Saturday, May 07, 2016

Its Official: According to Zogby report, Associations, Board Members and Community Managers Earn New Clothes

Updated 5/8/2016 at 4:20 PM with Force Field (Boxing) picture
Updated 6-17-2016 Removed reference to CAI critique

Posted By CotoBlogzz

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – “According to a national survey conducted in March by Zogby Analytics for the Foundation for Community Association Research, Americans who live in homeowners associations and condominiums remain overwhelmingly satisfied with their communities, their homeowner leaders and professional managers.”  So states a press release titled National Survey Validates Community Association Success

We tried to reach the Community Association’s Institute’s Media person,  Frank Rathbun and Zogby Analytics to see if we could get additional information.  We should note that we had an almost immediate reply from Chad, at Zogby acknowledging our request. However, for now, all we have to go on is our own research conducted over a 15 year period and the CAI press release:

CAI Press Release: Associations, Board Members and Community Managers Earn High Ratings by "Buzz" Aguirre



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The Emperor Has New Clothes:  

Research indicates that when the psychological distance between the action and its consequences is great, such as the case of mortgage-backed securities, rationalization tends to increase.  The cited Zogby report is self-serving and largely questionable.  While we may be willing to concede that some service providers and some homeowners in some common interest development environments strive for a common goal, that might be the exception that proves the rule.



The Real Story

Survey by Deborah Goonan





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From: George <george@pvtgov.org>
Date: Sat, May 7, 2016 at 10:15 PM
Subject: FYI: CAI as national private agency for HOAs


I added the following paragraph at the end of my CAI Manifesto commentary.
In May 2006 I wrote (see p. 20, Conclusions, in Nationwide Lobbyist for Principalities):
In short, CAI has been setting itself up as the national private authority, a sort ofBoard of National HOA Governors, on local community governance through the adoption of uniform planned community acts that perpetuate the current anti-American HOA governments. In effect, the super, privatized agency to replace the US Constitutional system of government.

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Read More: https://independentamericancommunities.com/2016/05/09/dissecting-the-cai-white-paper-manifesto-on-association-governance-part-1/


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