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The CotoBuzz Journal

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March 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!

Coto de Caza CC&Rs and Potential Federal Law Violations

Updated March 2, 2007

We sent the note below to Keystone – As of March 2, 2007, we have yet to hear from them, and if the trend continues, Keystone will never respond. So we decided to contact the service supplier directly. Their response is also shown below:

Based on this experience, we are planning to publish a periodic “violator’s list”. If you have any input, send to buzz@cotobuzz.com

The service providers making it to the list, will be categorized into "alleged" and "verified" - the verified ones will be those service providers that in our sole opinion have indeed been in involved in some sort of ethical lapse, or otherwise.

It has been argued that a violator's list may be embarrassing to the service provider - it is absolutely, positively not our intent to embarrass anyone. However, given that the Coto de Caza homeowners associations have failed miserably to bring law and order to the community, and that there is an over-abundance of instance where people apologize only because they have been caught in fraganti, we do not believe an apoloy is sufficient. We want to deter breaches, not encourage breaches so people apologize once caught.

Response From Service Provider: (Sent 2/24/2007, responded 2/24/2007)

I sincerely apologize for the mistake on the behalf of H.S. Cleaning Service. My aunt, Soon Kim, was not aware that distributing advertisements in mailboxes were not permitted by law. She has immigrated to America only just recently (3 years) and was truly unaware about the laws and restrictions. I have notified her and she will not repeat such methods/actions again. Again, we sincerely apologize for the mistake and any inconvenience we have caused to the Coto residents.

Note Sent To Keystone – Have not heard from them yet (March 2, 2007

In checking my email today, I found what I believe is a federal law violation. Someone opened by box, to place advertising literature. See attachment for picture of leaflet and business card left inside the mail box.

I should note that the number of leaflets being left in and outside of my box has been increasing. Besides this being a nuisance, I take strong objection to anyone opening my box. Specially troublesome since over the course of the last two weeks I have received two torn envelopes with some of the contents missing - in one case, the letter was to have arrived two weeks earlier!

Please let me know if this is cause of concern.