Well, the board attorney (Lewis Smith) met with two individuals from the neighborhood Monday afternoon (Jan 4th) to deliver a box of documents in response to the public information request. He stated that to the best of his knowledge everything requested was in the box.
When asked if he knew exactly what was in the box he indicated that he had not been through the materials completely, so he wasn’t sure. He also stated that if other documents were needed they could be requested. This means more delay in getting to the facts as to how, where and to who our money is spent.
This practice is common in a process called “Discovery”. Fill a box with lots of paper and drop it on the opposing side and let them discover that the box contains mostly filling. A cursory inspection immediately revealed that the box contained documents that had been so heavily censored as to be useless. This picture is of an “accounting services” invoice apparently (dated Aug 01. 2006) that is outside the date window requested, and virtually useless due to the blacking out of most all data. Not really much left to peruse.
When asked if a group of neighbors could examine the documents in the clubhouse, Mr. Smith indicated that we would have to rent the clubhouse to use same. Different rules for different groups I suppose. The board seems to want to obfuscate the issues, and delay any real progress until after the annual meeting and election. The neighborhood needs to replace as many sitting board members as possible to gain some parity in representation!
By the way, attorney Smith did admit that the board has received a demand letter from a townhome owner, claiming $160,000 in damages due to improper actions by the board. He did not go into detail, but did identify the owner (what happened to attorney/client privilege here?). More questions need to be answered in this arena for sure. No wonder the board wants more cash from us. They may need it to pay off claims that resulted from poor management.
When asked if he knew exactly what was in the box he indicated that he had not been through the materials completely, so he wasn’t sure. He also stated that if other documents were needed they could be requested. This means more delay in getting to the facts as to how, where and to who our money is spent.
This practice is common in a process called “Discovery”. Fill a box with lots of paper and drop it on the opposing side and let them discover that the box contains mostly filling. A cursory inspection immediately revealed that the box contained documents that had been so heavily censored as to be useless. This picture is of an “accounting services” invoice apparently (dated Aug 01. 2006) that is outside the date window requested, and virtually useless due to the blacking out of most all data. Not really much left to peruse.
When asked if a group of neighbors could examine the documents in the clubhouse, Mr. Smith indicated that we would have to rent the clubhouse to use same. Different rules for different groups I suppose. The board seems to want to obfuscate the issues, and delay any real progress until after the annual meeting and election. The neighborhood needs to replace as many sitting board members as possible to gain some parity in representation!
By the way, attorney Smith did admit that the board has received a demand letter from a townhome owner, claiming $160,000 in damages due to improper actions by the board. He did not go into detail, but did identify the owner (what happened to attorney/client privilege here?). More questions need to be answered in this arena for sure. No wonder the board wants more cash from us. They may need it to pay off claims that resulted from poor management.
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