawsuit claiming Sugarmill Woods Oak Village Association failed to preserve its deed restrictions in 2010 by improper statutory procedures mandated by MRTA. The suit remains active. US HWY 98 Median Project Dispute In 2018, Oak Village's Board of Directors, presided by James (Jim) Roys, researched and requested a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) grant for project to beautify a one-mile stretch central to Oak Village along US HWY 98's median between the intersections of Tea Rose and Lone Pine Streets. The project was administered by the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). In October 2019, the FDOT approved a grant of $355,000 following a landscape plan tendered by Margaret Moore Landscape Planning and Design of Trinity, FL. The plan ultimately specified installation of shrubberies, plants, sod and mulch between the intersections Oak Village Blvd and Lone Pine St, reducing the original length of the project. The BOCC received bids from four contractors, one located in Homosassa FL, the others located in Jacksonville FL, Wilton Manors FL (Fort Lauderdale), and Homestead FL. Nancy Weeks Inc. of Homosassa was low bidder and contract winner, signing it on December 4, 2019. Under the Scope of the agreement, the contractor would be responsible for watering, litter removal and disease/pest control. Provisions for weed control and maintenance of grass height were absent. Over the next year, the project was planted and maintained per contract specifications by contractor Nancy Weeks Inc. Complaints over nursery design, dying and/or stolen plants, overgrown grass, unkept mulch and weed-ravaged sections ensued and plagued the project for months. In the meantime, Oak Village board President Jim Roys abruptly resigned without explanation and moved away. Longtime Greenbelt Gazette Editor, Norman Wagy, publicly vouched for President Roys’ character when rumors swirled of potential impropriety regarding the median beautification project. In December 2020, contractor Nancy Weeks turned the project over to Oak Village, now presided by Ed Schiller. In the ensuing months, a new board of directors was elected with David Quinn now presiding. Faced with a project in shambles that would cost $37,000 annually to their association, a meeting was held to vote on abandoning the project. The subsequent vote was overwhelmingly in favor of abandonment and the return to original condition. Notification of the voting results accompanied formal requests in June 2021 to the FDOT, the BOCC and the contractor Nancy Weeks. The FDOT sent a letter approving