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Readers, the article regarding the spoil site is in development. While I was going through documented information to assemble the posting, I came across the January 2010 letter from then board president, Karl Gettmann, accompanied by a 2 page letter to all residents written by board attorney of record, Tom Winslow titled "WEDGEFIELD ASSESSMENT ESCROW ACCOUNT LETTER". The letters will be provided immediately following my comments. Why print it now? I do it for two reasons. The first, we are about to vote again, and a key player then - McMillin, is running again. You'll see how he blatantly says one thing then, and another thing now. It truly sets the stage of his performance as a board member.
The second reason, Garrison as in "you know who runs this board", and his governance under his own rules - not the governing documents, his sneaky agenda is what leads his charge, and it isn't in the best interests of Wedgefield. Who is responsible for this happening? Every board member who currently sits at that board table, and continued by their long run of 6-9 years in office - president Walton, Garrison, McMillin, Cline, Phillips (who has been in and out of office and resigned at one point when new people came on board, and she didn't have the backing of her former play mates. She and five of her friends on the board resigned within a month.), John Walton, Anderson, Johnson, and Ebert. Elimination of board members through the election process, is the cleanest way to bring new board members to the table to serve in the best interests of our entire community, rather than just those selected to benefit from an illegal (against our governing documents) agenda. There are three seats open. Don't re-election McMillin. Don't elect his canal friend Vasey, who just wants to be part of our unfairly run ARC, and doesn't know about those governing documents. Elect Downs and Williams. Vote for two only, or write someone in. Vote no on your boards by-law amendment.
Back to the rest of the story. As you review the documents presented below, you'll note that that the WPA president, and the board attorney of record, Winslow, are writing you about a letter that Bob Garrison sent to every Wedgefield member, encouraging them to financially starve the association, by putting their assessment funds in an escrow account. Wait, McMillin was on the board then. At that time issues such as this one, would have brought full legal opinion to every board member - no one kept out of hearing what was asked of the attorney, and his response. McMillin then throughly understood Garrison's agenda. So, obviously Garrison's advice to every member was that you could protest board action, and put your money in escrow. As recent as two years ago, a resident on the canals, concerned with the ARC/board's neglect of a lot near him, wrote the board with his intention to put his assessment in an escrow account, and hold it until the board acted and showed a long term commitment to following the governing documents. Previously Garrison had told all residents told this kind of action against a board was OK. Garrison snarked at the board table when his board's feet were being held to the fire, and informed us that the board could put a lien on the resident's house, etc. McMillin was at the board table in 2010, and again this time, why does he, and the rest of the board blindly follow Garrison, who on this alone, shows that he will say and twist at any given time to keep his game going, because he counts on McMillin, and the rest of your board to blindly follow while he feeds them their pet projects like the parking lot, to keep them in line to benefit themselves and not us.
The 2010 letter is one more indication of what existed in regard to dredging, and Garrison type moves against a board, and McMillin was on the board at the time. Garrison and McMillin have buddied up and again we are working on dredging. It is time for a few facts on dredging and McMillin:
*McMillin was on the board and voted for the last dredging, and for the assessments, and loans to finance it, full discussions with the board attorney.
*McMillin was so concerned about the likes of Garrison's crew, who sued the board, staged protests like the 3 Bob's letter to withhold assessments, and their nasty moves within the resident audience during board meetings, their abuse of fellow board members as they gained seats on the board, that he - McMillin countersued, and included Garrison in the countersuit!
*During depositions for the countersuit McMillin made claims of the harm to his, and his community that Garrison's group had caused.
*McMillin in the last few years, has made claims to new residents that he was the leader of the last dredge!
*In the last year and a half, McMillin has now told people the last dredge was done wrong, and he and this board would do it right, and it will be the best dredge ever!
*McMillin taken all the current illegal moves, under the guidance of "you know who runs this board", trusty Garrison.
*McMillin wouldn't allow golf course lot owners, condo owners, etc. to attend a canal lot owner meeting where your board promised up to $135,000 our assessment funds to dredging - under Garrison's plan, when McMillin and Garrison's ilk on the board would not do anything for all of Wedgefield in regard to the golf course - "we didn't own it", and yet they committed all this money to canals they don't own!
*McMillin claims fame to the last dredging, to the new dredging, and walks on faces and integrity of the very people who worked side by side with him, sometimes taking on far more responsibility than he did, on the last dredging, and now claims - really it was all done wrong! Additionally, he has sat back in his board seat, and silently watched Garrison abuse the very people who worked with him for the last dredging, just to stay in the limelight, and cow tow to Garrison. You want to go to parties at his house, attend boat club as one of McMillin's favored, or maybe have him volunteer to do work in your home, and don't want to lose his favor? Go ahead, but get him off the board while we can, through the ballot! Do you know that many are afraid to vote, because they can't vote according to what is right, because they are afraid of the hand select group your board has count the ballots will report it to these guys????? Take the chance and if your vote is revealed, report it to the board, and to the blog, I'll print it.
