WPA TREASURER GIVES HIS TREASURER'S REPORT AND SAYS, "THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE RUNNING THEIR MOUTHS." JUST MAYBE HE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS BOARD PROVIDES INFORMATION! JUST MAYBE AS TREASURER AND COMPLIANCE CHAIR HE SHOULD BE REPORTING ON WHETHER WE ARE TRULY FOLLOWING OUR BY-LAWS. JUST MAYBE HE SHOULD BE ASKING OUR LEGAL CHAIR TO SEEK LEGAL OPINION WHEN A BOARD MEMBER QUOTES THE VERY BY-LAW THEY ARE BREAKING, INSTEAD OF ASSISTING IN ABUSING THE QUESTIONING BOARD MEMBRER. JUST MAYBE HE SHOULD BE QUESTIONNG WHY EVERY BOARD MEMBER DOESN'T RECEIVE THE SAME INFORMATION. COULD IT BE OUR TREASURER/COMPLIANCE CHAIR OPERATES UNDER "DO WHAT I SAY, NOT WHAT I DO?"

ANOTHER STAGED WPA PRODUCTION?

The Wedgefield Examiner has listened to the Treasurer's Report presented during the July 15th WPA Board Meeting.  We'll provide an overview of the meeting, and at times, direct quotes, to the best of our ability.  Please go to the Wedgefield Times and listen to this portion of the meeting to verify for yourself.  The Treasurer's Report begins approximately 19 minutes into the tape.  Direct quotations will be underlined.  COMMENTS will be provided in RED.

Treasurer DeMarchi begins the report thanking the Legal Committee for bringing the Crosby Law Firm on board as Board Attorney of Record.  He goes on to say that he received more information from the firm in three days, than he had in three months from our previous attorney.  The WPA is continuing to pursue delinquent accounts and collect money.  All lien and lien releases have been filed.  There are 29 past due accounts with lien releases and new liens have been filed with updated amounts past due.  There are 40 new liens to be filed for 2014.  One property due to settle and close July 17, with the settlement amount which is approved by the board at the June 27th meeting, in the amount of $3,500.  Comment:  There was a June 17 and 26, meeting.  Where did the 27th meeting come from, and why weren't we noticed?  Was the entire board noticed, according to the By-Laws, because, the ones on the 17 and 26th, were invalid because the President didn't follow the By-Laws?  It should be noted, that even though the By-Law was quoted by a board member in the meeting on June 26th, and it was so clear any layman could understand it, that your Legal Chair and President, put on quite a show running the question around the flag pole, and your Legal Chair refused to get a legal opinion from the board attorney, just as he refused to do several times, regarding conflict of interest, and in the end he was wrong.  Back to the Report.   There is another settlement that has been offered to a resident to settle a past due account by July 23rd, in the amount of $3,839.  He goes on to say that the Legal Chair has been provided a list to pursue by any and all legal measures.  The list has been forwarded to the attorney.

We start a new paragraph because we will provide a direct quote on the last section of the Treasurer's Report.  Treasurer DeMarchi, "The current status of the canal lots that have not paid their accounts......  This should put out rumors that have cropped up recently regarding the canal loan and their status.  This spread like a little wild fire and we've got too many people running their mouths.  So here's the status. Four canal lot owners have outstanding balances.  Two out of the four are currently making payments.  WPA has a judgment on one property owner and a payment plan is currently being negotiated.  One owner has refused to pay.  this case has been turned over to the attorney to be pursued.  This case has already received board approval for the expenditure of funds.  The current outstanding balance on the canal loan is $15,675."  Legal Chair Garrison asked the Treasurer to clarify the report to refer to assessments, rather than loan.

COMMENTS:  First, we'll remind you that the Treasurer is also the Compliance Chair.  There was no Compliance Report provided at the July meeting.  This is significant because Board Member McBride had sited a By-Law regarding notice of meeting to board members, during the June 26th meeting.  In fact, he had blatantly told the board that the June 17 and 26th meetings were invalid, because the June 17th meeting hadn't been noticed to board members according to the By-Laws, making both meetings invalid.  Our gods, our officers, our committee chairs, have clay feet (God in lower case on purpose.)  Where there is integrity, openness, and true commitment to responsible governance, wouldn't you think that if the President and Legal Chair had failed to act, that your Compliance Chair/Treasurer, would have assisted board member McBride, in resolving this, by bringing it to the board table?  In my not so humble opinion, in his role as Compliance Chair, our Treasurer/Compliance Chair (not really compliance), failed, with our President and Legal Chair.  They can appear to be a team, driven by the silence of the rest of the board, one of which an officer, asked in July, if they could just apologize?????????? 

Second, and we should pause for a moment, our Treasurer failed to answer the RUMORS, CREDIBLE RUMORS.  When you are governing in an open manner, you don't shoot blanks and pretend that you have addressed the RUMOR/ISSUES!  The RUMOR, CREDIBLE RUMOR, was that we have a canal lot owner who refused to pay the $5,000 canal lot owner Individual Assessment.   They were sued by the WPA Board.   The case was sent to a referee.  The referee, initially found in favor of the WPA.  The canal lot owner appealed.  The WPA, or their attorney at that time, failed to follow through, and the referee ruled in favor of the canal lot owner, because of failure to follow through.   ADDRESS the issue and give the whole story, sorry story, or not. 

Half truths, whether it is the By-Laws, Financial, Legal, or any other kind of report, leads any entity, in this case our governing entity to RUMORS, in this case CREDIBLE RUMORS.  The manner in which the board handles it, speaks volumes to their credibility, OR NOT!

Before we end it should be noted that once again, during the July WPA Board Meeting, a sitting board member, noted that they weren't provided the same information in their communication with the board, regarding the hiring of the board attorney.  I witnessed this PARTICULAR (?????) situation at the monthly meeting, when the road contract was voted on.  The silence and capitulation, deviation, by the rest of this board is sickening.  Can they be impeached?  Well, it would be a recall.  This board has left us in such disarray, that we don't know what law they would allow it under. 

Next, a Road Report.

SOCRATES SAID, "WHEN THE DEBATE IS LOST, SLANDER BECOMES THE TOOL OF THE LOSER." ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, COULD SOCRATES LOOK INTO THE FUTURE APPLIES TO LIFE AT THE WPA BOARD TABLE. OUR BY-LAWS AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE IGNORED BAND SEE THE ACTIONS OF THE 2014 WEDGEFIELD BOARD? WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THE QUOTE AY MOST ON THIS BOARD. WHEN ANYONE QUESTIONS, THEY MOVE TO WHAT IN THE END CAN ONLY BE CALLED SLANDER. DON'T BELIEVE IT? LET'S LOOK AT APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, DURING THE JULY 15TH WPA BOARD MEETING.

