Yesterday the rumors of the sale of the golf course and houses being built on the old golf course, were icing of the cake of apathy at my house. Common sense told me that there would have to be hearings etc., to brake the PUD, and yet, I thought for a moment - so be it.
Usually, the rumors would have spurred me to investigate, and charge forward on a journey to save Wedgefield - the beautiful place we selected to call home 13 years ago. As I drove out later, saw the Wedgefield tractor on the vacant lot, broken stone wall under the lame/redneck sign announcing dues were past due, I felt that there was no saving, or bringing Wedgefield back. We've been on a long run by this board to cheapen it. When our vice president writes a glowing "state of the union" in the Wragg that has people laughingly saying "where does he live?", I reflect back to the point that some on this board have been driving this reckless train for 6 - 9 years on tracks that have no direction except their individual personal agendas. Little of what they do is discussed openly, regularly, or voted honestly, and openly. They openly jeer at anyone who asks questions, and asks for documents to prove what they are doing.
We have a half baked, illegally processed dredge in motion, brought about and sustained by false claims of judgements/rulings, forged documents, unwritten legal opinions, and a vote after the fact by the board to partially fund.
ARC fails to enforce our governing document restrictions on property maintenance and improvements.
Our grounds chair has failed to mow vacant lots to the neglectful heights of five feet last summer, but announced last month that he'll mow dormant lots now, to meet the contracted number of mowings, before the new contract starts. Why do we have to live like this? Yes, the same grounds chair that stated from the board table, "that we were getting a lower class of people living here because people were having to rent their homes, because they are unable to sell them." The same grounds chair that said the board knew why the spoil site was neglected, but wouldn't say what, and when, the board knew. Unfortunately, under this board, this is our governance at its best!
There are a lot of houses for sale in Wedgefield. Some have sold, at reduced prices. You hear from newer residents "this isn't what we were told. We wouldn't have bought here if we had known." Where have our standards gone, when the best we can say is that the Christmas decorations, and the luminaries were beautiful? I'm sorry to see some of the listings for sale. People who might have helped make a difference - pull us out of the decline are leaving. We've determined in our household that we will maintain, but not improve - no updating, because we won't realize the effort in the sale of our home. I'd like to leave it all behind, and move with the others. I'd like to live in a place where I feel a board respects my commitment to my home, and community, and doesn't treat me as though I'm too dumb to know what they are doing.
Please wake up, and get to the meetings. Write the board. Review transactions. Stand up at meetings, and ask questions. Don't just ride it out in apathy. Apathy shouldn't live in Wedgefield any more. It left its temporary visit to my house this morning.
