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Saturday, April 30, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
3 Days Left to Decide Sun City Anthem Future
Last Call...
To Be a Goodwill Ambassador for
SCA!
Ask your friends, neighbors and acquaintances if they have voted.
If they did not,
encourage them to vote in order for Sun City Anthem to obtain the representation it deserves.
It was recently learned that in excess of 2,900 unit owners have voted in the 2016 Sun City Anthem Election.
This....is our LAST CALL..to you.Were you one of them?
All ballots must be RECEIVED no later than...
4:00pmonFriday, April 29th
At this time, mailing a ballot may not reach the Sun City Anthem Centers in time......so...we are asking each and every one of you to......and..to achieve the reform we need and deserve.
CALL a neighbor, "phone a friend", and ask them if they have voted.
...and...
if not...and if...those individuals are not physically able to get to either the Anthem or Independence Centers. to return their ballot...
...tell them you would be willing to deliver their SEALED BALLOT to the BALLOT BOX prior the 4:00pm, April 29th date for them.
Anthem Opinions believes that Election 2016 can provide the changes needed to ensure the financial stability we, as owners, require in order to maintain a successful retirement future.
Won't you take one last measure to ensure that becomes a reality?
A simple call...a simple act of kindness on your part...
...can possibly change our lives.
Barry GoldsteinSteve AndersonForrest FetherolfBallot position...1 - 3 - 5Thank you.
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Monday, April 25, 2016
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Sunday, April 24, 2016
Sun City Anthem Board Election Winding Down to Final Week
It's Crunch
Time
Have You Voted Yet
?
The Sun City Anthem Board of Directors election voting is quickly coming to an end, and if you have not yet cast your vote, it must be received no later than April 29th.
Anthem Opinions has said countless
times how important this election is as compared to those of the
past.
We all know that as of April 1, 2016,
our association has transitioned to self-management...a process that will take a
number of months...if not years...to determine if this will have been a
successful venture.
This process requires the community to
accept that change is NOW
HERE and will be implemented though
alteration in our governance.
Our Board will now GUIDE...not
MANAGE.
That in itself, is a major change from
the past.
Just what does that
mean?
A Board of Directors will no longer be
involved in the day-to-day operations of our
community.
A General Manager named Sandy Seddon
has been hired to perform those duties which include hiring and firing qualified
employees. Her support will be a Community Association Manager, Lori
Martin.
A Chief Financial Officer has been hired to properly manage our community funds and ensure that ALL expenditures are in keeping with Nevada statutes, who will also report to General Manager, Sandy Seddon.
Resident concerns will be addressed by a
Community Compliance Manager named Chris Wicoff, who will in turn, will report
to the Community Association Manager, Lori Martin.
How does this affect the
association Committee system?
Though as yet officially
addressed...
It will and MUST be
altered, because a General Manager has been hired to perform the duties
they, in a number of cases, have been charged with in the
past...
...originally being created to WATCH an independent
management firm's controlling the many aspects of our
community.
In other words, some committees will no longer
provide a function, and subsequently may have to be
discontinued.
Where does that leave a Board of
Directors?
It places seven individuals in a position to GUIDE....keep tabs on, oversee various decisions, and make
suggestions to a General Manager when in their judgment, something "doesn't pass the smell test" that was determined by the
General Manager.
It does not necessarily mean her suggestions and/or
decisions will be overturned, but it does mean that if
something does not look or sound right...they can
require the General Manager to revisit the issue and come up with alternatives
that are acceptable to a majority of that group of
seven.
That...is a checks and balance
system...that is MORE THAN WELCOME in our
community.
Does that diminish the committee
influence?
YES...and rightfully
it SHOULD.
There are some committees that have operated with an
inordinate amount of UNELECTED power...groups of individuals who often made personal decisions WITHOUT community support, and
passed them on to a Board who APPOINTED THEM, in
order to rubber stamp their wishes and desires.
Yes, a small group of
individuals appointed, not elected, who can control the many aspects of your life...without the necessity of EVER looking at the community for
approval.
...a system that has been FLAWED by "political
appointees" and "yes man" individuals in so many cases.
There are some individuals in our community who
do not wish to embrace this change, one of which is
candidate, Aletta Waterhouse.
She has made it clear in her position that the
committee system is sacred, that it must remain in tact...
Why? Because she has enjoyed
the POWER associated with it, and if elected to the Board, will continue
that BUREAUCRATIC method of governance.
After all, that is ALL SHE HAS
EVER KNOWN in her past librarian experience at being part of a "system" where advancement is all too often achieved based
on "who you know" or "time spent
on the job", rather than SATISFACTORY RESULTS
obtained.
Ever wonder why the MACHINE
supports Aletta Waterhouse, Bob Burch, and Tom
Nissen?
These individuals are PROPONENTS
of the OLD system that has brought a community the problems that WE at Anthem Opinions, through our efforts and those of our
dedicated readers, have exposed over the months....
...problems RARELY, if ever, examined in full by other publications.
WE...at Anthem
Opinions...were the first to bring
you...
Bella...gate
Liberty Center closure
details
Restaurant waste as a result of
a Board committing thousands of dollars in subsidies and loans that eventually
defaulted
Large wasteful expenditures for
dinners, private parties, and expensive meetings.
WE...made you aware of the
problems, while others followed us in either making
attempts to humiliate our efforts, or "going along for the ride" in copying
those WE brought to your attention.
WE...have had residents ASSIST
our efforts in exposing the problems.
And..
WE...
...are the only publication that
has endorsed TWO CANDIDATES who have the relevant business experience needed
to RECOGNIZE the problems THAT
EXIST, CAN exist, and WILL
KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THEM.