The Wedgefield Examiner has reviewed the tape of the July 15, 2014 WPA Board Meeting.  After, I came across a quote from Socrates, that apparently popped up for a reason.  It just fit the MO of the current WPA board.  I will relate what happened during the meeting, and at times, provide quotes, in quotation marks, and underlined.  In all cases, I suggest that you go to The Wedgefield Times, and listen to the tape for your own verification.  Additionally, I'm not going to continue to retype the saga of the violation of our by-laws, noted in previous articles regarding, your President's failure to follow our By-Laws regarding notification for meetings.  You may have to go back and read to catch up.  COMMENTS WILL BE INSERTED IN RED THROUGHOUT THE ARTICLE.

The July 15th meeting opens with all nine board members in attendance, along with 11 resident members.  President Walton calls the meeting to order and verifies a quorum.  He then moves to approval of the June minutes.  A motion is made by Secretary Cline and seconded by DeMarchi.  Uncharacteristically, your President IMMEDIATELY calls for a vote.  It should be noted that usually if anyone begins to speak before a second is made, that he informs them that he needs a second, and then discussion can be handled.  NOT at the July 15th meeting!  He moves to a vote.  McBride attempts to speak.  Your President says, "Please don't interrupt me."  McBride mentions something about corrections, before the vote.  President Walton asks if he has corrections.  McBride, "As I said before, I claim and still do claim that since this meeting was called the way it was that it is an invalid meeting, and that all this business that was done in the June meeting is null and void. I told you before you had the meeting that that's what would happen, and it's not me speaking, IT'S THE BY-LAWS.  The By-Laws say you have to give us time.."  He is interrupted by President Walton, who says, "OK, I'm going to have to correct you.  Any sitting board member having objection to our June board meeting..."  McBride, "Yes"  Enter, Legal Chair Garrison, "We have one objection John (McBride), so..."  McBride, "It's the By-Laws.  You can not as a board member just ignore a By-Law.......If you're going to do that.."   President Walton interrupts loudly and says, "OK, John (McBride), let me make a statement.  I MADE A MISTAKE!"  Someone, not McBride interrupts saying something that can't be heard. President Walton asks to be allowed to finish and says something about he and Kathy getting non collectible and collectible money.  President Walton then says, "It was a mistake on my part.  I apologize."   McBride, "It doesn't make it right."

We pause here for comments, because this all could have ended before it began, if your President had listened to a sitting board member, PRIOR to the June 17th WPA Board Meeting.  McBride did notify President Walton, PRIOR to the June 17th meeting, that the meeting wasn't properly noticed according to the By-Laws.  McBride, notified the board, read them the very By-Law, during the June 26th Open Board Meeting, that both the June 17th and 26th Board Meetings, were illegal, and therefore null and void.  Your President and Legal Chair treated him with demeaning words, NEVER ADDRESSING THE BY-LAW.  What is worse, is by their silence, and blatant disregard for our governing documents, so did every board member seated at the board table, on the 26th!  I quoted President Walton above.  YOUR PRESIDENT SAID HE MADE A MISTAKE.  You bet he did.  He not only willingly ignored our By-Laws, but he aided our Legal Chair, in verbally beating up, THE ONLY BOARD MEMBER, who demanded following our BY-LAWS, at the board table.  First, usually whether in general life, or at work, if you are a decent person, you acknowledge your mistake, and present a reasonable plan to correct it.  You don't publicly attempt to make the person who identified the problem, look like a fool.  There isn't any real apology here.  One might ask if McBride should just skip this detail of notification.  Not with the record of this board!  They have chosen too many times in the last year, to ignore our governing documents, and hammer the messenger.  This fake apology is just same old, same old.

Enter, Treasurer/Compliance Chair (???????), DeMarchi.  He says, "Does the Policy Manual not state that a regular scheduled board meeting is the third Tuesday of the month except for the month of November?"  McBride tries to speak but is interrupted by DeMarchi, who says, "Does it not state that?"  McBride, "Excuse me.  I am using the By-Laws and we all have to use the By-Laws.  They are first and foremost. The Policy Manual is whatever you people want it to say.  I made a comment because the meeting was never called.  That's not right."  Enter, Legal Chair Garrison, "Are you objecting to the meeting being called, or the agenda not being released 72 hours before the meeting, which..."  McBride then states the number and section of the By-Law.  He goes on to say it can be corrected by calling a repeat meeting and using the By-Laws correctly.  McBride than says, "I've also said this at a previous meeting.  By-Laws and Covenants are not DISCRETIONARY.  It is not me speaking.  It is the By-Laws speaking."   Legal Chair (??????) Garrison, "I'm trying to understand where the objection comes from."

We are back in COMMENT RED.  McBride notified President Walton before the June 17th Board Meeting.  He READ the BY-LAW to them at the board table on June 26th.  He sent an email notice to the entire board ON JULY 14TH, one day before the JULY 15TH meeting (previously published here), quoting the By-Law and his objection.  WHY THE FEIGNED RING AROUND THE ROSY QUESTIONING BY PRESIDENT WALTON, LEGAL CHAIR GARRISON, AND COMPLIANCE CHAIR DE MARCHI, except apparent attempt to insult the questioner.  What don't they get?  It could appear by this ridiculous show that they just don't care.  The bigger question here is how did your President, who is suppose to uphold our governing documents, and has privilege of naming committee chairs, EVER NAME THESE TWO TO COMPLIANCE AND LEGAL, unless he is complicit in this apparent underhanded, obviously unlawful governance? 

Garrison comes back again about awareness of regular meeting schedule and says, "it isn't even a question. From my mind, the meeting was legal.  Not a soul here, who doesn't know it.  You know it.  Christmas isn't in December this year?"  Really, Legal Chair Garrison??????  If EVERYONE KNOWS IT, WHY DID PRESIDENT WALTON SAY A MISTAKE WAS MADE, AND APOLOGIZE FOR IT??????  Every BOARD MEMBER IS CHARGED WITH UPHOLDING AND FOLLOWING THOSE BY-LAWS AND COVENANTS, whether Christmas is always in December, or not.  The rest of the board members who sat in silence and pretended they didn't know, while these apparent malicious OFFICERS proceed, also appear to be complicit and cowards, failing to perform their duties.

