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Posted
by CotoBlogzz | 06/17/2009 04:00
PM
Laguna
Woods Village, CA -Whether the United
Board recall is absolutely necessary
is debatable. What is not
debatable is the Golden Rain
Foundations board’s behavior
during the June 2, 2009. When
all residents wanted was a little
respect, board president Erwin Stuller
resorted to unnecessary defamatory and
personal attacks. What is more
appalling is that the rest of the
board failed to step in and apply a
modicum of decorum to the proceedings.
Such behavior is not only despicable
but calls for an apology and stepping
down. The
video clip capturing Mr.
Stullers less than despicable behavior
during the proceedings are
quickly becoming a rallying cry
against abusive HOA directors.
Hoist
By Their Own Petard - Fuses get
shorter in Laguna Woods Village
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 06/03/2009
05:00 PMLaguna Woods Village, CA -So,
exactly what happened during
yesterday?s Golden Rain Foundation
(GRF) board of directors meeting in
Laguna Woods
United
Recall Petition Signed Sealed and
Delivered - Finance Committee Meeting
Laguna Woods Village, CA - As
promised, earlier today United Mutual
director Michael Curtis during the
Finance Committee Meeting, delivered a
petition to recall certain United
board boards, with close to 100
verified signatures over an above the
required...
United
Board Recall In Final Stretch ? 4th of
July in June!
Laguna Woods Village, CA - Change is
in the air. So is anticipation,
excitement, thrill and for some, fear.
Fear that their telephones are bugged.
Fear of retribution. Fear of the
unknown.
Prosecuting
Mr. Curtis - or is it Persecuting?
Posted by CotoBlogzz | 05/26/2009 8:30
PMPCM General Manager Milt Johns,
taking exception to the coverage by
Orange County Register of the recent
exile of United Mutual Director
Michael Curtis from his own community,
documents his displeasure at the..
Laguna
Woods Village - United Board on
Official Notice
TO: United Board:About a month ago,
the official "United Membership
List" was provided to me by Bill
Hart. I believe it is dated April
29th. This is being used to verify all
signatures on the Removal (or recall)
Petition, so that the official...
The
$5 Million Landscape Budget and Recall
Petition
Laguna Woods Village, CA - We have
been to Laguna Woods Village. We have
seen Laguna Woods Village. The place
is nicely kept, but how many gardeners
does it take to justify a $5
million/year budget?That is the
question residents are asking, as
the...
How
to recognize a cheater
The traditional cheater is, for
example, the crude sneak thief. He is
also the small-time bureaucrat or
politician on the take. He needs
little skill and much gall to extract
his living. But he lives in constant
danger of being caught in the act
and...
Laguna
Third Mutual's President Queries
Answered
Which wolf will you feed today? Posted
by CotoBlogzz | 05/06/2009 9:00 AM |
Have you heard the story about an old
man who keeps struggling with two
constantly fighting wolves? The first
wolf represents truth, the second
represents evil. When he...
Laguna
Woods Village Budget
I keep hearing at all the committee
meetings, the capital expenses being
approved come out of reserves and will
not add anything to our monthly
assessments.I beg to differ.
Law?
What Law? WE are the Law!
Recent find of Original Documents were
mailed to each President (GRF, Third
Laguna Hills Mutual and United Laguna
Hills Mutual), together with
information sheets from OriginalTrust
and amendment to the Trust dated Jan.
9, 1969. These documents stated how
and why Ross Cortese, the developer of
Leisure World Laguna Hills, changed
the concept of Leisure World Laguna
Hills from a Senior Citizen non-profit
Co- operative to a Senior Citizen
non-profit Condominium Complex.
New
Golden Rain Foundation Rules of
Engagement
On the heels of the Golden Rain
Foundation?s (of Seal Beach) decision
to appeal the recent Court of Appeals
decision, on a financial transparency
lawsuit, to the state Supreme Court,
the embattled GRF HOA board of
directors recently decided to enact...
Cynthia
Conners Being Asked to Resign
Posted by
CotoBlogzz | 2/10/2009 5:40 PM
The Laguna Woods
Village Shareholders Committee is
asking Third Board director Cynthia
Conners to resign her positions on the
board for a number of alleged ethical
violations.
New
Third Laguna Hills Mutual of Laguna
Woods Village Board Seated
The
Third Laguna Hills Mutual of Laguna
Woods Village seated the new board for
that housing mutual today. Officers
include Carol Moore, President; Stan
Feldstein, 1st Vice President; Don
Lippert, 2nd Vice President; Kathryn
Freshley, Secretary. The voting was
done by secret ballot and the
anticipation of the members present
was that business would proceed
without the roadblocks of the past
year.
The
Devil Made me Do It - Blame it on the
Loopholes
During Thursday?s CZ Master
Association?s Candidate?s Night
designed for Coto de Caza residents to
meet the candidates running for two
seats on the CZ Master board, the
first question mischaracterized our
position, asking an either or
question: ?Buzz...
