12-26-2019, 09:01 AM
"if the fee was $100 a year and they refused, that's one thing. If the assoc. wanted $5,000+ a year, that becomes a different story."
Again, you have to put yourself in their shoes.
Suppose you and I have a contract, agreed, signed and finalized. A year later I tell you that I am not happy with my end of the deal and you HAVE TO start paying me $100 a year, forever, except that I can change the terms and conditions, including the amount, at any time at my sole discretion. And once you pay the first one you have no recourse against anything subsequent. So I can raise the amount to, say, $5,000 next year and you are bound to it. I doubt that you would agree to it, but if you would I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who would love to do business with you.
Is this a far-fetched scenario? Consider that the fee at the time of Watamull's agreement was $65 per year. He is now expected to pay $6,000 per year. I don't know if it happened all at once or if there were increases along the way, but that's a huge increase that he didn't agree to.
Also, you may have noticed at the top of the commercial fee schedule at the link I posted it says: "Currently under review by the Board of Directors". I'll leave it to you to speculate on what that means.
I'm not on anyone's side here. I just want people to be fully informed before jumping on the "close the road" bandwagon.
Again, you have to put yourself in their shoes.
Suppose you and I have a contract, agreed, signed and finalized. A year later I tell you that I am not happy with my end of the deal and you HAVE TO start paying me $100 a year, forever, except that I can change the terms and conditions, including the amount, at any time at my sole discretion. And once you pay the first one you have no recourse against anything subsequent. So I can raise the amount to, say, $5,000 next year and you are bound to it. I doubt that you would agree to it, but if you would I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who would love to do business with you.
Is this a far-fetched scenario? Consider that the fee at the time of Watamull's agreement was $65 per year. He is now expected to pay $6,000 per year. I don't know if it happened all at once or if there were increases along the way, but that's a huge increase that he didn't agree to.
Also, you may have noticed at the top of the commercial fee schedule at the link I posted it says: "Currently under review by the Board of Directors". I'll leave it to you to speculate on what that means.
I'm not on anyone's side here. I just want people to be fully informed before jumping on the "close the road" bandwagon.