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Say What?...
Exaggeration is Truth that has lost its temper.”
― Khalil Gibran
Quite frankly, I know many of you are sick and tired of the nonsense that is going on in this community with the Golf Board. Therefore, I was not planning on sending any more emails until this played out at the next Golf meeting.
However, I am getting bombarded with calls and emails asking me to please explain the most recent message sent out regarding the petition and the recall process. Therefore, in order to inform everyone all at once, and not one by one, I am composing this response to the recent Constant Contact message sent out by “The National Golf Alliance” (which appears to be a newly formed neighborhood committee from those who lost the last Golf Board Election).
First, apparently, it is perfectly OK to form a neighborhood committee just as we did earlier when we formed “The Committee for Fiscal Responsibility” (and we were called liars and scammers for doing so). I’m glad they learned something. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. So, thank you.
In addition, it is NOT SPAM to send politically informative messages to your neighbors if you are also a concerned owner. Again, they must have learned something here as well since they have not only imitated our Constant Contact form of communication, but instead have bombarded the Golf members with repetitious emails ad nauseum. If anyone chooses to not receive any of these messages, (including any of ours) PLEASE simply go to the bottom of the message and unsubscribe. Profanities and vile comments are not necessary and they are most unwelcome. We still have to see one another within the Community.
Now, let’s take apart their Constant Contact message with more accuracy:
First, let's address the elephant in the room. What is the Truth about the recall effort?
Their Quote: “The Recall is Moving Forward.”
NO, only the “special meeting” to discuss the recall is moving forward. Big difference.
Their Quote: “Mr. Doyle's own email confirms it — the recall request has been reviewed by the Club's attorney and meets the requirements to proceed. 300+ golf-deeded households signed this petition in a mere 5 days — including members who originally voted for this board.”
NO, that only means that at least 10% of the membership signatures (they only needed 90) were deemed to be valid and therefore, a special meeting is being called.
Their Quote: “When the people who elected you are the ones asking you to leave, that is not noise. That is a verdict.”
NO, the majority of these signatures are from the original people who were THROWN OUT on the last election. That is not a verdict, that is a sore loser tantrum.
Furthermore, unsuspecting Golf members were LIED to by telephone solicitors scaring people into signing the petition.
Of Major Legal Concern: We had at least a dozen clients call to tell us that they were LIED to on the phone when they signed the petition. They were told: “This board is giving away all of the prime tee times to public play.” If that was how the petition was “sold” to some of the signers…then who wouldn’t sign that petition? We also had been informed that there were signatures on the petition from people who DO NOT OWN in The National (such as owners from Maple Ridge). This needs to be openly addressed at the next meeting.
In addition, it has not been stated clearly yet whether this is 300 door fronts (dubious) or simply 300 signatures which can equal only 150 door fronts.
Therefore, they have NO WHERE NEAR the 451 required amount to recall the Board.
REAL TRUTH REGARDING TEE TIMES: This duly elected fiscally responsible board opened up golf play on the UNUSED TEE TIMES to some social and some public play. This extra revenue was to be used for “beautification” of the golf course. I think “beautification” is a euphemistic word here. There is estimated to be about 2.5 million dollars of needed repairs to the Golf Course that were not done properly by Lennar. According to these petition people, we should just wait until the last minute and possible systemic failure before we address it. Their attitude is: “What’s the big deal about $2.5 - $3.0 million dollars?”
Here's the big deal: That translates to a $3000 assessment to everyone of the 899 Golf members.
Hitting everyone with higher dues and special assessments is their favorite answer to resolving this dilemma. That is why The Committee for Fiscal Responsibility was instituted so that we review all reasonable sources of outside revenue before we resort to a large assessment. Remember, this previous Golf Board also gave us ZERO RESERVES.
Now on to the voting process. If for some reason a recall vote is called, it will be a HUGE EXPENSE to all of use. First, a mailer (not just an email) must go out to all 899 members. Next, an EZ vote with two-factor authorization must be sent to every voter. This will cost us, the Golf Members, somewhere around $5000.00.
How does it work? (Quorum & Voting): Homeowners will gather, achieve the quorum required by their governing documents, and take a vote. The recall of any director requires a majority of the total voting interests in the HOA, not just a majority of those who happen to show up to the meeting.
Since this 451 majority vote is downright near impossible, these people will have just wasted another $5000 more of your money with their continued tantrums. Unless 51% of the Golf membership wants to recall this duly elected Golf Board (almost an impossibility), this is a total waste of time, money and energy that affects all of us very badly.
As for the rest of their concerns, I think all reasonable people, as well as this current Board, have no issues with discussing them. However, this Board has already stated that it will no longer tolerate their childish chants and flying F-bombs which turned the last meeting into a royal circus.
Remember…these out of control people are the ones who solicited you to sign the petition.
These people can’t even conduct themselves with any decent decorum in a Golf meeting without screaming, yelling and swearing.
Ask yourself if that is who you want to align yourself with?
PLEASE: If you don’t want to receive these messages, do not write back to us with your usual profanities and vile speech. Simply unsubscribe. For everyone else, PLEASE share this message with your friends and neighbors so they can have a better understanding of what is actually going on here. STAY ALERT. STAY VIGILANT. If there is a meeting called for a recall, you cannot sit on the sidelines and then complain if and when you get hit with a $3000 special assessment (and remember, that is JUST FOR THE GOLF POA). We were also left with a financial situation that needs immediate addressing from the recent “regular” POA turnover.
THIS MESSAGE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
THE COMMITTEE FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
~Advocating for all reasonable revenue streams to keep dues and assessments to a minimum and home values high.
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