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February 2009
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Fiduciary Responsibility, Part Three – Coto the Caza Cityhood Movement
Posted By CotoBlogzz
| 01/03/2009 9:00
PM
A homeowner’s association board of directors, by statue,
is responsible for the maintenance, repair and
replacement of common areas.
In Coto the Caza however, the local governance regularly goes beyond
such mandate, creating a trickle up welfare
system, for example.
Or take for instance the City hood movement:
In the past, the president of the CZ Master
association board of directors went as far as
asserting that the Orange County Board of supervisors
had approved a $25,000 Hoffman report – more like a
sales collateral material to convince residents to
vote for cityhood.
When we checked with the board of supervisors,
were told no such a thing had ever been even
officially discussed.
For fifty years, Midway
has fought
to remain independent.
In this case, former
Orange County Board of
supervisor James Silva
has displayed an excellent connection with his
constituents arguing
that residents of private areas live there for
a reason: Isolate themselves from the populous,
and he has claimed emphatically that “Midway
will never convert to a city”!
A similar movement was afoot in Roosmor, but
was
soundly defeated in the last election, with the
backing of the Deputy
Sheriff’s Union, which by pumped in $11,000 to
defeat the Measure
U initiative.
More recently, the three homeowners associations in Coto de
Caza, led by a retired federal judge continue to push
for ciyhood, having gone as far as meeting with LAFCO.
The latest Coto de Caza newsletter argues that
the benefit of being part of Rancho Santa Margarita is
better Sheriff services.
What the newsletter does not say is that the
Sheriff services are not free.
Particularly when Sheriff Hutchens has
announced “serious
reductions in service to the public.”
Not surprising.
In the piece on fiscal responsibility, Part
One, we noted that the IRS does not have local
expertise on homeowner association issues.
Apparently, neither do retired federal judges.
We have asked AOCDS’ president Wyane Quint whether the association would help defeat the cityhood movement in Coto de Caza, as they have done with Rosmoor.
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