The CotoBuzz Journal, Community Journalism

October 2007 ISSUE

We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and CID/HOA board of directors and report the facts!

Mezger resigns from board – an OCR Paraphrase

September 28, 2007

According to the September 28, 2007 issue of the CanyonLife, Jerry Mezger’s departure from the CZ Master Association board of directors is attributed to “…recent growth of his company and its increased demands on his time”.

The article then eulogizes the vacancy quoting board president Steve Zipperman as saying “Jerry will be sorely missed”. While long time board partner Rober Varo is quoted as saying “He was forthright, honest and he always had the best interest of the community (at heart),”

The article brings back unpleasant memories of the Melissa Jones/Mark Eades era coverage of the Coto Community, when the death of Mr. Morteza Manian did not even make the CanyonLife’s Top Five 2006 Coto Community Stories – The OCR’s Mezger resigns from board article makes no mention of the successful Recall Mezgar Initiative or any of the reasons for the recall as documented in the www.RecallMezger.com website –some of these listed below:

1. Mezger and other CZ Board Members conspired in 2006 to deny a Board Candidate a seat by failing to reveal that Sean Larkin had actually moved out of the area to take a job. Larkin resigned one week after the Board election allowing Mezger and other sitting Board Members who conspired with Mezger to appoint a Board Member rather than allowing Delegates to elect one. I call that unethical.

2. Mezger has ignored the Oakview/Oakknoll Agreement/Memorandum requiring that those gates remain closed as a condition of development. In doing so and in not requiring significantly more insurance indemnification from that sub association, CZ Members are exposed to unnecessary liability and a breach of security. I call that a violation of Board Member fiduciary responsibility.

3. Mezger voted to fire the CHP knowing full well of the danger on our streets. During that time period we had two tragic deaths on our streets. There is also a lawsuit pending against the Association from this time period related to a serious accident on our streets. Mezger’s actions have damaged our relationship with the CHP making it difficult to get more hours from them which is exposing our Members to continued danger on our streets.

4. Mezger has never understood the concept of Conflict of Interest. Now that Mezger lives in The Estates he has an irreconcilable conflict of interest making it impossible for Mezger to represent the interests of CZ Members. And, Mezger does not recognize the conflict of interests in selling his wife’s real estate services at our gates at our expense to enhance his family income.

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