Now Secretary Cline enters, stating, "can I clarify this, as I'm sitting on the board, as we all are.  A MISTAKE was made on the agenda.  It was late.  That's a fact. Now, we all however, did show up.  You knew in advance that we were going to have a meeting.  I understand that you chose not to come.  I know why.  Matter of fact there's nothing wrong with that.  It's not right or wrong. You chose because the agenda was late."  McBride, "No.  No, I chose.."  He is cut off by Cline, "that would have been the reason."   McBride speaks, but is interrupted again by Cline who says, "OK, I'm mistaken.  I'm sorry."  McBride then goes back to reading the By-Law, that addresses REGULAR meetings, words that Legal Chair Garrison, himself, has used.  You can hear someone on the board, it sounds to me like DeMarchi or Garrison, moan. Several board members are yelling.  Listen to the tape for yourself, because yelling is the appropriate word, and it isn't about the By-Laws.  McBride speaks, "The reason we have the time line is so that ALL can prepare and be properly prepared for the meeting.  I don't..."  There is more yelling from the board table.  Enter DeMarchi, "You email the attorney, OK, which is against our policies, OK"  McBride, "No, it's not against the policies"  Garrison, "You just make it up as you go along.  (YELLING) You get it, no business, no business, contacting the board attorney."

We go to comment red again, but stay tuned because something surprising happens.  Garrison's, "You get it, no business, no business, contacting the board attorney", is so wrong, wrong.  Instead, it should be a message to Garrison, our coward board, and complicit President, and it is "you better get it, officers of the board, and apparent coward board members, when anyone, any number, no matter how many on a board, blatantly refuse to follow the printed word of the governing documents, the ethical board member has a responsibility, and DUTY, to contact the board attorney, in behalf of the membership, almost likened to whistle blower, that the governing documents are being ignored, otherwise, the questioning board member is complicit in the "crime" against their role in governance.  That is just plain and simple!  I admire Secretary Cline for her attempt at resolving this problem.  I fail to admire her actions when she stops short of returning to the governing documents for her creed.

We move at this point of the meeting to the smart, brave under circumstance, resident, who has the guts to say, "point of order".  I know the voice because I attend the meetings.    Your President, J. Walton, yells, "NO!"  The resident bravely continues, "Jacky, would you control this meeting?  Could you do it outside of this?"  President Walton, "You are out of order!"  Resident, "NO, I'm calling point of order because you're the guy, the President.  You're the one that complains and brings your gavel down whenever there is some discussion back here.  Control your meeting.  That's your job."  President Walton, "I think I have this meeting under control."  Resident, "People are shouting."  President Walton, "No one is shouting."  Here comes Legal Chair Garrison, "And you have no business talking."  Resident to Garrison, "That's his job to say that."

We go back to McBride saying, "Just follow the By-Laws."  Legal Chair (?????) Garrison, "What is your solution to re mediate this, assuming remediation would be necessary?"  McBride, "You're going to have to repeat the meeting.  I asked you to talk to the attorney about it.  YOU WOULDN'T DO IT."  Garrison, "That's right!  You have no business contacting"  McBride, "If you're not going to .....someone is going to have to."  Garrison, "NO!"  Secretary Cline, "Now that we have resolved nothing, are we going to get on with the meeting?"

McBride wants his wording added to the meeting notes.  Remember, he has read the By-Law and his objections, more than once, and it appears from the conversation at the board table, that your board didn't put the language into the sanitized minutes. A vote on the minutes is taken.  One last word from McBride, "It's not a meeting."

Final comments:  First, thank you resident , for asking your President to act like one.  Those are my words, not those of the resident.  I have not sought his approval of my writing.  I honestly thank him for his role during the July 15th meeting.  As for President Walton, Legal Chair Garrison, Compliance Chair/Treasurer DeMarchi, and Secretary Cline, you have failed miserably to fulfill your roles as board members operating under our governing documents.  For board members who failed to open their mouths and acknowledge the problems, you are apparent cowards and ineffectual board members, focused on your old boy's network, rather than your roles as honest, ethical board members.  I don't know which attorney McBride contacted.  Residents, we have had three board attorneys in less than a year - Moody, Marin, and now Crosby.  The June 17 Board Meeting really appears to be invalid - not properly called according to our By-Laws.  With that said, Marin would be the "legal attorney", because the actions of the June 17 regular meeting, and the June 26th "Open Meeting", would indeed, be null and void.  If McBride wrote Crosby, the attorney hired as a result of those meetings, and presented the By-Law, and question, and Crosby failed to respond to what I call  a "whistle blower", and issue an opinion, then it is time to look for someone else.

TWO NEW ARTICLES WERE ADDED ON JULY 15

THE MYSTERY OF WHETHER EVERYONE WHO LIVED ON THE CANALS HAS PAID THEIR $5,000 INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT. A RESIDENT WRITES THE BOARD AND WANTS THEIR $5,000 BACK, IF WE ALL HAVEN'T HAD TO PAY.

Today as I reviewed the correspondence file I found a letter from a resident on Swamp Fox, requesting their $5,000 Individual Canal assessment back, if EVERYONE, hasn't had to pay.  This may come from the fact that there are a lot of rumors floating about, about the possible lack of legal action, by our Board Attorney, and your board's possible failure to update ALL board members about what is actually happening. 

On June 22nd, the Swamp Fox resident writes, "It is my understanding that Mr. & Mrs.------------ canal lot owners, were not required to pay $5,000 plus each water front lot owner in Wedgefield Plantation paid in relation to the dredging.  If exceptions were made, I would like to request the return of my monies in a timely manner.  I expect the WP Board to address this matter immediately so that there will be no need to get an attorney involved."

On July 2, your board responds, "------------was required to pay the $5,000.00 assessment the same as all canal lot owners.  He has chosen to challenge the assessment in court rather than pay it.  As of today that litigation is still on going.  This board considers -------------to be delinquent in the paying of his assessment and your statement that he was not required to pay is incorrect.  No exceptions were made."

The problem here may be the rumors.  I don't know who the resident is and therefore, have not spoken to them.  All names were removed.  The rumors, have been spreading for quite some time.  Since your board appears to hide information from some on the board (unethical), play with words in board meetings to cover up, they deserve these kind of questions.  The rumor is that the $5,000 case was put in the hands of a referee, who found in favor of the WPA.  The resident filed a motion against the ruling, and either your board, or the board attorney failed to proceed properly, and the decision was reversed in favor of the resident.  It is further rumored that the board is now attempting to reverse that ruling.

Will we ever get the truth??????????

