Friday, March 20, 2009

STOP THE THIEVES!!!




IS THIS BOARD FOR REAL?  ONE OF THE FEW ASSETS THAT BELONG TO ALL OF US ARE COMING DOWN.  THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEAUTIFUL PALM TREES.  THEY ARE ROBBING YOU!!!  DID YOU VOTE FOR THEM TO DO THIS??   THEN DO SOMETHING!!!! do something . . . . do something


Quotes from the February minutes:
Offer to buy Canary Date Palms at Jacaranda entrance. MRT Landscaping has offered to buy the Canary Date Palms at the Jacaranda entrance for $10,000.00. The Board will seek additional offers.
Under the heading of Reports of Sub Associations, Villa Paradiso, the Christmas Palms are being removed behind some of the Villas, to keep raccoons from climbing on the roof and getting into the homes.

VOTED 03-09: To accept the quote from Key Landscape Management to remove the 125 Washingtonian Palms on the berm near Hourglass and Circlewood at a cost of $75.00 per tree.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

A Confederacy of Dunces



When will our illustrious board and its judicious Madame President shift their collective attention from its petty war on our pet dogs to the disastrous state of our landscaping – which, by the way, they created.

They ought to concern themselves with fixing the mess they have made of our community landscaping. Rather than worrying about 6 foot leashes; perhaps the community ought to question the board’s giving away our specimen palms to replant trash trees at their uneducated whim. Have they exceeded their authority to offer our collective assets without asking our permission by vote?

These self-appointed horticulturalists have decimated the mature plantings at both entrances and denuded once delightful areas, like the Butterfly Park, where a butterfly will never alight again.

If we all continue to turn a blind eye to their haphazard management and bumbling decisions, the costs to repair the damage they have and will continue to reap upon our once lovely community will soar to budget busting proportions.

Open your eyes, walk around the community … even if you don’t care that much about the landscaping itself; realize the negative impact the board and its President has on your investment. The better the community looks upon first impression when prospective buyers drive in, the easier it will be to sell your house and the higher price it will fetch. Enough is enough.

PS: If another board member (you know who you are lady) harasses my wife one more time when she walks our dog - on a leash - in the Butterfly Park - I will not let it pass idly by.

Carlos Piad