2014 June Minutes

And getting sicker by the day.  Have you ever considered seeking help?

Did Our Board have a Meeting on June 11. Wed.? Did anybody record the meeting? I can not find any Minutes, as of Saturday AM. Please share any information !!!

This lot had covenants reimposed by personal deed prepared by an attorney in 2000, so covenants, rules and regs are still in effect.  

I wonder if this carport was approved and permitted by Polk County.

There may be a due process problem of one entity (BOD) being "judge, jury and persecutor/executioner".  Most HOA's are established with independent Architectural Review Committees who receive requests for variances and exercise some focused inquiry with the various agencies involved before making a recommendation to Grnt or deny a variance.  Generally, if a variance is granted or denied, the rationale is also recorded, in writing, as to the considerations and findings of a variance inquiry (aside from mindless adherence to a rule).

I do not recall reading any Minutes that correspondence was sent to BOD by the homeowner requesting a variance--yet the BODSQUAD summarily denied the "variance". Does anyone know--was a variance ever requested by the homeowner?

Of course, there is everyone's favorite--selective enforcement--an issue that will undoubtedly come back to bedevil the BOD.

Wondering where that statement came from.  Due process may take a long time but it is not defined or required to take a long time.  There are many faces to what "due process" means, but nowhere is it defined by "time".

The words "due process" have as their central promise an assurance that all levels of American government must operate within the law ("legality") and provide fair procedures.  It necessarily takes time.

The clause also promises that before depriving a citizen of life, liberty or property, government must follow fair procedures. Thus, it is not always enough for the government just to act in accordance with whatever law there may happen to be.  Citizens may also be entitled to have the government observe or offer fair procedures, whether or not those procedures have been provided for in the law on the basis of which it is acting.  Action denying the process that is “due” would be unconstitutional.

I did not come here because I loved S-bag.  I came here after my husband died because I had friends here.  Because of that friendship, we visited S-bag annually as we headed north out of Florida.  I grew to appreciate S-bag and, over time, I grew to like it a lot.  I especially liked the beautiful trees on the property and the sand hill cranes.  I also liked the rural nature of the park; no city noises or commercial developments surrounded the community--only fragrant orange trees, wildlife and water.  And a nearby Walmart.  People socialized on golf carts, waved to each other and called out greetings.  It seemed like a pleasant place to make new friends.  

In 2006, I discussed the possibility of buying a lot in S-bag, but husband was adamant that he did not want to own property controlled by an Association. 

After he passed away, I wanted to restart life in a new place and create new memories.  My S-bag friends kept their eyes open for a suitable resale for me.  I came here with what I believed were reasonable expectations about a new town and lifestyle.  Having served on a condo board, I felt prepared for the few restrictions of living in an HOA.  I liked that SLR was self-managed by the owners themselves.   I eagerly anticipated the blossoming of SLR into a carefree, hedonistic park during the winter snowbird season, but was quiet, low-key and nearly deserted during the summers.  I expected to enjoy some of the amenities though I am not a "joiner" by nature.  I was confident I would make new friends and enjoy my new life in S-bag.   So many things to like!

Reality often comes up short of hopes and dreams.  Am I disappointed in the way things are going now?  Yes.  However, I was brought up to believe in duty first--then you earn the right to relax and play.  My duty to my personal and financial obligations has temporarily pre-empted my potential for total enjoyment of the community that I chose and learned to love over time.  I regard SLR as my home--and the fact that there is "trouble" does not diminish my appreciation of the many positive qualities that attracted me in the first place-- nor does it alter the affection and loyalties I have developed for my S-bag friends over the years.

Like Lra and Gngr--and like most folks whose circumstances guided them to S-bag to live out their retirement years--I came to SLR wanting and expecting attractive surroundings, harmony with neighbors and relaxing good times with friends.  I am optimistic about the future despite the unexpected bumps in the road.

I am glad you asked that question; there is much misunderstanding by some people who live/vacation here.   I hope to hear about the journeys of others whose paths in life led them to S-bag.

Just spent some time comforting a fellow S-bag resident (Lra Tmyk) who has discovered that Board members are very cruel in public by not even acknowledging her as a person and resident here. Thanks for the inhuman and objectifying attitude. She has already gone over the edge once. Will suicide suit you folks?

Talk about being hypocritical.  She has thumbed her nose at the BOD, flipped them off, and even got in one directors' face and said F*you and called him be name right in front of his peers.  I don't blame the Board member for not wanting to associate with someone as evil as she is.  They had three options to bring their home into compliance and refused all of them because she didn't want to let her friends down.  She could have (1) moved her porch to the rear of the unit, (2) she could have traded for a corner lot and (3) the builder offered to take that unit out and build them a new one that would comply with S-bag rules.  I don't have a judgement as to her life style, I'll leave that up to God, but I can't stand to look at her myself and want nothing to do with her only because of her attitude that she can do anything she wants in S-bag and nobody can do anything about it.  I truly hope the Board presses forward with enforcing the rules.  So go do your observing of something else and leave the cry baby alone.