02-22-2017, 06:02 AM
You said it all Kalakoa. I don't see how altering the BOD will change anything for the better either. It seems that every time we have a change of BOD, there are always remnants of the old BOD who poison the minds of the new members against the Membership. We have seen a good example of this in the posts of a very short time member who expresses his rage against the Membership with threats and name calling on this site and others. It's an ugly situation. I wish I Didn't have to be involved in it in any way, but alas, I bought land here decades ago, my home is here, so this is my problem.
In the early 80's, the few people here really didn't care much about the "Association" because the yearly fee was negligable (can't remember, 25$? It was really low. ) When the potholes got bad the neighbor's all shared the cost of materials and shoveled it ourselves. As long as the car didn't fall into a lava tube, we didn't care. At least the roads were better than HA. Gravel/cinder were brought in regularly if not often, and the roads were much better than now.
Things changed when a past BOD decided to borrow millions of $ to pave the roads. A vote was taken and everybody I knew voted against it. Nevertheless, $12, 000,000.00 was borrowed in our names! Since then, fees have gone up so fast! 100, 200, 300$ and rising. Add to this concern, threatened fines from DOH for the dust that our roads have turned to, increased Insurance due to Legal entanglements resulting from BOD Actions, constant Legal Fees for opinions regarding the BOD's insistence on ignoring the Membership's votes and wishes, now a bill for mailboxes , this while our roads are NOT being maintained and have turned to dust.
Not everybody here is made of $. Lots of us live on fixed incomes. Unexpected fees, fines, bills are not budgeted for. If HPPOA does not spend our $ legally and responsibly it will cost us more!
None of us wants to stop progress here. We are not anti BOD. We just don't want to be legally responsible for their misadventures.
If I pay my phone bill and I have no phone service I'd complain. I pay my Road Mainatinance fee but get no service. How is that ok?
Are we really expected to just shut up and keep sending HPPOA more $?
Dream on....
In the early 80's, the few people here really didn't care much about the "Association" because the yearly fee was negligable (can't remember, 25$? It was really low. ) When the potholes got bad the neighbor's all shared the cost of materials and shoveled it ourselves. As long as the car didn't fall into a lava tube, we didn't care. At least the roads were better than HA. Gravel/cinder were brought in regularly if not often, and the roads were much better than now.
Things changed when a past BOD decided to borrow millions of $ to pave the roads. A vote was taken and everybody I knew voted against it. Nevertheless, $12, 000,000.00 was borrowed in our names! Since then, fees have gone up so fast! 100, 200, 300$ and rising. Add to this concern, threatened fines from DOH for the dust that our roads have turned to, increased Insurance due to Legal entanglements resulting from BOD Actions, constant Legal Fees for opinions regarding the BOD's insistence on ignoring the Membership's votes and wishes, now a bill for mailboxes , this while our roads are NOT being maintained and have turned to dust.
Not everybody here is made of $. Lots of us live on fixed incomes. Unexpected fees, fines, bills are not budgeted for. If HPPOA does not spend our $ legally and responsibly it will cost us more!
None of us wants to stop progress here. We are not anti BOD. We just don't want to be legally responsible for their misadventures.
If I pay my phone bill and I have no phone service I'd complain. I pay my Road Mainatinance fee but get no service. How is that ok?
Are we really expected to just shut up and keep sending HPPOA more $?
Dream on....