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Chavez vows referendum 'cannot fail' – Coto de Caza CC&Rs Changes will not fail

Rallies for and against constitutional changes proposed by Venezuela President Hugo Chavez surged Tuesday as the leader declared that a weekend referendum on the proposed charter "cannot fail."

Sunday's referendum on reforms would allow Chavez indefinite reelection, increase presidential terms from six to seven years and help the Venezuelan leader establish socialism in Venezuela.

According to AP’s Fabiola Sanchez published today titled Chavez vows referendum 'cannot fail' “about 300 students gathered Tuesday outside the Catholic University Andres Belo in Caracas, occupying a highway for four hours and causing rush-hour traffic jams. …”we the students will keep coming out onto the street to demand freedom and democracy," said Roberto Diaz, a 21-year old law student at the university” and goes on to say that “still, according to recent polls, the "no" could give Chavez his first defeat Chavez at the polls since he first won office in 1998. Chavez himself has suggested that losing, his government "would have to enter a period of profound reflection."”

Meanwhile, despite state law promoting direct democracy, the CZ Master Association in Coto de Caza is desperately promoting “constitutional changes” allowing the association to keep a useless and some argue, a corrupt delegate system. The delegate system using cumulative voting assures a small minority to remain in power. With direct elections in the horizon, it is not clear what the role of the delegates may be, other than to tell residents how to vote, who to vote for and when to vote.

Is Malintzin in our midst (Coto de Caza's Puppet Board?) - or is it the Treasonator?
Think of Malintzin as a female version of Benedict Arnold - Arnold originally fought for American independence from the British Empire as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War until he obtained a bone, err.. command of...

From Assassination to Hostage Crisis in Coto de CazaX
Bringing in Hugo Chavez to Coto de Caza to negotiate the release of direct democracy is like asking President Clinton to help clean up the DC Intern program!
The Coto de Caza governing body has been in disarray for quite some time culminating in the...

Call for Coto de Caza Board Candidates - Any One But Varo/Mezger - Traditionally, the Coto de Caza elections are shrouded in secrecy, but has been ratcheted a few notches after Varo/Mezger showed up on the scene circa 2003. To add salt to the wound, there were a good number of irregularities during the 2006 elections

Breaking News: Assassin in Coto de Caza! ? Political that isX
Is this a case of Veni, Vedi, Vinci, or simply Vince, Brucy, Vince? - with Varo/Mezger pulling the strings in the background!
The CZ Master Association board of directors has been so dysfunctional since Messrs Varo and Mezger joined, that it is...

COTO DE CAZA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ERRATA
The May 2006 issue of the Coto de Caza President’s Letter contains an error that can have a significant impact on the 2006 board of director’s election:
The message reads in part “The newly elected Delegates from the 45 CZ Master...

Blatant manipulation of 2006 CZ Master Association Elections Continues
When the May 2006 issue of the CA Master Association President's Letter contained erroneous information regarding the number of remaining candidates for the board of directors, we published an errata and called on those responsible for managing the...

THE FREE COTO DE CAZA ANNUAL SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FOR MAY 11 - 25, 2006

The annual Coto de Caza Shakespearean Festival kicks off May 11, 2006, with the adaptation Macbeth by none other than the Board of Directors’ President, The Baro himself.
In this Shakespearean classic, Macbeth is about a noble warrior who gets caught...

[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...