Post by Dick Tracy on Aug 28, 2014 17:01:29 GMT -5
My Opinion is that SLohA really needs to have new Board Members, the situation in SLohA is Out of Control. Yes it is time for a change. We have many honest, caring, decent residents with common sense in SLR, that would make very good Board Members, please if you read this post, give it some throught and run for a position on SLR's Board.
Note: Below is a post made, may have been in the Spring of 2013. This Post below, is just a Reminder of Our Recent Past Sad History in SLR by some of Our Leaders. Please read and sleep on the Recent Past in SLR, then make a decision about Real Change in SLR by New Leaders.....
Jm 16 RC (resident/owner)
Crimes by SLR !!!
SLR used to be a great community but, since the arrival of so-called "professional management", the spirit that made SLR pleasant has been sadly and continuously degraded. Some have described it as a "pestilence" on our community.
Here are some low-lights:
1- Within a few months after management arrived, a sitting BOD president disgraced himself, and later resigned when, in concert with management company, removed a perfectly good pool fence and installed a new, unneeded one. The removed fence was subsequently discovered installed on an employee's property and this was reported, in writing with photographs and record of police informational visit to property, to BOD and management.
Management ignored the report until announcing in KK that named persons were spreading lies, thus publicly slandering the reporting owners-who had reported facts.
They then sicked their attorney on the owner, costing membership over $1000 in fees for a threat letter written by a paralegal which contained numerous inaccuracies.
The offended owners chose not to file a defamation lawsuit.
2- Within 5 months of management invading SLR, a well-liked and well-regarded employee, and a member of a protected group, was targeted as someone to get rid of, after having served SLR for 25 years without a complaint.
Suddenly, 25 years of good service, new management plastered the employee's personnel file with imagined and lengthy reports of misdeeds. Employee was not given due process, but summarily dismissed.
This event nearly caused a mutiny within the park of outraged owners, who called for a meeting petitioned with over 50 signatures-- which was ignored. Finally, a Dog 'n Pony show was St aged by management in response to the outcry of indignation of Management's treatment and actions taken by the unlicensed manager, while most BOD were offsite for the season. Personnel pamphlet inserts were copiously provided and protestations of employee privacy shielded this group from answering any questions. A complete waste of time and an insult to the community.
Employee later filed a lawsuit and was awarded a large, undisclosed sum of money which was paid out of our dues and by insurance company.
3-UNlicensed management company employee entered into large contract with a paving company to replace paving. Subsequent Official Records Request showed that the Bid Specifications were not the same, thereby preventing the losing bidders, of an opportunity to fairly bid the project. The record also indicated that NO BOD oversight occurred on this transaction and the contract was solicited and signed by the unlicensed manager.
The job itself had NO professional oversight and many safety violations were observed and prompted an OSHA inspection. Large holes and ditches were exposed in the roadways and amazingly, no owner was injured as a result of the open work areas.
A complaint was reportedly filed against employing management company about its unlicensed employee management activity, evidenced by the signed contract, with Florida's Dept of Business Regulation.
4-As a result of these and other events, several new candidates entered their names for election to BOD, in an attempt to address the abuses observed and to gain control over management company and its practitioners. BOD-incumbents promptly entered a threatening politicking campaign, garnering proxy votes in a to preclude ANY of the new candidates from winning a seat.
Shamefully, the "Meet the Candidates" meeting was disgraced by BOD-planted,"insider" questions, many of which the new candidates would have no way of knowing. The "Meet the Candidates" meeting, normally a 1 hour affair, became a mockery to "Beat the Candidates" in the ugliest manner possible, subjecting all to an unprecedented 3 hours of torment for all in attendance. A member of Corporate Management was in attendance, though this was none of Management's business.
5-Leadership permitted, paid for construction of and paid for insurance on private business being operated from SLR private and common property, thus violating the Covenants encumbering the use of this property. We now have multiple towers situated on common property with leased dishes littering our residential neighborhood--a clear violation of the Covenants.
When an Official Records Inspection was requested for all written materials and expenditures related to the evolution of this commercial enterprise on SLR property, the Request was returned with the notation "No materials available".
Not one single email. Not one contract. Not one written agreement.
6- Leadership deceived owners stating in a BOD workshop that there was not going to be any park-wide internet funded from assessments. The very next month, an un-used, line item allocation, named "Catastrophe Fund" was set aside for internet service for Year 1. BOD then decided to put the issue on a Ballot. When that ballot initiative was defeated, it failed to return the funding back to reserves. Instead, it decided it needed another Slush Fund and attempted to spin it by renaming it a "Contingency Fund". This was described using fear mongering tactics in hopes of dampening the objections to permitting it to remain as unallocated monies in the Operating Fund.
Later, this fund was used to purposely reduce assessment fees on lots to curry favor among people unaware that in doing so, these funds were effectively converted to a rebate back to membership, an act prohibited by Covenants and which artificially lowered the true amount required to fund operating expenditures.
