CotoBuzz readers may recall that we predicted that
Thagard would be re-elected, and Steven.
[COTO]
CZ Elections - Still More Games: Wake Up Coto &
Smell The Schemes
In CJ Klug's Newsletter comments this month he
indicated that even with the new laws that will go
into effect governing HOA elections after July, 2006
that we will still have to deal with Delegates,
Cumulative Voting, Quorums etc. That is just a big...
WE
KNOW HOW THE BOOK ENDS: RECALL MITCH HILL
Congratulations to all Coto District Delegates, in the
words of George Thagard as reported by the Orange
County Register June 2, 2006 “ Change is good. It is
absolutely fine with me. I think that if educated
people are given the same information as...
COTOBUZZ
RELEASES CRIME & VANDALISM MANAGEMENT TOOL
In its continued commitment to public safety, on June
1, 2006, CotoBuzz unveiled a Crime and Vandalism
Management tool (see below for first installment),
containing key metrics and a side-by-side comparison
between Coto de Caza and Ladera Ranch....
COTO
DE CAZA CRIME AND VANDALISM REPORT - 1Q2006
For years, CotoBuzz has been working with local and
state law enforcement agencies to develop public
safety management tools for un-incorporated areas such
as Coto de Caza. The Coto de Caza board of directors,
instead of embracing the idea, has instead...
COTO
DE CAZA- SecurityAreNotUs
In today's Canyon Life, there was an article about
Lyle Schlieder's leaving the BOD. Lyle was quoted as
follows: "There are no patrols anymore. I am not
sure if what we are dealing with is just a pretty face
at the gate that we pay a lot of money for."
So...
COTO
DE CAZA TICKLER FILE ITEM- PRIVATE SECURITY GUARD
STATUS
The Coto de Caza board of directors has blamed the
current state of patrol unworthy Coto de Caza streets
on previous property manager, even though the current
property manager has been on the job for over five
years! - So we hare recommending a tickler.....
COTO
DE CAZA PUBLIC SAFETY STATISTICS – A BRIEF OVERVIEW
In the words of former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani from
his speech at DMD New York in June 2002 when he was
asked by an audience member how he got crime under
control, he replied the city set up the right tracking
metrics and benchmarks. Giuliani said, "If...
Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) & Home
Owners Association
Buzz: I wonder if squandering our dues money,
subsidizing outside groups and exposing our Members to
unnecessary liability could fall under this RICO law.
If so, the Varo, Mezger, Hill, Thagard Team would be
guilty, guilty, guilty, as charged. I would...
Orange
County Register's Op-ed Pieces Getting Curioser and
Curioser…
The Op-ed piece in the Friday, June 2, 2006 issue of
the OC Register titled Lies, damned lies and campaign
mailers asks the question: “Is it just us, or has
this election cycle produced some really outrageous
campaign claims?” . The author...
More
Varo's Compelling Offers and Programs – Slurry this
time
Well, the ink is not even dry yet on the agreement for
road work that was to have started in days. Instead,
the Orange County Register today (Friday, June 02,
2006) reports that “ According to C. J. Klug,
property manager for the CZ Master..
[COTO
DE CAZA] Cotocastic!: Welcome Home Center
If you thought that the Coto De Caza Board of
Directors’ firing (with no evidence of due
diligence) of the largest private security company in
the world, to replace it with one of the smallest ones
in the region because Varo received a compeling...
OFFICZE
SUPPLIES & COTO’s CZENSE OBITUARY
When the current Coto de Caza board of directors first
took office, Mitch Hill told the joke of a new
executive who received three sequentially numbered
envelopes from his predecessor and told to open these
only when he had major problems and needed...
More
Choices, One Mission: CotoBlozz in Three Flavors
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