07-13-2019, 05:35 AM
"I am quite up to date on the Orchidland issues and have been seeing as I’ve lived here Forever so I don’t have the need to be schooled on Orchidland."
"don’t think anyone that shouldn’t be will be accessing the bank funds like Orchidland.."
Apparently you do need to be schooled. Plaintiffs just spent 4 years and several hundred thousand dollars trying to prove that OLCA funds were mismanaged and they failed on all counts. OLCA is now going after the plaintiffs to recover their attorneys fees and for other sanctions, so the already astronomical costs of this endeavor may soon skyrocket out of orbit. All for nothing.
I don't have a dog in your HPP race but there might be some pertinent lessons to be taken from the OLCA lawsuit. Plaintiffs were trying to hold the directors accountable for improprieties and put OLCA into receivership. Sound familiar? I'm sure that the plaintiffs in this case went into it thinking that their case was overwhelmingly solid, that it would be quick and easy, a couple of months and a few thousand dollars and they would have their win. They couldn't have been more wrong. So you might want to consider what just happened here in Orchidland before embarking on a similar action in HPP.
It's very sad that it is so difficult to hold directors accountable for improprieties. While other businesses can simply be reported to RICO and get attention right away, associations are allowed to run amok. Non-profits are supposed to be held to even higher standards, but there is no agency in Hawaii that they can be reported to or that will take any action. If there was I'm sure that the improprieties would be drastically reduced.
I have 2 avenues to suggest:
1. Clean house. Fill up the board with people who are able to interpret and follow the laws and get a new GM if necessary. Don't laugh, I'm serious.
2. If you must throw money at it, go after the county instead of your neighbors. It's a much more winnable case with all-around better and more permanent results.
"don’t think anyone that shouldn’t be will be accessing the bank funds like Orchidland.."
Apparently you do need to be schooled. Plaintiffs just spent 4 years and several hundred thousand dollars trying to prove that OLCA funds were mismanaged and they failed on all counts. OLCA is now going after the plaintiffs to recover their attorneys fees and for other sanctions, so the already astronomical costs of this endeavor may soon skyrocket out of orbit. All for nothing.
I don't have a dog in your HPP race but there might be some pertinent lessons to be taken from the OLCA lawsuit. Plaintiffs were trying to hold the directors accountable for improprieties and put OLCA into receivership. Sound familiar? I'm sure that the plaintiffs in this case went into it thinking that their case was overwhelmingly solid, that it would be quick and easy, a couple of months and a few thousand dollars and they would have their win. They couldn't have been more wrong. So you might want to consider what just happened here in Orchidland before embarking on a similar action in HPP.
It's very sad that it is so difficult to hold directors accountable for improprieties. While other businesses can simply be reported to RICO and get attention right away, associations are allowed to run amok. Non-profits are supposed to be held to even higher standards, but there is no agency in Hawaii that they can be reported to or that will take any action. If there was I'm sure that the improprieties would be drastically reduced.
I have 2 avenues to suggest:
1. Clean house. Fill up the board with people who are able to interpret and follow the laws and get a new GM if necessary. Don't laugh, I'm serious.
2. If you must throw money at it, go after the county instead of your neighbors. It's a much more winnable case with all-around better and more permanent results.