THERE IS A BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. WILL YOUR BOARD ADDRESS AND REMEDY THE ILLEGAL MEETINGS OF JUNE 17TH AND JUNE 26TH? IF THEY HAVE ANY INTEGRITY AS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS THEY SHOULD. HASN'T HAPPENED IN THE PAST. MAYBE THIS WILL BE A FIRST!

 

I am unable to attend the WPA July Board Meeting this evening.  I have transcribed the verbal harassment, staged unreasonable questioning, and denial of understanding by our President and Legal Chair, silent participation of all other board members in attendance - just let it happen (cowards), as to where board member McBride, was coming from as he read a By-Law, that your board failed to adhere to in calling the June 17th Board Meeting.  I have posted the response from your board Community Liaison, basically saying, the meeting wasn't noticed properly, but "The 3rd. Tuesday of each month structure has been in place for many years."  So he, who sends all his answers to the full board for approval, is basically telling me that none of them care when they selectively choose to ignore our by-laws.

There is more at stake here.  They SELECTIVELY have chosen to ignore our governing documents, in the past.  We are truly LAWLESS here. 

My communication from the Community Liaison, also informed me that I could come to the office and review the correspondence file, and receive a copy of the communication that was sent to the board.  Go back and read previous articles for the by-law under discussion.  Today, I went to the office and received the copy.  NOTICE WAS SENT ON THE 16TH @ 1:46pm!!!!!!!!  McBride was correct!!!!!!! Once again, your board selectively failed to follow the by-laws.  NO ONE, NOT OUR PRESIDENT, CERTAINLY NOT OUR LEGAL CHAIR, NOT THE SILENT, COWARDLY BOARD MEMBERS WHO SAT BY, protected our governing documents, OR US, as these two OFFICERS OF THE BOARD, continued to demean the ONLY BOARD MEMBER, who tried to do the right thing.

This issue, along with the last governing document violation - conflict of interest, is too UGLY, for words!!!!!!!!!  If we were any place else, the behavior of this board would be called ILLEGAL, UNCONSCIONABLE, and CREEPY!

Will your board try and correct it all this evening?  As I reviewed the correspondence file, I saw a letter, obviously written by a board member.  I understand removing resident names, but not board members?????  More cover-up?  The email was sent to be distributed to all board members, on July 14th.  The first paragraph again quotes the by-law.  The second paragraph, "Because this By-Law was not followed for a meeting the President wanted to call on June 17, 2014, any business thought to be completed at that gathering is null & void.  This matter was brought to the attention of the President prior to the meeting.  We as Directors and individuals can not pick and choose when to follow WPA By-Laws.  It is not a choice and we can not disregard By-Laws for convenience.  The business discussed during this gathering needs to be revisited during a properly called meeting so everyone can be prepared."

YOUR BOARD HAS NOT ONLY BROKEN OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, BUT THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ALLOWING OUR PRESIDENT AND LEGAL CHAIR TO PLAY DUMB AND ATTACK ANYONE WHO TRIES TO DO THE RIGHT THING!

I CAN'T WAIT TO REVIEW THE BOARD APPROVED MINUTES OF THE OPEN BOARD MEETING (ILLEGAL) ON JUNE 26TH.  OUR MINUTES ARE SANITIZED.  WILL YOUR BOARD HAVE THE GUTS TO PUBLISH THE VERY BY-LAW THAT A SITTING BOARD MEMBER READ TO THEM DURING THE MEETING, AND ALL BUT ONE CHOSE TO IGNORE, AND LET THE PRESIDENT AND LEGAL CHAIR GO AFTER, IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE CALLED AN ATROCITY, THE QUESTIONING BOARD MEMBER?

P.S/.  When your board won't do the right thing, you are forced to take the facts and the quotes to letters to the editor.  I've published articles from local newspapers about HOA boards.  Several residents of quality HOA neighborhoods have spoken out.  I've got the facts and will provide them if needed.

AS A PRIVATE RESIDENT I HAVE HEARD FROM THE BOARD REGARDING FAILURE TO PROPERLY NOTICE THE JUNE 17TH REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, ACCORDING TO THE BY-LAWS. QUITE FRANKLY, ONCE AGAIN THEY DECIDED TO IGNORE THEM. AGAIN, WE ARE LAWLESS, WHILE THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WHEN THEY WANT TO DO IT, AND THE BY-LAWS ARE TOSSED TO THE WIND!

I don't have a lot of time to spend on this.  I have a life, contrary to what some of you would like to believe.  We met a medically fragile family member at the airport today, who we will be with through Monday.  Don't bring out the violins, because we, and she, don't need them.  I had to get this out tonight with the few minutes I have.  Once again, your board has SELECTIVE reasoning for throwing out our governing documents.  You'll have to read the last 5 or 6 articles to understand what this is about.  I don't have the time, or the patience, to take you back.  YOUR BOARD DID NOT PROPERLY NOTICE THE JUNE 17TH REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING TO THE BOARD, OR IN ANOTHER ARENA, TO US, AS MEMBERS.  THEY DON'T GIVE A RAT'S BEHIND.  THAT IS YOUR FAULT FOR PUTTING UP WITH IT FOR SO LONG.  Your board Community Liaison, Anderson, sent the following while I was at the airport today.  Some would say, "Don't kill the messenger."  I'm not, EXCEPT, that this messenger is a board member, suppose to uphold our governing documents, who passes on a LOUSY,  contrary to the by-laws, excuse. Here is the board's answer to whether there was an email notifying all board members of the June 17th meeting, THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS of OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS - NOT!!!!!!!!   COMMENTS FOLLOW AFTER THE DOCUMENT.

 

In case you didn't know, when a letter comes into the board, it SHOULD BE distributed to ALL board members.  Then the Community Liaison drafts a response, shares it with ALL BOARD MEMBERS, and asks for comment, prior to sending.  That is if things are up front and legit.  Let's give them credit for being legit.  IT IS A REALLY POOR PICTURE.  IT MEANS THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD THOUGHT THIS WAS OK.  IT WAS OK TO VIOLATE OUR BY-LAWS with a stinking excuse like it is always the third Tuesday of the month!  Not credible!!! Not TRUE.  There have been times, in the 10 years that I have lived here, that the meeting has had to be moved because the board lacked information to move forward.  In the end, it doesn't even matter because YOUR BOARD IS BLATANTLY VIOLATING OUR BY-LAWS!!!!

 

Since the meeting on the 17th wasn't noticed properly and your PRESIDENT KNEW IT, ALL ACTIONS ARE VOID.  SINCE THE OPEN MEETING ON THE 26TH WAS CALLED BECAUSE OF ACTIONS ON THE 17TH, ALL ACTIONS ARE NULL AND VOID!  Your board took some pretty important actions during those meetings.  They moved $50,000 from operating to reserves.  They hired  a NEW BOARD ATTORNEY.

