NOTE: I have not spoken to, or taken information directly from the board members who are directly involved. What I am writing about has come from more than four individuals carrying the same story. HERE IT IS. IT SHOULD ALARM ANY ADULT MEMBER IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IF TRUE, AND I BELIEVE IT IS, IN THE LEAST CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION THE BEHAVIOR OF BOTH BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
The incident that brought the rumored events centers around the recent action of old dock number one being hauled into the canals without the knowledge, discussion, etc., of the FULL board, and goes against what was stated at the board table. Board member A and a member of the Water Amenities Committee became aware that the dock had been placed in the canals. Board member A requested a meeting of the Water Amenities Committee to discuss the movement because it hadn't been discussed and went against what had been decided at the board table. When Board member A made the call they were directed to MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS, FOUL LANGUAGE was introduced into the conversation by board member B, also a member of the Water Amenities Committee, and then board member B threatened physical violence against board member A. In the mean time the dock resides behind a private residence and an apparent "hate board member A campaign" has been initiated. Board members A has been told by other Water Amenities Committee members that they should move and that they no longer have any friends here. Have we left the cohesive, old boy's network and moved to mafia tactics?
It wouldn't be the first time in recent history. Remember, as Walton sat on a recent board (during his term), he received threatening phone calls at home by another board member. McMillin laid the whole thing out at a board meeting. McMillin is on the Water Amenities Committee, will he do it again? We will see. Word is that board member B is "friend of his on the board".
We watched as a previous board removed security, terrorized two female board members with threats of incarceration, brought security back for a meeting when they had some particularly nasty business to conduct, removed security again, and a resident was sucker punched by our then president, as he exited a board meeting. That board made excuses for the president. Later, that same president asked the paid staff secretary to erase part of an official board meeting tape, admitted he asked, AND NOT A THING HAPPENED.
At some points in all that history, I had residents telling me they were AFRAID to attend meetings, and that it didn't make a difference what the board did, what by-laws, human social norms they violated and breached, because as individual residents, we were powerless to do anything about it. I think they were correct, because we've been headed down the same ugly, sometimes violent, road for months.
What do I mean? Illegal meetings behind closed doors. Vital decisions made behind closed doors and then barely presented at the board table, voted on as a for gone conclusion, and if CERTAIN board members ask questions, they are smirked at, ridiculed, and cackled at. Residents letters aren't answered. The last two meetings, resident comments weren't taken. Some of our by-laws aren't posted, the policy manual has been changed constantly - in my humble opinion without following a recent by-law, a management company was abused and wore out to the point they quit and now a lot that was wrong was them ??????, the Compliance Committee says that all is well????, the Legal Committee won't get legal opinions in WRITING so that as residents we can review them, etc. The residents who said we couldn't stop the nonsense before, are only correct if you sit by and say and do nothing. We have lost good governance, true open meetings, and every month our President watches it happen and lets it continue. We still have 2-3 other board members who were there during the previous violence and they continue to sit by again. It has to stop now, and President Walton needs to step up to the plate and examine this situation "out in the open", and take action.
