When I visited the WPA office on November 5, I reviewed the Correspondence File. Quite frankly, in at least one respect, I was pleased to see that other residents had written the board about some of the deplorable property maintenance conditions here in Wedgefield, which could appear to be sanctified, or intentionally ignored by your board. I have written several articles, sent pictures to the board, spoken during resident comments during board meetings, brought it up at the 2014 annual meeting, and received half baked answers, twisting the words of our governing documents. Tractors, boats, inappropriate signs, burning pots, items left on vacant lots, etc., for the most part have been ignored for months. In at least two of the cases, the offenders were board members.
The conditions allowed on unbuilt lots, adjacent to homes, is deplorable. Our Grounds Chair, under the approval of the board, has written contracts between the WPA, and individual lot owners, to provide mowing services. In the past, the board has used our assessment dollars to supplement the cost for the lot owner. This year, it appears to keep the cost low for lot owners, the Grounds Chair, wrote the contracts for a maximum of 4 mowings, over the long SC growing season. When I complained about the conditions on two lots on John Green, with weeds up to my waist, and above, the Grounds Chair said that it was early in the growing season, and those lots had already been mowed twice, which left only two more mowings for the rest of the season. Think I was exaggerating? No, there is a letter in the file from a resident, who stated the lot adjacent to their property, had grown to 5 feet!!!!!!
Here are the streets mentioned in the letters: Patriot Ct., John Waities Ct., John Green (not my letter), King George, and a second letter regarding excessive clutter & boats on John Green.
Write the board about your concerns. Write the Grounds Chair, and ask him how the board would like it if you mowed your lawn 4 times in the growing season, and let the yard reach 5 feet tall.
You ought to be nervous if you love your home. Your board has played, and played some more with the Policy Manual, interpretation of By-Laws, hired a long line of inept lawyers to provide opinions - called those opinions legal & ethical - promptly fired at least 3 of these fine attorneys, and now through a devious plan will begin work on the Covenants. This isn't the Wedgefield I bought into in 2004.