 

What is worse, is that 7 board members were present at the second meeting when the pertinent by-law was read to them by the questioning board member, and 4 of them including our Community Liaison sat there while your PRESIDENT AND LEGAL CHAIR, basically made fun of the questioning board member.  It has happened too many times.  Once again, they were really ignoring our governing documents - and laughing behind your back at what they must believe is your stupidity. 



ARTICLES WERE ADDED ON JULY 8 AND 9

SUN NEWS, JULY 7TH, ARTICLE, "THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW" WEDGEFIELD NEEDS A LAW, BECAUSE OUR BOARD KEEPS CHANGING THE LAW THEY'LL SELECT, TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO, OR AT TIMES AVOID LAW ALTOGHER.

As you read the article you'll note that several legislative actions are under study.  If you research you are able to find the legislative authors, and write them, with your concerns.  When our board, or any board, throws state law, by-law and covenants, their home made policy, into the air, and sometimes follows none of it, we need help.  A resident called me about this  newspaper article.  Thanks for the source.  During our conversation, he/she said she felt by the varying actions of this board that it appeared they felt that following our by-laws and covenants, was discretionary, and it shouldn't be.  That individual is correct.  I think that our board is just plain lawless.  Too strong?  Think back to when I requested copies of documents according to the SC non profit law, provided to me in written communication, by our treasurer.  I was told in writing that I couldn't have copies, and board members couldn't either.  The list would be too long to list.  If you read the blog regularly, you know that I have requested a copy of the email notification to board members for the June 17th board meeting.  I again, asked under state law.  We'll see.  If there wasn't a notice to the full board, your board held two meeting illegally, and the actions of those meetings should be null and void, until they admit their error, and re-do the meetings.  One of the actions from the meeting was to hire a new attorney, again.  Pretty important.

HERE IS THE PRINT COPY FROM THE SUN NEWS WEBSITE





WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN THE GROUNDS CHAIR TINKERS WITH YOU AND THE PRIVATE LOT OWNERS HE CONTRACTS WITH?

The pictures were taken this week.  Your Grounds Chair determined before he went to contract with private lot owners, that we wouldn't need to have as many mowings, to reduce the price.  We have good private lot owners who want to do the right thing, and trust the association.  Should they??????  Probably not!!!!!!!  Here we are again.  Weeds knee high.  Weeds seeding into the adjacent yard.  I again spent time pulling weeds in the heat, in a small area of my flower beds, trying to maintain my property.

 

HERE'S WHAT YOU GET BECAUSE OF OUR GROUNDS' CHAIR'S LAX POLICIES

 

 

 

THANK YOU WPA GROUNDS CHAIR!!!  WE LOVE PULLING WEEDS AND BUYING PRODUCTS, WHILE YOU COME UP WITH BARGAINS FOR PRIVATE LOT OWNERS!!!!

 

 

KNEE HIGH ON THE 4TH OF JULY RELATES TO CORN CROPS IN THE MIDWEST, NOT THE LOT NEXT TO YOU!  GUESS IT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU, OR YOUR FOURTH OF JULY GUESTS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE NEXT TO ONE OF THESE LOTS, THAT YOU FOOLED GOOD INTENTIONED OWNERS, WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAD THE PERFECT, BARGAIN LOT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR THEM!!!!!!  COULD YOU TREAT US ALL ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE LIVING NEXT TO??????

 

YES, MR. GROUNDS CHAIR, THE WEEDS HAVE GONE TO SEED AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO PULL WEEDS AND BUY TONS OF WEED KILLER!!!!!!!!



A RESIDENT LETTER TO THE WEDGEFIELD EXAMINER & COMMENTS FROM THE EDITOR. "MELEE" IS PROBABLY THE KEY WORD IN THE LETTER. "DUTY", BECOMES A SECOND, AS USUAL HERE IN WEDGEFIELD, IN REGARD TO RESPONSIBLE, ETHICAL GOVERNANCE.

The Wedgefield Examiner has received the following letter in regard to the June 26th WPA Open Board Meeting, and the articles that have appeared regarding that subject.  As always, I have removed the writer's name.  Comments follow after.

THE COMMENTS THAT FOLLOW ARE THOSE OF THE WEDGEFIELD EXAMINER AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED APPROVED BY OUR RESIDENT WRITER.

If you read the transcription of the June 26th Open Board Meeting, or listened to the tape, there is no way that you don't realize that this writer is correct.  Yes, it was a melee.  Yes, your President did nothing to resolve the situation - bring it under control.  Yes, he participated in it and caused it to get worse.  Yes, it is his duty to maintain order, but that duty probably comes in second, to the real duties he ignored as President of our association.

It appears that our President will sacrifice duty to get what he wants, collaborate with those who he has titled as committee chairs, to cover up mistakes in governance, or move forward with an agenda that might be kept from some on the board.

First, it appears he violated the very by-law, noted in previous articles, read to him by the questioning board member, regarding notice to board members of meetings.  His apparent actions also put him in violation of a policy manual document, that all board members must sign.  This very President took it a step further.  During a regular monthly board meeting, he insisted that that board sign the "Code of Ethics" at the board table.  The Code of Ethics reads, "Directors shall act with SCRUPULOUS good FAITH and CANDOR.  They will avoid even the perception of conflict of interest, FAVORITISM and acting out of SELF INTEREST.  DIRECTORS SHALL UPHOLD AND SAFEGUARD THE BYLAWS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND POLICIES GOVERNING WEDGEFIELD PLANTATION ASSOCIATION."

It could appear that our President did not operate with ANY SCRUPULOUS GOOD FAITH AND CANDOR, BUT WITH FAVORITISM AND ACTING OUT OF HIS, AND OUR LEGAL CHAIR'S SELF INTEREST.

WHY???????  First, there was no scrupulous good faith and candor in our President's performance on the night of the 26th.  It is as simple as this, if the questioning board member's claim was that there wasn't notice to the meeting of the 17th, than with scrupulous good faith and candor, your President should have called for a copy of the notice, and presented it to the board member.  IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

Instead, in apparent self interest, probably an attempt to cover the fact that there was no notice, as dictated by our by-laws, with favoritism of his self appointed Legal Chair, he allows the Legal Chair to go on attack, against the questioning board member.  He had to have heard the Legal Chair using words like absurd, nonsense, and ridiculous, when the questioning board member has simply read the appropriate by-law to them.  Obviously, our Legal Chair has added to his vocabulary of attack words against this board member.  Last time the board member asked questions about conflict of interest, and requested a legal opinion, our Legal Chair used the term MORONIC.   What could be worse, is that our President assists in this attack.

