The issue is over water. Morse says he needs to extract a total 3.9 million gallons a day in Lake, Marion and Sumter counties where he plans to add golf courses and new businesses over the next six years.

The developer says the project will attract 10,000 new residents and run up the community's total permanent population to 90,000 in 2020 from 25,000 today.

Ninety percent of the population is over 55. The residents are considered to be healthy retail spenders and aggressive voters in local and national politics, according to the last U.S. Census.

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