Spirit Magazine's President's Report...Just Another Ploy to Inhibit Sun City Anthem Removal Process

Sun City Anthem  Biased "Treasurer's Report"

Inside "President's Report"

in August issue of "The Spirit"

Just Another Act at Duping Residents

All unit owners of Sun City Anthem receive the monthly edition of "The Spirit" magazine, but in the August issue, the current President (and subject of an Election Removal) has decided to incorporate a Treasurer's Report...for what,  in our opinion, appears to have one objective...

Namely...to UNLAWFULLY interfere with a Removal election in which he is being subjected to REMOVAL.

This was not the first time this had taken place.

Originally, Forrest Quinn, the Association Treasurer, sent out a mass elbast to those who subscribe to the Sun City Anthem eblast system with his report, something RARELY if ever seen, and...

...all too close to the announcement of the Removal Petition effort. 

Does anyone actually believe this was mere coincidence ?

That same day, Activities Director, Danielle Bartle, took it upon herself during NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS  to VIOLATE Sun City Anthem CCRs by sending an email to ALL CLUB presidents asking them to forward the contents of Quinn's Report to their membership.

Does anyone actually believe that wasn't an attempt to influence the Removal effort ?

And... we have documented evidence that a number of club presidents further violated Sun City Anthem guidelines by forwarding Quinn's report to their members. 

Did the forwarding of Bartle's request to send the Quinn report to their members have anything to do with their club activities?

Once those club presidents realized they had violated Sun City Anthem CCRs, did ANY ONE OF THEM send a follow-up email to their members indicating they had made an error in doing so?

Were any of those club presidents chastised by the Community Lifestyle Committee for violating Sun City Anthem CCR guidelines?

Does that tell you the magnitude of "THE MACHINE", and just how "controlled" our lives are as a result their corrupt influence in carefully approving only those who will follow their every wish?

Did that stop the Removal effort?

If anything, it fueled it by the obvious attempt of a Board Treasurer, in cooperation with a Sun City Anthem employee...to...

Pull the wool over the eyes

 of an unsuspecting association membership

Bartle has NEVER BEEN CHASTISED for her actions, and of course she is under the direction of General Manager, Sandy Seddon, who is also the subject of a massive "No Confidence" petition.

Does the inaction of the General Manager, Seddon, infer that SUCH BEHAVIOR IS ACCEPTABLE...

...that this is what the path of  "self-management" has been allowed to travel, and will so in the future?

Obviously, IT DOES, or corrective action would have been taken.

This article was originally published by Anthem Opinions on July 6, 2017:

http://anthemopinions.blogspot.com/search?q=sun+city+anthem+board+treasurer+panics

Note that former Finance member, Barry Goldstein, REFUTED Quinn's report, and Anthem Opinions concluded the article hoping Quinn would respond to Goldstein's comments.

We know Quinn was aware of the article because he is a subscriber to Anthem Opinions.

Did Quinn respond?

Instead...he did what so many other members of "the machine" have practiced year in and year out...

HE IGNORED the request.

Mr. Goldstein further rebutted the report of $200,000 per year salaried Association Chief Financial Officer, Jim Orlick, on July 28, 2017:

http://anthemopinions.blogspot.com/search?q=Former+Sun+City+Anthem+Finance+Committee+Member+Questions+%22True+Picture%22

Neither Quinn or Orlick have in any way made an attempt to address Goldstein's concerns.

Was their SILENCE yet another example of INFLUENCING the Removal effort?

Finally...there is the matter of the August, 2017 issue of the Spirit Magazine.

In our opinion, these many attempts to stonewall the Removal have yet to be effective.

So...how does "the machine" make sure each and every member of the Sun City Anthem community is aware of their corrupt objective of maintaining a stranglehold on its members?

They "use" our official magazine to spread their half-truths and propaganda to unsuspecting people, and conveniently banning others from ever publishing an opposing view.

Do those who favor the Removal effort receive any official opportunity to tell their side of the story ?

Keep that in mind as the removal process continues.