The
Right LWV Leadership for Such a Time
as This?
Is this general manager (Milt Johns)
over his head in his management
skills? Can someone come out with only
experience from the garden to manage a
90 million dollar business without a
conflict of interest? When is the last
time Mr. Johns lowered our costs...
$2
million Verdict Returned Against
Homeowners Association
Conduct constituted malice,
oppression, or fraud and committed by
one or more officers, directors or
managing agents of the HOA - Presiding
Juror Earlier this week a jury in a
case filed in Superior Court of
California Riverside, a jury ruled in
favor...
GRF
2009 Budget Review, Be There or Be Out
of Luck!
Letter from LWV resident M. Curtis
inviting concerned residents: Tomorrow
(Tuesday, July 22) at 9AM, in the
Community Center Board Room, GRF will
have a Special Corporate (all boards)
meeting to review next year's budget.
See the...
Different
Homeowners Association, Same Issues
I assume that you are a member of the
Walnut Creek Leisure World
Association, or is this another HOA in
the area? We have had many comments of
similar problems by HOA's who happen
to run into our website and I'm glad
that you contacted me
The
Right LWV Leadership for Such a Time
as This?
Is this general manager (Milt Johns)
over his head in his management
skills? Can someone come out with only
experience from the garden to manage a
90 million dollar business without a
conflict of interest? When is the last
time Mr. Johns lowered our costs...
Working
to Serve, Or Serving To Work - Letter
to OC Register Columnist
Another good column. I was wondering
if there was ever any serious
consideration to any non-union
government employee for the position
of publicly elected Sheriff by either
the Register or Supervisors? That is
all I see in your Top Five selection
and...
To
Destroy a Community, or to Destroy the
Status Quo?XThat is the Question in
this Letter to the Menifee SCCA Board
of Directors
First of all I have no intentions or
no desire to destroy "our
community". However, I must ask
you to please define what you think
the community is, what it is you think
I am threatening to destroy?Secondly,
Sun City has been declared a
"blighted...
HOMEOWNER
ASSOCIATION TITLEHOLDERS ARE
"HUMAN CAPITAL"
by D. Vanitzian(c) 2007 Donie
VanitzianWhen criminal liability is
not charged against the
"criminals" in an
association, then the titleholders
become the Human Capital used to fund
the criminal activities and
wrongdoing.
HOMEOWNER
ASSOCIATIONS: A CLUB YOU DON'T WANT TO
BELONG TO
This ain't no party! This ain't no
disco! This ain't no community!
Dare's
role in Pastures cost association
$100,000
By BRENDAN J. LYONS, Senior writer
First published: Sunday, Times Union
August 12, 2007. Republished with
permissionAugust 12, 2007 ALBANY -- An
advocate for the Historic Pastures
Homeowners Association, which lost
more than $100,000 in...
HIRING
AN ATTORNEY CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR
HEALTH LEGAL
BLACKMAIL--TAKING CLIENTS HOSTAGE- Q:
How can you tell when an attorney is
lying? A. His lips are moving.August
10, 2007 If California can place caps
on spending and caps on fees of
various types of businesses -- then it
needs to put caps...
BRING
BACK GOVERNOR PETE WILSON
by Donie Vanitzian, JD(c) 2007 D.
VanitzianYou can?t have a good old
boys and girls club without a little
help from friends in high places, of
course, a little help from
California?s State Bar wouldn?t hurt
either. [FN1]Forget for a moment that
the term...
Should
I stay or should I go - in/from my
HOA? X
First was the Delegate?s Corner
blasting CZ Master Association board
of director?s critics for speaking out
against a corrupt delegate system and
electoral process in favor of direct
elections, consistent with current
legislation, and consistent with
the...
Casta
Courier Coverage of Unhappy Campers at
Leisure World
I'd like to comment on the following
paragraph that was in your publication
"The Casta Courier" on July
19, 2007. The second paragraph reads
as follows:
SPENDING
OTHER PEOPLE?S MONEY by Donie
Vanitzian, JDX(c) 2007 Vanitzian
I mean really! How difficult is it to
spend other people?s money? Cheech!!
It?s a no brainer, especially with no
statutory accountability. "Hey
man, it ain't difficult" one
board member tells me, he says
"no one gives s**t." He
proceeds to point to his...
Critics
do not attend board meetings - GRF
that is!
Critics do not attend Home Owner
Association Meetings to learn of
actions deemed necessary by their
Board!August 6, 2007 Critics are
principally individuals who fail to
attend Home Owner Association Meetings
to learn of actions deemed
necessary...
The
New Seven, err... Eight Wonders of the
World
CZ's definition for leadership is that
whenever questions are raised, the
canned response is ?Remember the
Reserves?! Now CZ Spin Machine has to
be the Eight Wonder of the World!-
August 6, 2007 The results of the
NOWC?s New Seven Wonders of...
