06-24-2013, 09:39 AM
Exactly. The board members didn't put themselves into office; you did.
It's grass roots democracy. The person with the most votes is in.
The thousands of property owners who didn't participate are directly to blame. I don't know the exact number of votes garnered in the last election, but would bet that participation was less than 10-15% of the people eligible to vote.
So if there are 6900 property owners (HPPOA info), I would blame the six thousand who don't bother to get involved rather than the several who have stepped up.
I'm not in HPP, by the way, but have been involved in my own neighborhood POA, and have heard the same thing;
"They're just egomaniacs"
"Did you vote or run"?
"Hell no, I don't have time for that"!
It's grass roots democracy. The person with the most votes is in.
The thousands of property owners who didn't participate are directly to blame. I don't know the exact number of votes garnered in the last election, but would bet that participation was less than 10-15% of the people eligible to vote.
So if there are 6900 property owners (HPPOA info), I would blame the six thousand who don't bother to get involved rather than the several who have stepped up.
I'm not in HPP, by the way, but have been involved in my own neighborhood POA, and have heard the same thing;
"They're just egomaniacs"
"Did you vote or run"?
"Hell no, I don't have time for that"!