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Send it to us at:

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1. 
   Elizabeth BreierAugust 7, 2017 at 9:46 AM

   One correction. The Clubs were not asked to send out Quinn's information. While it was polite, with a "please", we were told to "share the information". There was no "Will we?" "Can we consider?". It was a directive from the Activities Dept. to which the CLC determined that no response on their part was appropriate because "it is not appropriate for CLC as a committee to take action on the activities
   of individual SCA residents." I don't know if that means it is viewed by CLC that Quinn was not acting in his capacity as a member of the BOD or Danielle was not acting in her capacity as the Director of Activities or both.I could not pursue it further because I felt the rhetoric was just designed to confuse rather than clarify and resolve.
2. 
   August 7, 2017 at 11:43 AM

   From Patricia Yeamen...to...Anthem Opinions
   
   I am so tired of all the B.S. the SCA Board members are spreading and all the half-truths and downright lies they are posting for us to read!
   
   I'm tired of the truth we are not receiving and the money they are spending for employees who don't know how to run this organization in a cost efficient manner!
   
   I'm tired of how the Board members have been arbitrarily deciding which CC&R rules to follow and which ones to ignore!. They seem to think they can pick and choose!
   
   I'm sick to see all this happening under our noses and so sad that more residents aren't speaking up! What a sad state of affairs!
   
   And just as a side note: The ladies' locker room, in my opinion, still looked new and seemed to function perfectly, yet the Board decided it needed to be remodeled.
   
   Yet they seem to ignore the disgusting state of the flooring in the Anthem building, where prospective new residents come to check our our facilities!
   
   Take a look, the next time you walk through Anthem.
   
   The tiles are cracked beyond what should be acceptable to anyone! And the cracks travel across many tiles and in many directions!
   
   The grout is so dirty, and discolored, that it literally makes me sick to look at it! I cannot believe I'm the only person who has noticed the sad, embarrassing state of the flooring in the Anthem building!
   
   One more thing: The new chairs that were purchased. Someone made the "bright" decision to purchase light-colored chairs.
   
   Take a look at how stained and dirty they already look. Another embarrassment!

Sun City Anthem: A Mess That Needs Replacement

Sun City Anthem Board Treasurer

Panics into Sending Mass Email Criticizing Recall Petition

Resident Responds to Treasurer Stating

"There's More to the Story"

Many of you might have received a blanket email from Sun City Anthem Board Treasurer, Forrest Quinn, attempting to  dissuade individuals from signing the Recall Petitions.

We have problems with Mr. Quinn's analysis and BIASED statements which we believe were clearly intended to INTERFERE with the Recall drive as per NRS 116.31036.

In addition we also became aware that the Sun City Anthem Activities Director, Danielle Bartle, took it upon herself to forward this correspondence to EACH CLUB PRESIDENT.

Sun City Anthem regulations specifically state any individual is BARRED from utilizing a Club list for anything other than that club's activities.

This action, in our opinion, also violates the NRS statue applying to INTERFERING with any recall effort.

Here is the email sent:

From: Danielle Bartle <Danielle.Bartle@scacai.com>
 Date: Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 3:26 PM
Subject: Response to Recall Petition
Good Afternoon Club Presidents,

Please share the information below with your club members.  I have attached a pdf as well in case it is easier to disseminate.

Thank you!

Perhaps Ms. Bartle might answer these vital questions.

Are you personally responsible for sending this email?

Were you ordered by any particular individual to write this correspondence, to send it to Clubs, and if so, by whom?

As we made you aware in a previous article, Ms. Bartle accidentally sent an email to Rana Goodman, referring to her as follows:

"see Rana's request below, now maybe she will go back under her rock"

These combined actions SHOULD RESULT IN HER IMMEDIATE TERMINATION.

We also received a detailed response to Mr. Quinn's correspondence from resident, Barry Goldstein.

Here is the text of his rebuttal to Mr. Quinn's analysis.

"In response to some of the claims made by our treasurer, regarding the positive variance of the transition to self management the following is what was left out:

In the first half of 2016, a large number of employee positions were not filled. This led to lower costs for employee medical and pension contributions.

A more accurate evaluation would have been to provide numbers from a fully staffed management team.

We were constantly told the assessment increase was due to the future repair of walls and fences.

Now we are told it was to replenish the shortfall caused by the over cost to repair Liberty Center.

The first estimate to repair Liberty Center was $250,000.

The second estimate was $500,000.

Then the board went silent and the cost was then announced at almost $2,000,000.

Why was the cost so high?

When the problem was first discovered, the board decided to delay the repairs.