"TWIN
RIVERS" = "TRIPLE
PROBLEMS"
Note to the do-gooders whose glasses
are corrupted by the half-full
half-empty circular-argument nonsense
and who want only to hear the
good-of-it-all and nothing too
depressing, oh, and want only smiley
ha-ha journalism: Go grab your teddy
bears and...
Lawyer
seeking condominiums' business goes
over the line
Question: I manage a large condominium
project in Los Angeles. Unsolicited,
an attorney sent me an invitation to
meet with him over lunch. He then
phoned me several times, including the
day before the lunch, explaining the
purpose was to speak only with...
CONDOMINIUMS
ARE A GREAT INVESTMENT- FOR LAWYERS
About every two months I get a call,
or a client comes in to ask me about
condominiums. It usually starts off
with, ?I bought this adorable little
condo? and then the upstairs neighbor
had a flood?. And then the Homeowners
Association refused??
Paraphrasing
the LA Times on Defeat of SB670 &
Wicked Twin Witches of the West - SB
127 & AB-980
Taking a page out of the OC Register?s
?paraphrased reporting?, an article
written by LA Times staff writer Diane
Weder titled ?Bill to limit transfer
fee founders?, published appropriately
on May 13, 2007, quotes the president
of the statewide Realtors...
Private
Transfer Tax - Good for the Common
Interest Development (HOA/CID)
Industry or Good for the Politicians?
When we received our copy of the
report that the California Association
of Realtors (CAR) used to Sponsor and
help draft transfer fees, we were
confused. Given that Vanitzian has
become an icon in Sacrament (some say
a thorn in the legislature's side),...
Management
company's tape-recording tactic puts
homeowners at risk
Question: Because our management
company has been sued before, it has a
policy of recording all incoming and
outgoing phone calls. Before a
management employee answers the phone,
there is an automatic announcement
warning callers they are being
recorded....
Of
Trial Lawyers, the AAJ and the
Democratic Party
The National College of Advocacy and
AAJ Education maintain two distinct
programs that recognize AAJ lawyer
member efforts in pursuit of advanced
legal learning and professional
development?the Achievement
Recognition Program and Advanced
Studies in Trial...
Laguna
Woods Village CC&Rs, What CC&Rs?
I Got Your CC&Rs Right Here!
Coto de Caza is not the only place
where the board of directors
consistently either disregard the
civil code, governing documents
(Covenants, Conditions and
Restrictions - CC&Rs) or even the
moral code.
What
is better in HOA Management?
Transparency and Accountability or
Feel Good?May 22, 2007
Mostly as a result of the Enron and
Worldcom scandals, the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 known as the Public
Company Accounting Reform and Investor
Protection Act of 2002 and commonly
called SOX; was enacted to provide
business executives with less
wiggle...
HOW
DO OWNERS SPELL L-A-W S-U-I-T? SENATE
BILL NO. 127!X
This author asks WHERE ARE THE
PENALTIES AGAINST MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
AND BOARDS? WHAT?S THE PENALTY FOR
BREAKING THE LAWS THAT THESE
LEGISLATORS ARE PASSING?
Two
of the Worst & Most Detrimental
Laws to Hit California are Sponsored
by None Other than: California
Association of Realtors (R) The Gold
is Gone --No more gold in the Golden
State!
Dear Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
SHATZI! PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR PROMISE
TO US. Please listen to the people who
support you and look to you to help
us! When you first began buying
property in California NO ONE told you
what you could or could not do...
THE
LAW OF INTENDED CONSEQUENCES - WHAT A
DIFFERENCE A "WORD" MAKES:
NO! ON ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 563
It apparently does not matter that
titleholders with a vested interest in
their property cannot get their
legislators to carry legislation to
help US, but, they can waste taxpayer
funds by preventing the bills WE WANT
and NEED by CHANGING *ONE* WORD in
an...
EMERGENCY!
EMERGENCY! OOPS! WE JUST HAD THE
MEETING! YOU MISSED IT!!
So THIS is what the Senate calls an
"Open Meeting." How many
Open Meetings have THEY been to?
Obviously not many. ROTFLMAO!
CAN
YOU OUTSWIM YOUR HOA SHARKS? or will
you drown trying?
Owning, let alone living in an HOA is
a tough JOB and requires you be
physically fit, possess a certain
sophistication of the processes, and
have the character let alone stamina,
that allows you to be persistent in a
manner that indescribable to REAL...
HEY
GRAY PANTHERS! YOU GOT IT WRONG!
(c) D. Vanitzian
May 16, 2007The Gray Panthers are on
record as SUPPORTING A BAD BAD BAD BAD
BILL: Senate Bill Number 948. SHAME ON
YOU. Where the heck are you getting
your information from?
The
Law of Unintended Consequences:
Legislation and HOA BOD Cause and
Effect: Clueless in my CAR Coming
off a most improbable but successful
campaign to defeat SB 670 author and
HOA advocate Vanitizian thanks
supporters making a connection between
the quality of legislation being
passed in Sacramento, and the quality
of life in most homeowners...
