Censoring of Concerned Residents? – by property manager!

Censoring of Concerned Residents? – by property manager!



OCTOBER 22, 2007

Recently a group of concerned residents took out an ad in the Orange County Register alleging misuse of credit cards intended for emergency use only, and instead racking up some $312,000 of questionable expenses. The ad describes how Professional Community Management’s ( the property management company) fees have increased some 69% over a five-year period, without any evidence that the increase was warranted, for instance.

In the past, the CZ Master Association has used association’s legal resources in attempts to silence board critics. In this case, the management company, Professional Community Management (PCM) has taken the extraordinary steps of issuing a press release to notify residents that it is seeking IRS and the California Attorney General’s help. The reasoning, according to Russ Disbro, PCM ‘s CEO is that these concerned residents are “acting like a political action group and it should fill in the forms and play by the rules”, according to the article published by the OCR October 4, 2007 titled “Management company strikes back at Resident’s Voice. Management company will ask IRS, Attorney General’s help”.

The response from the concerned Laguna Wood Village residents to the salvo launched by PCM was swift and succinct, stating in part “We presented the facts to the IRS, Attorney General, FBI, District Attorney and the Franchise Tax Board seven months ago, to investigate the misuse/misapplication of our Community Trust’s assets and resources. We really appreciate PCM’s (Desmond MeLeish) Public Relation firm adding wood to this fire. We want all the attention we can get to help keep this fire going. Thanks, PCM you saved the community money for the first time!”

We have asked PCM’s governmental & public affairs manager Wendy Bucknum the reasoning behind PCM’s extraordinary move, given that to CotoBuzz Journal's readers following this story, it appears that the management company is simply trying to stifle public discourse on what appear to be valid concerns by residents. Wit Milt Jones, PCM's General Manager, charges against the residents in various public venues, and references to not only IRS, but the California Attorney General in its press release. We have yet to get a response from either the board or the property management company.


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