If repairs were done immediately there would not have been mold, and damage to the inner building might have been minimal.

To replenish $1,000,000 to the reserve fund would have cost each unit owner $150, if done as a one time assessment.

Now we will pay for the Liberty Center in perpetuity because it was done as an increase in our assessments.

The current board treasurer left out the over budget transition costs from 2015.

So his assessment is not an apples to apples comparison".

Perhaps Mr. Quinn, in his obvious zeal to protect the political machine he has now become an integral part of, can answer not only Mr. Goldstein's remarks, but WHY he feels his and/or Ms. Bartle's emails do not violate NRS 116.31036...

...and as a Board Officer with a responsibility to uphold association rules and regulations, if Ms. Bartle's cumulative actions, warrant immediate termination?

Until we receive a VALIDIDATED response from Mr. Quinn, we urge you to use your common sense and sign the petitions.

Send your comments to:

scaopinions@gmail.com

1. 
   July 7, 2017 at 8:29 AM

   From Dave Czech...to...Anthem Opinions
   
   Two good years to compare would be 2015 and 2017.
   
   2016 was the Liberty Center repair we had no one working in the building that worked directly for us.
2. 
   Dick ArendtJuly 7, 2017 at 8:31 AM

   Dave, good comment. 
   
   Am anxiously awaiting if Forrest Quinn will respond to the retort made by Barry Goldstein and whether he or the rest of the Board, condone the actions of Danielle Bartle.
   
   Let's face it, if we get no response to answering Barry Goldstein's logical comments, it would all but shoot his credibility down the drain.
   
   And condoning the Bartle emails to Clubs by not investigating the source and reasons as to why it was sent, or even remaining silent on the issue, would more than prove CORRUPTION on the part of the Sun City Anthem Board of Directors.
3. 1. 
      July 7, 2017 at 9:37 AM

      From Suzanne Habeger...to...Anthem Opinions
      
      Barry Goldstein shines once again!!! His financial analysis appears correct and truthful.
      
      Mr. Quinn missed one of the most important items regarding the cost of self management........more staffing will be added in the near future.
      
      That issue was clearly discussed in the June board meeting!
      
      To put things in prospective.......The queen "B's" annual salary is more than the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court which is $263,300!
      
      Thank you Dick for your blog and allowing the truth to be told in our community. 
   2. 1. 
         July 8, 2017 at 12:49 PM

         From Virginia Requa...to...Anthem Opinions
         
         Here’s a list of the president and his cabinet salaries….most of them including the president do not take a salary.
         
         Trump donates his to charity.
         
         I guess in some opinions they do as much work as Sandy S for the 7500 homes in SCA.
         
         And yes the president’s cabinet has a staff. There are 309,350,000 million people in the US that the cabinet/President work for, not a SCA of 7500 people and all make less than Sandy S makes in a year except the President.
         
         Executive Branch
         resident of the United States $400,000
         
         Executive Schedule
         Level 1: Cabinet-level officials $196,700
         
         Level II: Deputy secretaries of departments, secretaries of military departments, & heads of major agencies $177,000
         
         Level III: Under secretaries of departments & heads of middlelevel agencies $162,900
         
         Level IV: Assistant secretaries & general counsels of departments, heads of minor agencies, members of certain boards & commissions $153,200
         
         Level V: Administrators, commissioners, directors, & members of boards, commissions, or units of agencies $143,500
      2. 
         Legislative Branch 
      3. Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate) $230,700
         
         Speaker of the House of Representatives $223,500
         
         President Pro Tempore of the Senate $193,400
         
         Majority and Minority Leaders - House and Senate $193,400
         
         Senators, Representatives, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, and Delegates $174,000
         
         Comptroller General of the United States $168,000
         
         Deputy Comptroller General $154,600
         
         Librarian of Congress $168,000
         
         Judicial Branch 
      4. Chief Justice of the United States $255,500
      5. Associate Justices of the Supreme Court $244,400
         
         Judges, U.S. Courts of Appeal $211,200
         
         Judges, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces $211,200
         
         Judges, U.S. District Courts $199,100
         
         Judges, United States Claims Court $199,100
         
         Judges, Court of International Trade $199,100
         
         Judges, Tax Court of the United States $199,100
         
         Bankruptcy Judges $183,172
         
         Magistrate Judges $183,172