DO YOU BELIEVE?

In the past it’s been said that the tone of this blog can be a little sarcastic. I don’t know why anyone would think that. The author try’s hard to keep the information as factual as possible, and only resorts to humor and sarcasms when nothing else seems to work.

So – let’s get a little sarcastic. On November 6th, 2009 a group of fine neighbors sent a letter requesting financial information for 2008 and 2009 to our illustrious board president Doug Parker. This request was sent under the provisions of the Public Information Act, and requested the information and supporting documents be made available for inspection.

Under the Act, the board had ten (10) days to respond. Guess what – nothing happened and no documents were made available. Then at the December 10th meeting, someone questioned the board as to when the request would be honored. The fine attorney representing the board indicated that there was a lot of information involved, and that a CD would be made available with the information requested. To date that has also not happened.

Now a quick review of what’s transpired:

1. The board failed to respond in a timely fashion (10 days).

2. The attorney, almost 34 days later indicated that the information was going to be provided in a manner that was not as requested.

3. Thirteen days later NOTHING has been provided.

And a few folks wonder why we get sarcastic and don’t trust our board. I think that it’s quite evident that they have not earned our trust. What are they hiding? What do they feel the need to conceal? Why don’t they just leave?

And finally – why haven’t the folks who made the request gone a step further? A meeting with the Fort Bend District Attorney might be in order. Or if that fails, a Writ of Mandamus might be the solution. How about a group of Meadowcreek neighbors getting together and putting some dollars into a legal fund and forcing the board to come clean.