A Reader's Attempt to
Obtain
Public Association
Financial Information
(Part One of
Two)
Remember the infamous "Bella...gate" a couple of months ago when $2600 of association funds was spent on buses for strangers to get to a Hillary Clinton rally?
We received a phone call from one of
our readers, Robert Nusser, who, after being made
aware of uncontrolled association waste, decided that
...
"Enough
Was Enough"
...and...
...he had the courage to do something about
it.
Mr.
Nusser is a retired Federal Investigator and owned his own company. His
belief is simply...
"If you
watch the pennies, the dollars watch themselves".
According to Mr. Nusser, "After my wife and I worked very hard for 40+
years, we only wanted to retire in a WELL-RUN community to enjoy our
remaining years".
He soon questioned that decision
after learning of the "Hillary buses", the restaurant closures, and the Liberty
Center closing.
Mr. Nusser submitted a
"Sun City Anthem Document Request Form" to obtain
just how much of our association funds were spent on various items... a form
many of you probably do not know exists that allows you as a unit owner to
obtain information YOU ARE ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE.
He made the following official
request:
"Copies of reimbursements issued to the Board of Directors for paid
expenses in calendar year 2015"
A few weeks later he was presented with
a pile of documents, along with an unusual demand in
order to have the information released to him...
...an unusual and informal "Affidavit" stating:
"As a member of Sun
City Anthem Community Association, Inc. (Association), I hereby agree that I
will not disseminate documents I requested and received from the Association to
any other party".
"These documents
are being received and reviewed by me only. I understand that the documents
being provided to me are of a sensitive nature and will preserve the integrity
of the documents accordingly".
The strange aspect of the
affidavit requested he PRINT his name, not sign it,
and it was witnessed by an individual named "Lori
Martin".
No title was given and the affidavit
was not placed on any particular
company stationery.
Lori Martin
is the FRS Community Association Manager and from
what it has been learned, is being retained by Sandy Seddon as of the April 1,
2016 self-management transition.
This document was so unusual that we
discussed this with the Nevada Real Estate Division
as to the authority of any individual denying any unit member, information to
which that person is entitled, much less requiring that person to do so
by affidavit, requiring it "not be disseminated to any
other party".
The result....it was against Nevada
statutes to do so with the following potential
penalty:
Here is what we
received:
"Neither
the community manager nor the board can try by intimidation, threats, bullying
or any other means to force a member to sign any affidavit or other document
that limits what they can do with documents
received.
If the
community manager or the board tries to enforce any attempted restrictions, a
formal complaint to the Nevada Real Estate Division can be filed against the
community manager.
The Division has the
administrative authority to fine the community manager up to $1000 per
violation.
A complaint can also be
filed against the board or any board member(s) that can result in fines to the
board member(s) personally of up to $1,000 per violation and/or removal from the
board.
Even if the offending board
member(s) are no longer on the board the fines can still be
imposed."
Once this determination
was received, Mr. Nusser contacted Anthem Opinions and a meeting took place
where detailed notes were taken as to the contents of the documents he
received.
It was from those
detailed notes, that beginning tomorrow, we will expose the massive expenses authorized by Bella
Meese, the President of the Sun City Anthem Board, and signed receipts
of a personal credit card issued
to...
Thomas Nissen, the Sun City Anthem Treasurer...
...who submitted those receipts and received FULL REIMBURSEMENT by Sun City Anthem funds.
...who submitted those receipts and received FULL REIMBURSEMENT by Sun City Anthem funds.
...the same Thomas Nissen who is running for election to the Sun CIty
Anthem Board.
Tomorrow we will present Part Two of this discovery...
....and a stunning revelation of HOW your dues money was spent.
....and a stunning revelation of HOW your dues money was spent.
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