There is a reliable RUMOR back side to the story.  The Wedgefield Examiner always tells you when it is RUMOR - CREDIBLE RUMOR.  The first rumor was that the questioning board member did not spring his legal questions on our President, at the meeting on the 26th. He brought his concerns to the President, prior to the meeting on the 17th.  Additionally, it is rumored that he contacted another board member, and was told the Legal Chair was at fault for holding up the notification process, because he was waiting for answers.  If the rumors are true, and I believe they are, then your President and Legal Chair, decided to ignore the by-laws, and in their own self serving interest, attacked this board member.  What about the 3rd board member? If true, he is as bad, if not worse than the other two, and sat back and watched the show, at the expense of our governance.  As for the others at the table that day, they also appeared to have violated ethics, along with our governing documents, and as stated earlier, by their actions appear to be nothing more than cowards.  It appears as none of this board minus one, are willing to commit themselves to governing according to our governing documents, and aren't worthy of a board seat. 

IN THIS CASE, YOUR BOARD HANDLERS - PRESIDENT & LEGAL CHAIR DON'T APPEAR TO WANT TO HANDLE OUR AFFAIRS UNDER THE GUIDING LIGHT OF OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.  INFACT THEY WANT TO LEAVE AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEMBER IN THE DARK!





TWO ARTICLES WERE ADDED ON JULY 3, AND ONE ON JULY 1.

LETTER TO THE BOARD REQUESTING COPY OF NOTICE TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE JUNE 17TH BOARD MEETING. ADDITIONALLY, REQUEST AS A RESIDENT IN GOOD STANDING, THAT IF THERE ISN'T PROPER NOTICE THAT THE ISSUE IS TAKEN TO THE BOARD ATTORNEY FOR A WRITTEN OPINION

HERE IS THE LETTER TO THE BOARD

 

 



IT IS A MATTER OF SIMPLE GOOD GOVERNANCE? WHY, WHEN THE LANGUAGE OF THESE TWO PARTICULAR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS IS SO EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND, DOES YOUR BOARD CONTINUE TO IGNORE THEM? IT IS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE, AND THEY NEED TO BE CALLED ON IT NOW. WE'VE HAD WAY TOO MUCH OF FEIGNED IGNORANCE OF OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS!

When will the "handlers" on the board, our President and Legal Chair, bring the facts out of the dark hole from which they govern, and allow us to declare Ground Hog Day in Wedgefield?  It is time that the rest of this board and you, as members, force them to bring true governance light, to the board table.

Our President, did not follow the by-laws, and properly "notice" the June 17th board meeting. Based on the motions and actions during that meeting, he called another open meeting on June 26th.  When he was for sited the lack of notice  at the June 26th meeting, the by-law read to all who sat at the board table (7 board members), he, and our Legal Chair, went on attack.  While this happens quite often, during the last six months, these two, have ignored simple language governing documents, attempted to crucify anyone who questioned, and also tried to make them look ridiculous.

The first was the Conflict of Interest Agreement.  This argument went on for MONTHS.  Your board, minus one, IGNORED the very document each and everyone had signed, and awarded a contract to your President's business.  The rest all voted, minus the one who had been forcing the issue to the table, for months.

Now, we have the issued of two illegal, null, and void meetings.  The problem is not complicated.  It shouldn't be.  Admittedly, sometimes the language in our governing documents is complicated.  NOT IN THESE TWO CASES.  The language in these two sections, is so simple, the AVERAGE 5TH GRADER, WOULD UNDERSTAND, AND BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THEM. I believe our board members are smarter.  This just looks like blatant disregard.  The treatment of the  questioning board member,  appears to be cunning and sick.

HERE ARE THE TWO DOCUMENTS - Comments continue after.

 

ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7:  REGULAR MEETINGS



"Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.  Notice of regular meetings shall be given to each Director personally or by mail at least three days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that notice requirement may be waived if signed in writing by two-thirds of the total board members holding office at that time." 

 

There were seven board members at that meeting.  Two, our Legal Chair and President, produced this staged disregard for our governing documents.  One board member, in both of the cases noted, argued for our governing documents, each time requesting that the board attorney review and give an opinion.  In the case of The Conflict of Interest Agreement, it took months before our Legal Chair sought opinion.  The board was found to have violated the very statement they each had signed.  Once again, the questioning board member has requested that the Legal Chair take Article VII, Section 7, and apparent failure to properly notice the June 17th meeting, to the board attorney.  Will it be months and months, again, or just plain NEVER?

 

We started our count with 7 board members.  We've identified the actions of 3.  4 of our board members sat by, listened to the abuse of the questioning board member, and said NOTHING.  They allowed our President to HINT that notice had been sent.  Wouldn't you have thought that since they are SMARTER than a 5th grader, that they would have supported the questioning board member in following our by-laws, or PRODUCED the notice, to end this miserable staged play?  THEY SAID NOTHING.  I wouldn't want any of them to be part of any army that represented us in war, the war on truth, honesty, and integrity, in this case.  They appear to be the worst kind of cowards in any arena, let alone in governing openly, honestly, according to our governing documents, principle, and sound business practice, for the place that we all call home.

THE JUNE 26TH OPEN BOARD MEETING: WAS IT LEGAL? WHAT WAS ALL THE YELLING ABOUT? WHY DID FOUR BOARD MEMBERS SIT IN SILENCE AND FAIL TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY SIMPLY STEPPING FORWARD AND ACKNOWLEDGING WHETHER THEY RECEIVED PROPER NOTIFICATION FOR THE REGULAR JUNE MONTHLY MEETING?

The Wedgefield Examiner has listened to the tape of the June 26th Open Board Meeting.  I will relate what happened, and at times present transcription, and comments.  The information is provided to the best of my ability.  It is your responsibility to go to the tape and verify it for yourself.   You can listen to the tape at The Wedgefield Times.  Additionally, another overview of the meeting is provided at The Wedgefield Times.

WHEN PROVIDED, TRANSCRIPTION - YOUR BOARD'S WORDS, WILL BE UNDERLINED WITH QUOTATION MARKS.  COMMENTS WILL APPEAR IN RED.

President Walton opens the meeting with the following board members in attendance:  Garrison, Cline, McMillin, Anderson, McBride, and John Walton.  Our president quickly turns the meeting over to Garrison, as the meeting has been called regarding the Legal Committee's search for a new board attorney.  Note:  During the regular monthly June 17 board meeting, the board had passed a motion allowing the Legal Committee to search for a new board attorney.

