LETTERS
Residents Voice Patriots: (United Mutual - Co-ops)
Laguna Woods Village, CA - There
are a couple little beans that grow into huge beanstalks while reviewing the
“Restated By-Laws” the United Board is trying to shove down our throats as they
smile and pretend there is nothing in them harmful to the members of United.
Just as Jack should have examined the beans he traded for his milk cow, Members
of United should ask some serious questions.
Why is
eminent domain even being discussed in the by-law revision?
Why does
the United Board (and their predecessors on that board including Gail McNulty)
want the membership to completely forego their rights as members and allow the
United Board to make all the decisions for them?
Why does
the United Board think they have the ability to make decisions for the
individual members while denying members any input at all into decisions made
by the Board?
Why is
the United Board trying to claim complete and absolute power over all the
residents of United, members and other residents as well.
Why is
the United Board trying to claim complete and absolute power over all the
property which is owned co-operatively by the stock holders of United?
The
ballots for the vote against the by-law revision were sent out August 1, 2012.
The ballots for the vote against the by-law revision are due back no later than
August 31, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. By LAW the members are to be given a MINIMUM of 30
days to review the document and vote. The UNITED BOARD has seen to it that the
United MEMBERS get fewer than 30 days and here’s how. Day 1 is August 1 when
the ballots are mailed to the membership. It takes a MINIMUM of one day for the
mail to be delivered. Maybe a very few received their ballots on August 2 but
it is highly unlikely any were received then. SOME people received their
ballots on August 3…..BUT NOT ALL. So far we are counting down to only 28
DAYS….not 30. I am one of the members who have not received a ballot package.
My name begins with a G which is pretty close to the front of the alphabet so
if the ballot packages were sent out alphabetically, I would probably have been
in the number who received it on August 3. Nope! Still waiting. Must not be an
alphabet problem. Could it be because I am who I am, and has, and will
continue to, distribute information that is important for the membership to
receive? There won’t be any mail delivered today since it is Sunday….we are now
down to 27 days. WHY ARE WE BEING DISENFRANCHISED OF OUR RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW
TO THE FULL MINIMUM OF 30 FULL DAYS TO REVIEW AND VOTE ON THE REVISED BY-LAWS?
How many others still do not have their ballot packages. Monday the count will
be 26 days. TWENTY SIX DAYS…not Thirty. According to the Postmaster, to ensure
delivery by August 31, the ballots must be in the return mail 5 days prior to
the required delivery date. That's August 26, we are now down to 24 days to
understand what an attorney and 4 committee members spent 2 1/2
years to write.
IF THE
BY-LAWS ARE APPROVED BY THE MEMBERSHIP THE MEMBERS AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A
GROUP WILL HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHTS WHEN THE UNITED BOARD AND THE BOARD
MEMBERS PRECEDING THESE MEMBERS, INCLUDING GAIL MCNULTY WILL DECIDE WHEN, HOW
AND HOW MUCH YOUR HOME WILL BE SOLD FOR AND WHEN YOU WILL BE EVICTED. Then the
complete redevelopment of United can really begin with the earth movers and
contractors coming in very quickly.
If you
are one of the members who has COMPLETELY REMODELED your unit, spending several
thousand, perhaps tens of thousands of dollars, what kind of price do you think
the United BOARD OF DIRECTORS will give you for your unit? They will give you
minimum prices, not full value.
Ron
Beldner ranted and raved about how much United does for the members and
discussed how United replaces floors, faucets, counter tops, etc. What he did
NOT say was that if you have remodeled and improved your unit to the tune of
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS United DOES NOT take care of ANYTHING that has
been upgraded, improved, remodeled. That is YOUR problem. It is NOT THE PROBLEM
OF UNITED. But United’s BOARD OF DIRECTORS and the directors preceding them who
took part in this “RESTATEMENT OF THE BY-LAWS” will have the only and final say
in what you get paid when they throw everybody out using eminent domain.
Eminent
Domain? Really? All that power vested in those people? These people have so
badly overspent the budget for legal expenses there is very likely to be a
special assessment to cover them or they will raid reserves to cover them.
These are the people you want making all your life decisions for you when it
concerns your HOME?
These
people DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME nor should they.
I
finally got a ballot package on August 7. Thanks, United Board.
The
United Board is going to fall down the beanstalk just like the giant did
because they may think they are very mighty but they don’t speak for the small
and individual members.
Why will
I vote NO!? Not because I object to what is in the new By-Laws. But because I
will not have sufficient time to understand what is in them.
Pam
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