The CotoBuzz Journal
Community Journalism, Newsletters and Blogs Covering South Orange County, CA
The CotoBuzz Journal is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and NAHJ
August 2007 Issue
We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and the Coto de Caza Board of directors and report the facts!
Public Spectacles Work!
Public Spectacles worked For Ladera Ranch, and Laguna Woods Village, Why Not Coto de Caza?
August
2,
2007
CHP enforcement hours in Coto de Caza have dropped some 60%
from 2006 levels, mostly, because resources have been
allocated by CHP management to other communities, as a
result of “public spectacles” by Ladera Ranch
residents, according to a member of the CZ Master
Association board of directors.
Residents of Laguna Woods Village, protesting what they call
the ‘Lavish Lifestyle" of PCM, and, the
Incentive/Bonus Program” held a protest march
Wednesday 1, 2007, assembling at the east parking lot
of the Ayres Hotel together with protest signs.
This public spectacle worked, as the
Laguna Woods Village board of directors tabled
spending guidelines, largely written by the property
manager itself, and decided to revisit the
issue in closed session within the next two
weeks. Further,
the meeting was covered by the Big Media Guns:
The LA Times and the Orange County Register.
It
was clear to
all in attendance that the board meeting was not
controlled by the Golden Rain Foundation board, but by
the residents – a “total Mutiny in the Bounty”,
someone said. Protest
organizer Conrad Grundke thinks that amending the
property management’s company contract and holding
it accountable is the way forward.
PCM
General Manager Milt Johns has consistently defended
the questioned expenditures as a way to build the
"esprit de corps", allowing PCM to provide
low-cost services to the mostly retired residents.
Critics charge that management of PCM’ employees is
the property management company’s responsibilities,
and any and all expenses required should be build in
their contract, not use the associations funds as an
ATM.
Protesting Laguna Woods Village Residents are
scheduled to today
Thursday, August 2, at 6:30pm to discuss a) Highlighting
the "Lavish Lifestyle" of PCM, and, the
Incentive/Bonus Program and a
review of the protest march, and c) followed by the
GRF Special
Credit Card Guidelines Meeting (1:00pm) on Wednesday.
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