TODAY'S PROGRESS MAP WILL FOLLOW COMMENTS
Are the Wedgefield Examiner's comments too tough on this board? As the editor, I don't think so. The storm clean up is like the icing on the dysfunction cake. This didn't start with the storm. Remember, The Examiner initially complemented the board for taking such quick action, hoping your board would treat residents as though they where functioning adults, with a brain. We received little, to no information regarding the clean up at the February 18th monthly meeting. Once again, our Treasurer was taking care of his area first. It made no sense. No one on the board questioned it. The board in general, has failed to ask questions, vote in behalf of our governing documents, have publicly abused and demoted the only board member who has asked questions
While they withheld information from a board member and ridiculed questions from the board table, others who didn't ridicule, sat back watched, and voted with those ridiculing, like puppets. At the same time, this board lead by our weak president, has sat back and passed approval on each other, even when there was failure to perform by more than one on the board. They have put too much power in one board member's hands.
Why is one board member Treasurer, Chair of Drainage, Chair of Compliance (??????), sits on the Legal Committee, and ARC? As residents we don't even know where the Compliance Committee job description came from. Any one who has served on boards knows that the treasurer should be monitored by compliance. Think of a recent example of his ruling on compliance, when one, and only one board member brought up Conflict of Interest, when your board was voting to give our association president a contract. Garrison, Vice Chair & Legal Chair ridiculed and all but heckled the questioning board member. When your president said he would pull his bid (Why didn't he know better than submit one?), your Compliance Chair said he wouldn't allow that. Your board, all but the questioning board member, awarded the contract to our president. Where was true compliance?
During the meeting on Feb. 26th, your Compliance Chair/Treasurer, etc., said he didn't care if people threw non storm debris in the piles for pick up. Your Vice President/LEGAL Chair said he cared, but did nothing from the start to stop it. That is his MO. It depends around the association, as to whether you have to follow the rules, or not. If some get a pass, we should all get a pass. Nothing happened to the Water Amenities Committee when they did what they wanted with that old dock. Nothing happened to our Grounds Chair when he forced us to pay for private lot mowing. I guess if I want to violate ARC rules, I should get a pass, because this administration gives plenty of passes.
The Wedgefield Examiner hasn't received negative emails at our published email address. This morning alone, I've had four contacts from people to tell me to keep it going, it is time there was some place to go to view just what this renegade, lawless board is doing. I was informed that there has been some cry baby behavior from our Treasurer about what The Wedgefield Examiner is publishing. I'll continue to attend meetings and transcribe them, seek information/documentation for myself, and share. We've been under the heavy hand of a few of these players, for too long. We have also been under the hand of our weak president and those on the board who just hold up their hands and vote, and sit by while the heavy handed group abuse anyone who questions. So, The Wedgefield Examiner hasn't been too tough on this board.
TODAY'S MAP OF THE CLEAN UP PROGRESS (Noon, 2/28/14)
(Today's detail is in brown.)