7-Owner decided to record KK meetings for the benefit of snowbirds who could not be attendance as a way for people to stay connected to SLR business and activities during the off-season. This audio file was well-received by owners absent from the resort. Recording of such public meetings is specifically permitted by statute and breaches no state laws. (The legal premise is that there is "no reasonable expectation of privacy" in a public venue.)
Management immediately sicked Lawyers on owner, citing a law involving "covert surveillance" and having nothing to do with recording a public meeting. Cost of this ridiculous letter to owners: over $400.
It is thought that Management was overly-sensitive to an unlicensed manager being recorded as it subsequently began some months later recording all KK meetings and posting to CHUG-- after the manager became licensed.
8- Following an unprovoked dog bite by an 80lb dog belonging to an off-duty SLR employee to a resident's 6 lbs dog, manager attempted to place blame on Sm all dog owner, who subsequently spent over $5000 on vet bills to save his dogs life. When no inquiry, apology or offer to pay was forthcoming from the biting dog's owner, the resident sued the Owner and SLohA.
Barely a month later, the same biting dog mauled a Sm all dog living next door to it, again, running up thousands of dollars in vet bills for injuries. This time, the owner of the biting dog either voluntarily or was pressured to remove the dog from the property.
While this drama was going on, Manager had the biting dog owner stand up and give an obviously management-prepared speech about the "nature of dogs" and many inane statements excusing culpability. Manager also refused to permit the pet owner whose dog had nearly died from injuries to speak and, when finally overridden by a member of BOD, the owner was booed out of the meeting. A painfully shameful chapter in SLR history.
Insurance company paid out claims on these incidents and employee paid nothing, despite Manager's protestations that this was a "civil matter".
9- And who can forget the letter written and certified to all the owners who had privately contracted services to the employee who was summarily dismissed by Management! You remember--that's the one accusing him of improper sexual conduct toward another employee. Without evidence. Though that employee was encouraged to sign an affidavit stating this, it was refused. Never happened.
But, the letter to all his customers, interference with business and defamation of character did!
When that didn't work, Management wrote a letter threatening to report this expelled-employee contractor with refusal to access his customers because the proper occupational paperwork was not on record. Employee immediately completed the licensing application, paid the $40 fee and turned in the paperwork.
10-Shut down of the only independent mouthpiece available to S-bag owners-a private subscription newsletter and forum with a readership of over 150 residents. Owner was threatened with a lawsuit and rather than entertain Management's attorney and spend countless assessment dollars toward the benefit of lawyers and legal fees, Owner shut the media down.
Subsequently, CHUG sponsored ignorant, hateful and threatening comments on its website authored by one of the BOD. Reportedly, BOD-owner writing this filth was reported to the Sheriff and the post subsequently removed from CHUG's website.
Writer Unknown
Note: Below is a post made, may have been in the Spring of 2013. This Post below, is just a Reminder of Our Recent Past Sad History in SLR by some of Our Leaders. Please read and sleep on the Recent Past in SLR, then make a decision about Real Change in SLR by New Leaders.....
Jm 16 RC (resident/owner)
Crimes by SLR !!!
SLR used to be a great community but, since the arrival of so-called "professional management", the spirit that made SLR pleasant has been sadly and continuously degraded. Some have described it as a "pestilence" on our community.
Here are some low-lights:
1- Within a few months after management arrived, a sitting BOD president disgraced himself, and later resigned when, in concert with management company, removed a perfectly good pool fence and installed a new, unneeded one. The removed fence was subsequently discovered installed on an employee's property and this was reported, in writing with photographs and record of police informational visit to property, to BOD and management.
Management ignored the report until announcing in KK that named persons were spreading lies, thus publicly slandering the reporting owners-who had reported facts.
They then sicked their attorney on the owner, costing membership over $1000 in fees for a threat letter written by a paralegal which contained numerous inaccuracies.
The offended owners chose not to file a defamation lawsuit.
2- Within 5 months of management invading SLR, a well-liked and well-regarded employee, and a member of a protected group, was targeted as someone to get rid of, after having served SLR for 25 years without a complaint.
Suddenly, 25 years of good service, new management plastered the employee's personnel file with imagined and lengthy reports of misdeeds. Employee was not given due process, but summarily dismissed.
This event nearly caused a mutiny within the park of outraged owners, who called for a meeting petitioned with over 50 signatures-- which was ignored. Finally, a Dog 'n Pony show was St aged by management in response to the outcry of indignation of Management's treatment and actions taken by the unlicensed manager, while most BOD were offsite for the season. Personnel pamphlet inserts were copiously provided and protestations of employee privacy shielded this group from answering any questions. A complete waste of time and an insult to the community.
Employee later filed a lawsuit and was awarded a large, undisclosed sum of money which was paid out of our dues and by insurance company.
3-UNlicensed management company employee entered into large contract with a paving company to replace paving. Subsequent Official Records Request showed that the Bid Specifications were not the same, thereby preventing the losing bidders, of an opportunity to fairly bid the project. The record also indicated that NO BOD oversight occurred on this transaction and the contract was solicited and signed by the unlicensed manager.
