Author: 9278surf

Aftermath to the Meltdown

Another Bully Moment

 With many people, when they are found in a position of no reasonable and truthful defense of their behavior, they become loud, rude, and one sided when an opportunity of discussion of ideas presents itself.  This is what was seen last night at the Board meeting where the Board President exhorted from his pulpit all the Board’s unjustified and unsubstantiated actions within the Aquarina Community.

WHY A MELTDOWN

  •  A Board President should show dignity, and openness to discussion and debate when Residents have an alternative point of view. The slide show demonstration was more a political campaign of propaganda then a measured and corroborated response to the Residents’ concerns with the direction the Board is taking the community with its personal agenda.  The Residents have questioned the Board’s behavior with facts of law. The Board’s retort has been personal and baseless in law – a problem.
  • The Meeting had been arranged for folks to speak their concerns. From what was seen, the three minute period for Residents to individually speak was interrupted and further discussion was stifled. This is a Bully tactic – a problem.
  • Scolding a fellow Board member in front of the community is egotistical for the one who scolds, and shows a childish and shameless behavior by the Board President. Again, a Bully tactic – a problem.
  • A Board President has a responsibility to be a positive leader, encourage open discussion when there is a discourse of divergent views, and obey the rules and laws that form the foundation from which the community is governed. It can be summarily argued that this type of responsibility has not been adhered to by the current Board President.

The slide show defense presented at the Meeting and allegedly being included in the Board’s newsletter will be anxiously awaited for a Voice detailed response.

Let Your Voice Be Heard Tonight

Residents –

Do not allow the Board to deny any of your requests without justifying them with a statement of law.  Remember, that all your requests ARE be based on law.

Unfortunately, on Sunday I had to leave for a prescheduled annual physical at the Cleveland Clinic, and I could not attend the meeting.  As always, I look forward to your future comments.

Update for Monday (8/27)

Fellow Residents – There will be folks having the opportunity to speak at the Meeting tomorrow at the Club House.  The Board needs to be challenged on its behavior and more specifically its agenda for Aquarina.  The irony is that the Board’s real responsiblity is not an agenda but to maintain our community, and not change it, add to it, or take anything away.  The Board is taking the role as a developer, but the irony again is that a developer has its own funds where this Board in their cloak as a developer has no funds to use other than the Residents’ funds, which the Board uses at its own discretion without a required Resident vote.

The first Big Demand to the Board is for them to make available the AGI financial data, which by Florida State Statutes is the Board’s legal responsibility to maintain and the Board’s legal responsibility to provide the Residents upon request.  AGI is owned and controled by the ACSA (the Residents) by fact of the direction it is provided by the Board and by fact that the Residents subsidize the AGI.  AGI is not an entity unto itself to do what it wants.  All expenses and revenues of the ACSA and its subsidiaries (like AGI) are by Florida Statutes required to be maintained and made available to the Residents for review.

Being told otherwise is bogus. If the Board denies the request, then ask by what Law.  The Residents have a State Statute to see the data.  What law does the Board have to deny the request – the Board’s own discretionary law?

Remember from the last Blog post to the Board President – where he states that AGI generates income to pay for 80% of its expenses/costs.  If there is a budget line item where the Residents need to pay be at least $200,000 to subsidize the AGI, then doesn’t it make sense that the Residents are paying the 20% of the expenses/costs that are not paid?  That interprets to a total $1,000,000 in expenses/costs, and the Residents are forced to be in an unknowable state with the $1,000,000?

What is being hidden?