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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Another Director bites the dust

It’s apparent our Board has drastically changed with the resignations of Directors Montalvo, Gagan, Kelmis and now Sandberg. It seems Director Sandberg finally relented after the majority on the board would not allow her the few over the phone meeting allowances she received in prior years. Why wouldn’t they? Was it due to her bulldog questioning of the Park’s financials and of Aramark? 
With that said it will now be interesting to see if Gene Rutland will be appointed to replace her. By his resume alone he is as equal if not more qualified than those serving on the Board today and this year he did received as many votes as the recently appointed Richard Ramirez.
Rutland’s appointment would be the proper thing for the Board to do but I wouldn’t hold your breath. The majority on this Board will probably view him as another persistent bulldog questioner they would not care to debate with even though owners voted for him so as to get his opposing views. Many in this Park believe these debates are a healthy thing for our Association. I would only hope that the Board looks at the substance he brings instead of his shorts.
At tomorrow’s Coffee it will be interesting to see if once again the Board makes the Workshop a closed session. You might recall newly elected Director Vasquez stunned owners with saying this is not your meeting and as noted in a previous article that this was apparently wrong to do so we will see if he gets it right this time.
Comments

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fred and I are sadden by this news.. I am afraid I have to much on my plate. With the killings in Newton CT not to far from where we are. The Boston bombings where our daughter lives only 4 blocks away. She didn't run in the race because she had knee surgery 2 seeks ago.
Now the meaningless of soon to be another heartbreak for a place we call home.. There is no more of A PLACE TO BE IN LIV..
Trudy

Anonymous said...

I used to think LIV was a great place to be. I no longer feel that way. If you try to do the right thing rather than believe Aramark you get called a trouble maker and that is what our president called Ms. Sandberg. She didn't play the good old boy game. How Sad I have a place for sale.

Anonymous said...

If Mr. Rutland isn't chosen to replace Sandberg it will be a huge slap in the face for the residents in the village who chose to have him on the board. This will be one more indication that it is not what the people want but what the narrow minded board wants.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Patty Anne for trying to break through the wall of secrets Aramark and some of our Bod have long established. When we bought here we thought a gated community meant we had security but instead it turns out Aramark has the only security not us. Why is Aramark so afraid to allow owners access to our own financial dealings When did Aramark take over ownership of us instead of being hired by us to manage our property. Doesn't it make you wonder what they are hiding?

Anonymous said...

I don't suspect Aramark is hiding anything. Its the persistence and attitude in which the information is acquired. I would imagine some owners are very curious how our monies are spent. I guess someone has to make waves.
Keeps all on their toes.

What I read and hear, their are many not contributing to the survival of our community.
Therefore burdening our future.

We are targeting or debtors. Aramark is in the top three. Perhaps its time for change. We are not growing for sure. We are surviving. Perhaps we should look at Cohan's project again.