The job itself had NO professional oversight and many safety violations were observed and prompted an OSHA inspection. Large holes and ditches were exposed in the roadways and amazingly, no owner was injured as a result of the open work areas.
A complaint was reportedly filed against employing management company about its unlicensed employee management activity, evidenced by the signed contract, with Florida's Dept of Business Regulation.
4-As a result of these and other events, several new candidates entered their names for election to BOD, in an attempt to address the abuses observed and to gain control over management company and its practitioners. BOD-incumbents promptly entered a threatening politicking campaign, garnering proxy votes in a to preclude ANY of the new candidates from winning a seat.
Shamefully, the "Meet the Candidates" meeting was disgraced by BOD-planted,"insider" questions, many of which the new candidates would have no way of knowing. The "Meet the Candidates" meeting, normally a 1 hour affair, became a mockery to "Beat the Candidates" in the ugliest manner possible, subjecting all to an unprecedented 3 hours of torment for all in attendance. A member of Corporate Management was in attendance, though this was none of Management's business.
5-Leadership permitted, paid for construction of and paid for insurance on private business being operated from SLR private and common property, thus violating the Covenants encumbering the use of this property. We now have multiple towers situated on common property with leased dishes littering our residential neighborhood--a clear violation of the Covenants.
When an Official Records Inspection was requested for all written materials and expenditures related to the evolution of this commercial enterprise on SLR property, the Request was returned with the notation "No materials available".
Not one single email. Not one contract. Not one written agreement.
6- Leadership deceived owners stating in a BOD workshop that there was not going to be any park-wide internet funded from assessments. The very next month, an un-used, line item allocation, named "Catastrophe Fund" was set aside for internet service for Year 1. BOD then decided to put the issue on a Ballot. When that ballot initiative was defeated, it failed to return the funding back to reserves. Instead, it decided it needed another Slush Fund and attempted to spin it by renaming it a "Contingency Fund". This was described using fear mongering tactics in hopes of dampening the objections to permitting it to remain as unallocated monies in the Operating Fund.
Later, this fund was used to purposely reduce assessment fees on lots to curry favor among people unaware that in doing so, these funds were effectively converted to a rebate back to membership, an act prohibited by Covenants and which artificially lowered the true amount required to fund operating expenditures.
7-Owner decided to record KK meetings for the benefit of snowbirds who could not be attendance as a way for people to stay connected to SLR business and activities during the off-season. This audio file was well-received by owners absent from the resort. Recording of such public meetings is specifically permitted by statute and breaches no state laws. (The legal premise is that there is "no reasonable expectation of privacy" in a public venue.)
Management immediately sicked Lawyers on owner, citing a law involving "covert surveillance" and having nothing to do with recording a public meeting. Cost of this ridiculous letter to owners: over $400.
It is thought that Management was overly-sensitive to an unlicensed manager being recorded as it subsequently began some months later recording all KK meetings and posting to CHUG-- after the manager became licensed.
8- Following an unprovoked dog bite by an 80lb dog belonging to an off-duty SLR employee to a resident's 6 lbs dog, manager attempted to place blame on Sm all dog owner, who subsequently spent over $5000 on vet bills to save his dogs life. When no inquiry, apology or offer to pay was forthcoming from the biting dog's owner, the resident sued the Owner and SLohA.
Barely a month later, the same biting dog mauled a Sm all dog living next door to it, again, running up thousands of dollars in vet bills for injuries. This time, the owner of the biting dog either voluntarily or was pressured to remove the dog from the property.
While this drama was going on, Manager had the biting dog owner stand up and give an obviously management-prepared speech about the "nature of dogs" and many inane statements excusing culpability. Manager also refused to permit the pet owner whose dog had nearly died from injuries to speak and, when finally overridden by a member of BOD, the owner was booed out of the meeting. A painfully shameful chapter in SLR history.
Insurance company paid out claims on these incidents and employee paid nothing, despite Manager's protestations that this was a "civil matter".
9- And who can forget the letter written and certified to all the owners who had privately contracted services to the employee who was summarily dismissed by Management! You remember--that's the one accusing him of improper sexual conduct toward another employee. Without evidence. Though that employee was encouraged to sign an affidavit stating this, it was refused. Never happened.
But, the letter to all his customers, interference with business and defamation of character did!
When that didn't work, Management wrote a letter threatening to report this expelled-employee contractor with refusal to access his customers because the proper occupational paperwork was not on record. Employee immediately completed the licensing application, paid the $40 fee and turned in the paperwork.
10-Shut down of the only independent mouthpiece available to S-bag owners-a private subscription newsletter and forum with a readership of over 150 residents. Owner was threatened with a lawsuit and rather than entertain Management's attorney and spend countless assessment dollars toward the benefit of lawyers and legal fees, Owner shut the media down.
Subsequently, CHUG sponsored ignorant, hateful and threatening comments on its website authored by one of the BOD. Reportedly, BOD-owner writing this filth was reported to the Sheriff and the post subsequently removed from CHUG's website.
Writer Unknown
