Hello
All: In this morning’s Register,
Zipperman is reported as saying that the reason
for the 2007 CZ dues increase is past CZ Board
actions and the minimum wage increase. The
so called fuel increase reasoning has gone by
the wayside since the cost of gas has come down.
If by past CZ Board’s he means the incompetent
Varo/Mezger CZ Board that has been in office for
several years has caused the $850,000
Incompetence Tax, then I could not agree with
him more. If by inference he is saying
that the Zarian, Glisson or Rose CZ Boards who
have been gone for years caused the 2005 and
2007 dues increases then like Mezger, he is full
of baloney. Zarian appropriately raised
dues that had been place for years.
Glisson never raised dues because we were able
to get big things done while living within our
means. Rose appropriately and
substantially raised dues and concluded the
street construction defect lawsuit to get our
Reserve house in order.
It
has been the incompetent Varo/Mezger CZ Board
that has raised dues because they have failed to
control expenses, properly manage our suppliers,
generate revenues from freeloaders in our midst
and stop and or moderate all the subsidies going
to other organizations. So, Steve, let’s
at least be clear as to which CZ Board we are
talking about concerning both the 2005 and 2007
CZ dues increases. It is the incompetent
Varo/Mezger CZ Board that you sit on that has
caused these dues increases.
Specific
the minimum wage red herring. Does anyone
at Keystone earn minimum wage? Does anyone
at Universal earn minimum wage? I very
much doubt that any of the landscape maintenance
people earn minimum wage because it is almost
impossible to hire anyone in Orange County
at minimum wage. Certainly, Harkins and
all the high priced Consultants on the payroll
do not earn minimum wage. So, Steve please
doesn’t insult our intelligence.
The
Varo/Mezger CZ Board should put a study group
together to explore ways of cutting expenses,
dealing with our suppliers, generating revenues
from freeloaders and stopping and/or moderating
the subsidies going to other organizations which
are the real reasons for the 2005 and 2007 dues
increases. If these issues are not dealt
with, we will experience dues increases every
year until kingdom come. So, Steve, what
will your excuse be next year? Watch out,
it is a trick question. Joe Morabito
P.S.
Varo tells us we should be glad that the
Incompetence Tax was contained to just 5% in
2007. Well Bob we are not glad we are
being forced to pay for your failures.
Hi Joe:
Simply more OC Register
adporting - advertising passing as reporting.
It is not like the Register needs to spend
money on research - all sides of the issue are
available to them with the click of a mouse,
or a phone call.
You can ask for either a
clarification or an errata - since Ed was able
to get one from the OCR, why not?
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