Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 11:50 AM
Subject: Patio Re:Extension to My Patio Extension Request For Information
To: Monterey Homeowner <montereyhomeowners@gmail.com>, montereyopenforum@gmail.com
Cc: Dana Brown <Dana@albertmgt.com>
Dear Homeowners,
Isn't it about time we
all wake up and see what is going on at Monterey. This thing with Pat Bradley
is not fair to the homeowners. It is always something with this board, when is
enough, ENOUGH? I looked at some of the homeowner replies when I first sent the e-mail request for information about
Pat's extended patio, I told them I wanted one maybe up to the cart path, but have never got
an answer from them, I wonder why?
Some of the homeowner replies were: thank GOD
I'm out of there, or as Jacquie Rothe who lived on Serena simply said “Please
take me off this list....we sold the condo...and glad we did!” or I really can't stand this place because of the
H.O.A and the way they handle things, only what is good for them, they could
care less what you want unless they would want the same thing.
When will we wake up and
see that their reputation is crappy, when I said no more, and spoke to a few
agents, they told me they don't like to recommend Monterey because of all the
BAD PR they hear from others. This hurts business for the Golf Course, the less
they have in membership, the less they make and they have to do cutbacks, which
hurts the homeowners. It's like any business out there, profits down, we have
to cut something.
What we need to do is
elect 7 people who care; you folks are retired, why should someone tell you
the color you have to use on your patio, go to BIG HORN and see how nice their
patios are, all different colors, pretty soon the H.O.A. will tell you
what drinking glass you can use. Where does it end with this board? They spent
GOD knows how much defending the cart
garage lawsuit.
When I moved in I checked it out with 2 sources and both said the H.O.A. would lose and they did lose. They
could have saved us all probably close to a half a million.
People want to put in better windows
etc. and all they say is no, except if a board member or their friend wants it, check
out the white window frames at 208 La Paz, how did that happen? I remember
a board member having 3 umbrella's when all you could have was 2, so they
changed the rule to 3 umbrellas and a friend of the board had RED umbrellas for
years, nothing ever happened to her. They bend or break the
rules for themselves and their friends while using the rules to beat the rest
us over the head shoulders.
We need to get a board
that works with the people, whether they are full time or not, to let them
enjoy their 2nd or first home. A board that will get rid of this attorney Guralnick, and get someone from
the community who is or was an attorney to help find a new attorney. Let the
homeowners be happy where they live instead of half of them complain all the
time about the board, get rid of all the BS in the dopey rules that only hurts
residents, get someone who cares for the people and the job doesn't go to their
head. Not that hard to find those people.
By this email I again request the board respond to my July 23 request for information.
Bill “Pinky” Stolbach
From: Irideahog247
ReplyDeleteDate: Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:42 PM
Subject: Patio extentions
To: montereyhomeowners@gmail.com, montereyopenforum@gmail.com
I fully concur with the following, and much more. This HOA is out of control, and needs to be replaced. There is more to it than patio extensions, it seems every time we turn our backs, the board is coming up with some new and and totally useless rule, and how those rules do not apply to the board. I wonder if the HOA is trying to out pace California in government waste spending. If a rule can't be applied to EVERY home owner than it shouldn't even be considered, ie: golf cart garages. I look around and see how many different landscape designs are around. Why is it not uniform? Stop wasting money and law suits over stupid stuff and do whats best for us all.