12-14-2016, 06:18 AM
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Originally posted by Katarina
DT's, let me ask you something. If you order a steak and get a hamburger or buy a certain lawnmower and get a lesser model are you the type that says nothing? I'm not trying to be mean here one bit but this is the mentality that the board(Jo) counts on. The type that lets themselves get walked over for the sake of keeping the peace. You mention that your $313+ road fees are fine because the main roads are taken care of. I have to say, you must not have lived here very long because less than 3 years ago, the main roads were far far better and why should our gravel roads go to hell when they weren't that way before when we were paying far less and not spending $36,000 extra to outsource. What are those employees doing that we pay for when their job is outsourced? We are being fleeced and you are happy about it.
WTF? I never said I was fine with it. I said I would pay it. I will pay it bc I am billed it, otherwise it will open a can of worms that I don't want to deal with. (What kind of can of worms? Late fees, penalties; possible property tax liens; should I ever sell, fees that would be applied to escrow, counter-suit should it come to lawsuit, etc.)
Maybe my statement about the main roads wasn't clear enough. What I was saying was that until this is settled and the roads are once again taken care of, I would have to RATIONALIZE it that our $ will be going to the main roads, and that if they aren't going to take care of encroaching weeds, then g***amnit, we will have to, bc WE ARE NOT LIVING IN A DUMP.)
I am NOT ok with the road situation. I am PISSED. Which is why I called HPPOA with a complaint and posted about it in this thread. (Interesting they told me I was #242 or so and other post here said they'd gotten 400+ in preceding 2 months). Do not forget that I was the one who posted here that the HPPOA person on the phone told me to come to meetings - so the "Board knows they have the backup to raise rates" -- which of course is RIDICULOUS.
As to whether I'm a newbie or not -- I have been here over 7 years, in HPP and on Punaweb, and I remember how the roads were taken care of when we arrived. Our street was nice and flat and covered in red cinder and was taken care of pretty frequently. We would go out and give the HPPOA driver a Coke when he went by, and wave aloha all over the subdivision to the crews.
Today our street is practically unpassable.
So don't tell me I'm fine with it. I am all for fighting this ridiculous treatment the property owners of HPP are given, but I think we need to deal with it by amassing evidence to be used in arbitration or in court. ... I'm going to repeat that bc apparently I'm not being read properly: I am all for fighting this ridiculous treatment the property owners of HPP are given, but I think we need to deal with it by amassing evidence to be used in arbitration or in court.
Do not forget that I was the one who is asking that people video their road and upload to youtube under hashtag #HPProads. (uh, not one video yet. I guess I'll be the first as soon as I'm out of my sick bed.)
We pay for the roads and easements to be maintained. It's as simple as that. I am not ACCEPTING less and I resent the accusation that I am and that I am someone to be walked over.
We will pay our bill bc we will uphold our end of the bargain we have with HPPOA as property owners.
Once again, words on Punaweb are misconstrued to someone's own biases. Stop it. Please read more carefully. We are all in this together and need to present a cohesive front.