Garrison states that the committee had considered three attorneys.  He does not name two of them, but says the first wasn't considered because he is Garrison's personal attorney.  The second, was not considered because he had previously done work for the board.  Garrison and President Walton did interview Attorney Crosby, whose fee structure according to Garrison, is similar to recent attorneys.  It is further noted that Crosby is the attorney for the WVA, and for other associations.  Garrison, "At this point, I make a motion that the board approve the hiring of Mr. Crosby's law firm as our board attorney."  President Walton repeats the motion.  McBride immediately starts with "before", and is cut off by President Walton, "Hold on, Hold on....we need a second before we have a discussion."  McBride, "You said the last meeting, you discussed something.  What meeting was this? "  President Walton, "At last months meeting, we..."  McBride, "That was an illegal meeting."  President Walton, "I beg your pardon."  McBride, "That was an illegal meeting according to our by-laws and covenants."  Cline is heard trying to interrupt.  McBride continues, "That meeting could not go forward.  It was illegal."  Cline attempts to interrupt again.  McBride, "Let me finish.  Anything covered in that meeting was null and void."  President Walton, "We're not going to discuss that.  It isn't on the agenda.  We're not going to discuss that." McBride, "We are because that meeting that you approved the Legal Committee to move forward with something.....that's all null and void.  I'm sorry."  McBride is interrupted by some members at the board table who cannot be identified on the tape, or their comments heard.  McBride stays with it, "Let me get the copy of the covenants and by-laws which don't exactly have here but....they are in the office, I'm sure."  Someone mumbles saying to go get it.  Cline, "Aren't we suppose to have a meeting the third..."    President Walton, quite loud, "I don't have a clue what he is talking about."  Cline, "Looking at the minutes, he wasn't here."

McBride directs the board to the by-laws and reads, "ARTICLE VII, Section 7:  Regular Meetings:  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.  Notice of regular meetings shall be given to each Director personally or by mail at least three days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that notice requirement may be waived if signed in writing by two-thirds of the total board members holding office at the time.  Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be open to all members except when conditions require an "Executive Session" which shall be open only to the elected Directors."  McBride goes on, "The meeting wasn't called three days prior."  President Walton gets real loud, "You stop right there!!!!"  McBride, "I'm not finished."  President Walton loud again, "That was a regular scheduled monthly meeting.  It has nothing to do with no one having to call that meeting."  McBride, "Yes, the agenda has to be out.  We normally do it a week ahead."

I took this into a new paragraph just to make room for the loud yelling of Garrison and President Walton.  It was so loud and they were yelling over each other that I couldn't get their words on the tape.  President Walton is heard again, "You didn't get it?......You didn't get it?  That, That meeting wasn't illegal!"  McBride, "I'm sorry if you don't abide by our by-laws and covenants."  President Walton, "If you don't......"  McBride, "You have to.  There is no"  He is interrupted by President Walton saying something about Thursday.  McBride, "Follow our by-laws.  You don't want to, I guess."  President Walton, "I fail to see what your argument is."  McBride, "You never sent out an agenda three days prior.  You can't call a meeting without an agenda.  There's no meeting unless you have an agenda.  It wasn't sent out.  I wasn't notified in any way what so ever,  prior, nor was anybody else, as far as I know."  Cline, "It did happen."  McBride, "It did?"  Walton, "You're the only one who hadn't seen the agenda until Monday, is that correct?"  McBride, "The agenda wasn't sent out until Monday.  I guess if I'm the only one it is still an invalid meeting.....If I am the only one then it didn't go out."

Enter Garrison, Is there any question on your mind as to whether or not the third Tuesday of the month is a regularly scheduled meeting night?"   McBride, "It's always a question in my mind because if there is nothing to talk about we would not have a meeting".  There is a lot of yelling with board members, primarily Garrison and Walton, with insertions by Cline.  McBride, "We have to follow our by-laws and covenants."  Garrison, "Third Wednesday, or third Tuesday is a regular scheduled monthly meeting."  President Walton loudly, "Name me one time that we haven't had....Not happened John."  McBride, "There's the by-laws."  He is interrupted by Cline, "Can we apologize?   I don't know how we can make that meeting up - not happened.  It's happened.  We had a meeting."  McBride, "You guys had a discussion, I guess, a private discussion".  The yelling goes to an even higher pitch with Garrison, "THAT'S ABSURD!!!!!  Cline, "We have to move on.......We going to vote on, or not?"  Garrison interrupts at a pitch that is the highest of decibels"YES, IT'S ABSOLUTELY ABSURD  TO SUGGEST THAT IT WAS A BLIND MEETING!"  President Walton keeps the pitch level, "EXACTLY".    Garrison, "A discussion?  There are people in this meeting who were at that (meeting?), obviously knew about it besides the board, so it certainly not a private meeting.  THAT'S JUST NONSENSE!  McBride, "Nothing was done.  There was no mail at all."  Someone, I think it sounds like Garrison, "When is the agenda ever made out?"  McBride, "The emails OK......Jacky does a fine job, except for one other time, I remember , of getting that email out and at least 8 or 9 days before, so that everybody can add to the agenda, any agenda items that they would like to add.  This time he didn't"  Listen to the tape.  Garrison gets a snarky tone, "How would you know?  You keep telling people you don't have email."  McBride, "No, that's not the truth."

We move into a period with Garrison and McBride arguing over whether McBride has email or not.  It has now dissolved to "yes I do", "no you don't.  Then Garrison pulls a number, apparently out of the air, and says, McBride has told them at least 8 different times!  Cline attempts to talk, but doesn't get in.  McBride says if it is true they should send him a letter.  Garrison says something about "different for you".   McBride says John Walton doesn't have email.  Garrison states something about John Walton getting to the meeting some how. Next, President Walton yells, "THE MEETING TOOK PLACE.  IT WAS A LEGAL MEETING.  NOW, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE ATTORNEY.......IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ABOUT THIS BEING AN ILLEGAL MEETING THEN...."  McBride, "I think we should go down and talk to Marin about that."  Someone, I think Garrison, but can't be certain, yells, "GOOD LUCK TO THAT!!!!"  Garrison yelling, "WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT!!!!! I'M NOT GOING TO WASTE THE BOARD'S MONEY ON IT FOR..."  Then, there are multiple people yelling from the board table.  Someone at the table says, "besides the fact, if you had been at the last meeting you'd know the conversations we had are non existent."  McBride, I'd have been here and I've seen nothing in writing."   NOTE TO GARRISON:  McBride has email and uses it.  I served as newsletter editor for two of Wedgefield's social clubs for several years.  Both Mr. and Mrs. McBride were members of one of the clubs, each had their own email address.  I sent out the newsletter with upcoming events, kept a RECORD OF MY EMAIL AND THE ADDRESSES I HAD SENT IT TO.  They attended the functions, obviously using the information sent by email.  I've heard people say that John Walton doesn't use email.  I know first hand from serving on the board with McMillin that he doesn't use or depend on his email.  Perhaps the Nominating Committee would like to add a question to their paperwork, as to whether any potential candidates can and will use their e-mail.  I don't really think it would have made a difference in this case.

