Dear
Examiner,
I sent the following e-mail to Edmund LaFrance
and the Board on September 19 and am eagerly awaiting replies from almost
everyone. Today, Al and I examined the ditch and pipe in question, not the one
he thought. A deadline for the WRAGG was published as was a date for a meeting
to vote on the budget. I am still waiting for the complete financials from
August.
I requested an opportunity to view the master
deed that was in Bob Garrison’s report. According to Bob’s report. our
attorney, Mr. Moody, examined the master deed. When I went in to the office
this morning, Kathy informed me that she has never seen a master deed in the
office. Kathy also informed me that NO Board member asked her to search for
one! Hmmm! Who’s deed did Mr. Moody examine? Why would he refer to it as a
master deed? Did he examine anything? When are we going to get straight
answers? According to my research, each property in Wedgefield Plantation has
its own deed and they are not identical.
What a snafu!
Jude Davis
All,
Last night was another meeting where little was accomplished and seemed to
be based on anything but fact. The eye rolling and mini-temper tantrums are
unacceptable. It appears that some of you need to reread the code of ethics as
at least four of you violated it last night several times. I am not sure if it is the issues unique to
the WPA, micromanagement from certain members of the Board, or just plain
incompetence, but William Douglas Management does not appear to be
helping. Why does correspondence go unanswered for months? Why
is it, that when something is finally answered, the result seems to be an
opinion based on personal bias and not fact? The financials are a mess. Last
month, in particular, was so off you should have been embarrassed to send it
out.
Janine,
Once again, the financial report was incomplete. Please list the
reserve categories and the amounts of money in them. There is no
excuse for NOT having the complete financials ready. Last months financials
were obviously prepared for another community with different categories. Since
the reports are computer generated, William Douglas should be able to customize
them for our needs. If you are going to take the money to maintain the roads
out of reserves, you could have balanced the budget by reducing the roads amount
to $2500.00 and making a few other minor changes.
Unless Al has changed this in our policy manual, the annual meeting
packet should include an approved budget. How is that going to
happen?
Al,
I have started a photo journal of the standing water in my yard caused in
part by run off from the road but mostly from a pipe installed by the WPA that
allows ALL, not just astronomical, high tides to come in to my yard. You
mentioned that lot 31 has standing water that eventually leads into the
canals. That water, and some from lot 32, flows through a pipe that is on my
property. This pipe does not drain water from my yard, but from other yards and
the street. I have, in the past, paid to have this pipe cleaned twice yearly.
No more! This pipe is no longer my problem.
Jason,
When a resident writes a letter to the Board, a written reply is expected.
The minutes are sanitized and the ramblings of some Board members not completely
reported. I am still waiting for an answer to my request to see Mr. Moody’s
opinion regarding sub-associations.
Bob,
I am eagerly awaiting ANY written response to my letters to the Board
regarding the financing of a sub-association, the opinion of the attorney, and
the negative effect on the value of my property caused by both WPA property and
the WPA policy regarding drain pipes. You were, once again, playing to your
audience when you promise a reduction in assessments.
Jacky,
I wrote in June regarding some ARC issues and have not heard a word. You
informed John McBride to have the complaints sent to the office for response. I
did, to no avail. Yes! let’s form another committee to further the attempts of
this Board to keep the membership in the dark.
Adam,
I am eagerly awaiting a response to my questions regarding the canals and
financing. Is any money included in the 2013 budget for maintenance? What’s
the plan? We should dredge the canals until the spoil site is full, after that
the cost will be prohibitive for all.
Larry,
In 2009, the delinquency policy was changed so that anyone owing
assessments as of July 1 would have a lien placed on their house. You, as
treasurer, changed it to the $2,000 threshold—almost three years assessments.
If you can’t collect at 6 months, the chances of collecting after almost three
years are slim. Perhaps if you had not supported the repayment of $81,000, some
progress could have been made on improving the recreational facilities for
all.
John Walton,
When is the WRAGG coming out? No deadline for articles appeared on the
web-site.
John McBride,
Keep on plugging John. The idea of splitting the $81,000 repayment was a
good one.
Judith Davis
