Your Voice, Your Right of Property
Over the weekend Preserve Plantation has been in correspondence with many members of our community. Handwritten correspondence, phone calls, e-mails and text messages are too numerous to respond to individually. Many have asked to be posted anonymously on our website. Anonymous posts are problematic for a number of reasons, and in this contentious situation in our neighborhood, one of those reasons is legal. I have made a list and created a post that sums up the concerns of our friends and neighbors who have been kind enough to forward their very legitimate concerns to me. It can be found on our website along with other articles concerning this important issue: www.preserveplantation.com.
It is my personal opinion that the amending proxy, voting, and counting process is problematic for many reasons. The agency issue on many levels needs to be examined thoroughly and complete transparency needs to be the watch word.
The above words are mine. The words below are from many concerned neighbors who want a voice but are afraid of repercussions from neighbors and even of losing their club privileges.
An Open Letter to the HOA Board and Attorney
Over the weekend many neighbors have expressed concerns about five (there seems to be recurring themes in the correspondence) very important issues regarding the upcoming HOA Vote on Amending the Master Associations Master Declaration Contract (MDC).
Most significantly it appears the proxies and ballots are being seen by individual members of the board. Is a private anonymous vote not possible?
It appears that the HOA Board and attorney are in charge of the election process instead of the management company. Is this consistent with the election process and with the Master Association By-Laws?
Several street captains are telling neighbors that the only way to save the golf course is with a “Yes” vote. Is this true? Are the street captains acting as agents for the River Club, The HOA Board or both, and are they in fact not impartial as promised?
Many proxies are let out and votes cast before a proper analysis of the Amendment being made available to property owners. The presentation by MS Collins before the meeting will be after most of the vote has taken place and there have not been any efforts made for someone to speak against the Amendment.
Concerns have been voiced by many neighbors that the HOA Board has not done their proper due diligence. Have they valued the commercial value of the golf course? Have they attempted to discern the loss or property value of those living on the golf course and adjacent to the (SAP) land and the Brighton Development? Have they valued the “right of property” guaranteed to every neighbor in the (MDC)----a right of property just like a mineral or water right that runs with the property in perpetuity?
These are significant and material questions that need to be addressed prior to any vote being taken or counted.
— Compiled by a concerned citizen with 40 years of living and membership in the Plantation Community.