I stopped the tape.  As a human being, I can only take so much of this contrived garbage by the board.  I haven't moved to comments yet, but you accept your board not being able to contain themselves, so I'm sure that you'll accept it from me.  I do know from visiting The Wedgefield Times and reading an overview of the meeting, that a new lawyer., Attorney Crosby, has been hired.

COMMENTS:
I attend a at least 80% of the monthly and open meetings.  I write the board and go to the office to review documents.  After listening to this tape, which was so offensive on so many levels, too much came rushing at me, because of the deplorable actions of this board, not just at this meeting, but too many meetings, and their total disregard for following our governing documents, unless it suits their purpose.  Their ability to sit and watch certain players on this board, ignore policy and governing documents, snake their way through half truths, and sit in silence while some on the board victimize other board members, and members who question, and stay silent is unprofessional in the least, and illegal in the worse case scenario..  Their silence is nothing less than childish bullying, at the expense of every person who lives here. As  stated too much information came rushing at the end of the tape.  I have limited my comments, lengthy as they are ,to 3 self imposed areas.

1.  SHOULD MC BRIDE HAVE BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE BOARD TABLE?  IF YES, WHY?

First let me start this with a few qualifiers, like them or not, it is the truth.  I don't favor McBride and I don't receive, never have, any information from him.  I have my own network, who provide me with "heads up" information.  In fact, I've  sung the praises of any board member, no matter what message they have delivered to me, on the blog, when ever (times so few), that they have stood up for good governance, and followed the governing documents, and sound business practice.

Yes, McBride should have brought this issue of the June 17 regular monthly meeting being called improperly to the board.  Rumor has it, NOT FROM MC BRIDE, that he took this issue of no notice for the June 17, 2014 regular WPA meeting, to President Walton, prior to the June 17th meeting.  NOTE the words Garrison uses regarding REGULAR monthly meeting in the transcription.  The by-law that McBride quoted speaks to REGULAR  meetings!  This is just too much like the conflict of interest abuse, and your board pretending for MONTHS, that they didn't know what he was talking about, when they had each signed a blatant Conflict of Interest Statement, that in plain old black and white, told each and everyone of them that they couldn't do what they wanted to do.  More importantly, McBride is required to act in behalf of all of the residents, who were also violated by your board's failure to notice the June 17th meeting appropriately.  I'm not going searching for you today and quoting.  You need to look for yourself.  If you attend WPA meetings, you'll know that the board is suppose to post the meeting and THE AGENDA, seven days prior to the meeting, on the WPA website.  It didn't happen, prior to the June 17th meeting.

Different then McBride, I believe that he should have gone to the June 17th meeting and laid the issue on the table, and suggested they close the meeting down, until it was announced according to our governing documents to the board, and to the residents.  In the end, McBride did the right thing.  He's correct.  If the board did not notice the meeting properly to the board and the residents according to the very by-law he read, anything that happened at the June 17th meeting is a non happening, and they shouldn't have called the open meeting on June 26th, or taken any vote, because it is a domino effect, and that vote should be null and void also.

2.  WHAT IS WORSE?  A BOARD, THAT FOR THE EVENING OF JUNE 26TH PLAYED 6 BLIND MICE, OR THE BEHAVIOR OF AT LEAST FOUR, WHO BEG THE QUESTION, "WHAT'S THE MATTER, THE CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE"?

Find the questions rude?  I doubt it, because you sit by and observe rude, childish, behavior too often at these board meetings, so the phrase shouldn't be concerning.  There were 7 board members present at the open meeting on the 26th.  Notice, not one answers McBride's questions after he reads the applicable by-law to them.  They sit in unison, ignoring, running the proverbial monkey around the tree, anything but address the truth of the situation.  What is worse, is that four of them totally shut down while President Walton and Garrison attempt to make McBride look ridiculous, as he tries to make them understand the problem, while reading the by-law to them.  Note that some indicate an email or message went out.  If it did, and McBride failed to find it on his computer, why wouldn't one of THE  OTHER FOUR step up, and state, "I got the message.  It was dated such a date", and ask the board secretary to place a copy in McBride's face?  The discussion would have ended immediately regarding the by-law McBride read to them.  Residents, that's a sure indication to me, that there never was an email.  If you have it, you  produce it then, right on the spot.  Not this board they'll attempt to make the questioner look bad.   Sorry board, you failed. 

It should be noted that even if the board had an email to the board announcing the June 17th meeting properly, they wouldn't have been able to cover the fact that they didn't follow our governing documents and post the meeting notice and AGENDA, on the WPA website.  I follow the WPA website, and if memory serves me right, nothing was posted before the 16th.   Additionally, I attended the meeting on the 17th, and the board was running copies of the agenda and the financial pages, while we waited.  Sorry board, no cigar on that one either.

3.  WHY WAS MC BRIDE'S REQUEST TO TAKE THE QUESTION REGARDING THE ILLEGAL MEETING TO THE ATTORNEY, DENIED BY GARRISON, ONCE AGAIN?   

I'm answering this question from the point that your board failed to properly notify the board of the June 17th meeting, according to our governing documents, and therefore the meeting and the actions taken during the meeting were null and void.  You'll note that McBride asks that the question and the by-law REQUIREMENT be taken to the then current board attorney, Marin.  The current attorney, because if the meeting on the 17 was invalid, that is the board attorney we are left with.  If you listen to the tape, read the transcription, you'll notice that Garrison gives a resounding "NO" to that request.  McBride asked Garrison numerous times to take the conflict of interest situation to the attorney.  Then, as now, he got a resounding "NO".  After weeks of The  Wedgefield Examiner, asking our President how he could have signed the Conflict of Interest Agreement, and bid and accepted a contract with the WPA, with no answer, Garrison took the issue to the board attorney and your board was found to be in violation of a document each and everyone had signed.  We are back to square one. 

What is next?  The ground hog picture comes out, and I'm on the count down until your President, or our Legal Chair, get an answer from our attorney.