01-08-2015, 04:59 PM
Over a week ago I called the office to request that they grade out/fill some ever growing potholes at the end of our street, as had been done in past years prior to the winter rains. Nobody answered the telephone so I left a clear message on their machine with my contact info and requested some service for the hundreds of dollars a year I pay to have our roads maintained. To date nobody has returned my call, nor have they done any work that I can see. Why am I paying hundreds of dollars a year to some clown show that seems incapable of doing its primary job....maintaining our roads?
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As far as rewriting the bylaws in the future: The biggest change I see necessary is to make it easier to remove board people who are not serving their constituency. Currently, a recall election of useless board members requires:
"(a) A recall election for a director may be called by two-thirds majority of the board, or by a petition of not fewer than 200 signatures of members from the director's District." (Page 9, section 7 Removal, from HPPOA bylaws)
Some of our districts probably have fewer than 200 voters, and I would suggest that the process be changed to a percentage of actual votes from within each district the prior election. (Say 10% for example, so if only 120 people voted in a district then it would require 12 signatures to initiate a recall election, and I would also suggest that the recall vote be determined by a simple majority, not a 2/3 vote, since they got into office and started abusing their duties on a simple majority.
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As far as rewriting the bylaws in the future: The biggest change I see necessary is to make it easier to remove board people who are not serving their constituency. Currently, a recall election of useless board members requires:
"(a) A recall election for a director may be called by two-thirds majority of the board, or by a petition of not fewer than 200 signatures of members from the director's District." (Page 9, section 7 Removal, from HPPOA bylaws)
Some of our districts probably have fewer than 200 voters, and I would suggest that the process be changed to a percentage of actual votes from within each district the prior election. (Say 10% for example, so if only 120 people voted in a district then it would require 12 signatures to initiate a recall election, and I would also suggest that the recall vote be determined by a simple majority, not a 2/3 vote, since they got into office and started abusing their duties on a simple majority.