Private Town Hall Meeting well attended

Tonight there was a private town hall meeting for all unit owners, except board members.

Many residents came to this "Private" town hall meeting (the party room was reserved under the name of a unit owner who could then decide who was invited and who was restricted) for two reasons as we went around the room to give everyone an opportunity to voice their concerns and opinions with NO TIME LIMITS to talk. It was unanimous:

1- Residents are extremely concerned about the lack of progress for which we pay a handsome maintenance fee AND the fact that the association has gone backwards. Projects for which we paid a special assessment have not started in two years and that our property is not well maintained as it used to be years ago.

2- Residents admitted the only reason they attended this "meeting" was because they learned board members would not be permitted. Many residents refused to attend the regular Board meetings due to the fact that they do not want to give up their valuable time and sanity for a gathering that is consistently unproductive and full of vicious attacks.

Wow--apparently word was spreading that when Christine Michaels was not attending meetings, other unit owners were being attacked as well. And the President never ejected the culprits or herself. I knew it was a matter of time.

Nonetheless, the meeting was productive--civil, cooperative, residents could talk openly and honestly without being attacked even if we differed on specific management details. There was a collective sigh of relief and hope for a new board, and therefore a better tomorrow. But the hardest part is yet to come to realize the better tomorrow. Dispelling the heinous lies of current board embers about past projects. I recall current board members went around telling residents I wanted to pass a special assessment during the "campaign" last year. This was absolutely not true. Yet residents failed to come directly to me for the truth.

I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS--GET THE HARD FACTS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS BEFORE BELIEVING HERESAY. Your investment is at stake.