Sun City Anthem

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Looking at the 2015 Sun City Anthem Board Candidates....Barry Goldstein & Bob Frank

Sun City Anthem 2015 Board Candidates
a
Hodgepodge of the Past & Present
(Part 2 of 4)


Today, we will examine the first two of the six candidates who will be running for our board.

Let us start with....
Barry Goldstein

Mr. Goldstein is relatively new to our community...and thus...not "yet" polluted in his thinking.

He is a business person...a man with strong financial credentials...a member of our Finance Committee who refused to "sign off" on what appeared to be "irregularities"...

...and...based on what he has written to date, seems to have a grip on the reality of running a successful business operation; namely, actively seeking the assistance of successful individuals who have vital experience.

He is not afraid to "speak his peace" when he sees something that appears questionable.

He looks to be the type of individual who admits he is not "all-knowing" and has an "openness  quality" which we perceive as a desire to "listen", thereby being one of the first candidates to show signs of actively pursuing a number of options and opinions.

We also learned that when he originally decided to become a candidate, he was promptly approached by an alternative blogger and 2 former board members urging him NOT to run....

...that his questioning various aspects of past leadership...demanding answers to basic information that any resident has a right to obtain....placed him in a category they could not support at the current time.

In our opinion, that meeting demonstrated..."good old boy" political maneuvering at its best.

Mr. Goldstein took that information, discussed it thoroughly with his wife, and after her comment...

 "Barry, you've never run from anything in your life"...

...he promptly continued his candidacy.

...and as a result of his stance against political cronyism...that same blogger refused to endorse him for election.

That...we believe, is what SHOULD be part of proper governance...an individual who will stand up for his beliefs and to those who would actually have the audacity to control an election and the actions of a candidate.

As a result, we do believe Barry Goldstein would be good edition to the SCA Board.



Our next candidate to be examined is...

Bob Frank


Bob Frank (and his wife, Kay) have been perennial candidates for the Sun City Anthem board.  This year it's Bob's turn.

If there is any person in our community who has been the brunt of more vile criticism than Bob Frank, none comes to mind.

Bob Frank is a good man...despite what has been written or said about him.
Yes, he can be persistent, and at times, his inability to compromise, has resulted in his being his own worst enemy...but...

...no one who knows Mr. Frank can deny...

He has been a leading and passionate advocate for homeowner rights.

Bob Frank was appointed by Governor Sandoval to the Homeowners Association Commission...and serves in that position to this day.

Mr. Frank was previously elected to the SCA board of directors with the highest vote total achieved by any candidate in the history of our association elections.

...but...following that mandate...to the shock of the electorate....

... a "brokered crony deal" between others elected at that same time...
...deprived him of the association presidency...

....which an overwhelming majority of residents wholeheartedly believed he deserved by his having received such a vast number of votes over the other candidates.

Yes, SCA rules permit the elected board to choose their officers; but in that particular case, there was little doubt that "the people" wanted Mr. Frank to be at the helm of association leadership....

...a choice that other elected board members knew....meant reform...opening up "the books" to proper examination....yet were unwilling to allow that to take place in bypassing him for the presidency.

...and from that day, a literal "persecution" commenced against Mr. Frank and his desires for reform.

For anyone who lived in Sun City Anthem (in 2008), the memories of a filled auditorium witnessed fellow board members subject him to the most cruel and embarrassing treatment as they proceeded to strip him of the Vice Presidency of the Sun City Anthem board. 

A near riot almost took place in utter disgust of how those fellow board members treated him...without even allowing him any verbal recourse...

...and police were called by the then president for personal protection from the angered crowd who felt betrayed by the unprofessional and rude manner in which Mr. Frank had been subjected and coldly "deposed".

It was in our belief, the saddest and most embarrassing day in the history of Sun City Anthem governance.

We believe Bob Frank is deserving of another opportunity of serving Sun City Anthem as a board member...


...the time has come to rectify the indignities he suffered...and he should be allowed the opportunity of proving his dedication to the rights of homeowners.

He stands for reform....needed reform.

Many people in the audience on that sad day were soon to realize...it was to become the beginning of what would shortly thereafter be known as...

"The Unity Party"...where "closed door session" candidates would be chosen by a "select few power brokers" in order to maintain control over association affairs.

Tomorrow, we will examine board incumbents, Bella Meese and Jim Mayfield.

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