If you said, Mr T, made famous in the Rocky film as Clubber Lang and on the TV series The A Team," you get 10 bonus points.
Yes, today is April Fools - no prank planned for the blog today. I was going to get a photo of the full moon last night (the Pink Moon), but Mother Nature had other plans: solid overcast. The actual peak of the full moon happens at 7:12 pm today, but it would have looked full last night and will be full tonight. Maybe the sky will clear by then.
It might seem like a prank, but there is more HOA board crap happening. "I thought you were done with that, Jim?" You thought correctly. Until the board meeting Friday night at 7:00. Friday at 7:00? Do you think they were trying to make sure homeowners attend? The main purpose of the meeting was for the board to elect officers.
Here is from a draft I prepared for a post on Monday, but didn't post it...
The problem is the same woman who made things miserable for the board last year. She is a lawyer and will tell you that at every opportunity. And how she went to one of the best law schools in the country. And how she works 60 to 80 hours a week. Nobody cares.
And now that people have seen the disruption this woman causes, it is apparent that it wasn't "the previous board" that was the problem. It is that one person. The same person who didn't turn in minutes, as her only job as secretary. And fought me at every meeting when I publicly asked when we could expect the minutes. The same woman who turns in her neighbors for what she perceives as CC&R violations. The same woman who publicly complains about the landscaping company, and people who park on the street instead of using their driveway. The same woman who said in a board meeting that "the board has the right to look inside people's garages" (to make sure that they are parking cars in there and not using them for storage). The same woman who did not attend board training or committee training. The same woman who actually voted on less than 10% of the Architectural Committee submissions... because she is "so busy," and then lied about that by saying I banned her from voting.
The new board met for the first time last Friday. It was very apparent that they met in violation of Arizona Open Meeting Laws ahead of time and had rehearsed who they were going to nominate for president. That person is another know-it-all and the husband of the other woman on the board last who was such a pain last year. ("I've owned 19 homes and been the president of the HOA for all of them, and I know more about this stuff than any of you... blah, blah, blah.") Yes, he was elected because we had 5 candidates for 4 board openings.
Fortunately, 3 of the new board members didn't follow the script, and elected someone else to be president; leaving the lawyer woman and the know-it-all pissed. The lawyer woman demeaned the education and qualifications of the new president. The few homeowners who were on the zoom meeting were not happy with the two trouble-makers. When questioned about her past lack of performance, the lawyer woman lied and said, "Jim banned me from voting." During that meeting. Lied right to their faces.
Now, I was pissed. But, there was no way to comment during the meeting - no Open Comment portion. But, since I am no longer on the board, I could take to Facebook to defend against the lie... and there are more people on that neighborhood Facebook group than then 27 people who were on the Zoom meeting. The meeting ended abruptly, without finishing what was on the agenda.
Unfortunately, not a good first showing for the new board. And they are aware. There is a ground swell rising up against the lawyer woman. Public calls for her to resign. I can't imagine she would do that. After all, (she thinks) she knows better than everyone else. More drama.
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