Namely, Forrest
Fetherolf ....and...Barry
Goldstein.
...BUSINESS BRAINS with
proven track records of financial success.
Add Steve Anderson's
experience in dealing with social issues associated with understanding "people"
through years of involvement in their every day personal and professional
needs...
.. and we look at these
three individuals as the...
...who can and will successfully work with two
existing Board members, Jim Mayfield and Carl Weinstein, who have proven their concerns for REFORM both in WORDS and VOTING RECORDS....
...Board members who have time
and again, been criticized and ostracized, by fellow Board members who have
SHOWN a BLATANT DISREGARD to REPRESENT the PEOPLE....clearly demonstrated
by their secretive meetings and subsequent VOTING RECORDS.
So..as we close the 2016 Board of Directors Election
campaign, we ask you to examine the detailed reports we have provided you in our
dedicated Election Center Information Page (again,
the ONLY PUBLICATION that has dedicated itself to do so)
...and...remind your friends and neighbors who may
not yet have cast their ballot...
... looking at the candidates who can best
accomplish the goals established under our Self-Management
decision...
...by REFORMING a system
that continues to decay with each passing year with those
WHO KNOW HOW TO REFORM IT !
Barry
Goldstein
Steve
Anderson
Forrest
Fetherolf
Ballot Positions
1 - 3 - 5
And so...we have something to ask of
you...
We ask you to be an ambassador
for change.
Make this a part of your conversation to your
neighbors. Talk to them when at the Anthem or Independence Centers, or at a club
function or casual lunch or dinner, reminding them our future depends on our
choices to lead us.
Just a few comments on your part could possibly
affect the results of this election.
Most importantly, no matter who you choose, VOTE.
Let's make this the largest turnout in the history
of Sun City Anthem.
Anthem Opinions Administration
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Saturday, April 23, 2016
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Former Sun City Anthem LifeStyle Committee Member Criticized Committee Leadership Effectiveness
Former Sun City
Anthem
LifeStyle Committee
Member
Exposes Rex Weddle
Incompetence as
LifeStyle Committee Chairman
Anthem Opinions received
this commentary from a former member of the Sun City Anthem LifeStyle Committee
who served with various members of that committee which included current
Board Candidate Aletta Waterhouse, while chaired
by Rex Weddle, the current vice president of Sun City
Anthem.
This individual asked to
remain nameless at this time, but this information was verified through a
conversation with that person.
Here is the commentary
that Anthem Opinions was asked to publish on that person's
behalf.
__________________________
For the full picture we must start with Ralph Sacolitti, the LifeStyle Chair just before Rex Weddle.
I was the Property & Grounds liaison during
the administration of both Rex and Ralph.
One of the first things Ralph did was to inform the Property & Grounds
committee that the LifeStyle Committee would not take part in the
vetting of the various proposals for the use of the Liberty Center Bocce
Ball area.
committee that the LifeStyle Committee would not take part in the
vetting of the various proposals for the use of the Liberty Center Bocce
Ball area.
When I questioned him about this, he informed me that LifeStyles really had no interest in what was
done with the Bocce ball courts and we should not waste our time.
I should state that at this time, I was unaware of
the Sun City Anthem board policy which mandated the
involvement of the LifeStyles committee.
I continued to attend the P&G meetings. I saw many Project Information
Request Forms (PIRFs) come up for vetting, but no vetting by
LifeStyles.
Request Forms (PIRFs) come up for vetting, but no vetting by
LifeStyles.
I mentioned this to Ralph and he said
“not important”.
I was curious as to why LifeStyles was never made
aware of any PIRFs that came up. I looked on the back of the PIRFs and saw the
routing of the PIRF.
LifeStyles was conspicuously missing.
I mentioned
this to the facilities representative to P&G, and was informed that “he did
not know LifeStyles had to be notified of all PIRFs".
I then mentioned this to the chair of P&G and he said that this
situation had to be remedied. I asked him if a meeting between the chairs of
LifeStyles and Property & Grounds could solve the problem and he said "yes".
By this time, LifeStyles received a new chair-Red Weddle .
As this was the beginning of summer, I did not
broach this with Rex, I wanted to give him time to get acclimated.
When I did mention this to REX and informed him
that all that was needed to solve the problem of LifeStyles being omitted from
the routing, was an agreement between LifeStyles & Property & Grounds
that LifeStyle be included in the routing.
Rex then stated that he did
not feel it was his duty to contact P&G, rather
P&G was to contact LifeStyles.
What an example of improperly conducting a committee !
It was important that all PIRFs be vetted by all
the concerned standing committees. “Protocol” be damned.
My term on LifeStyles ended on November 30 of 2015.
During my time on LifeStyles,
Rex did not vet a single PIRF.
There was always some excuse as to why he would
not do so.
It should be noted the between the time Rex became
LifeStyle chair and my departure from the committee, there were close to 25
PIRFs submitted without any action by LifeStyles.
At many meetings of the LifeStyes I mentioned our
not vetting the PIRFs.
I asked for a vote to force
REX to vet the PIRFs.
I lost on all occasions as the members had other
priorities.
Aletta
Waterhouse always wanted a special committee formed to examine the
ramifications of any actions taken.
Once Rex was gone and Aletta became chair, all the
backlog was addressed and cleared, just is time for
her run for the SCA board, despite her voting against my concerns up to that point.
Rex continued to do nothing until Feb. of
2015, when in an attempt
to look statesmanlike, he held a huge hearing in the Delaware room
to discuss another attempt to utilize the Bocce ball courts at
Liberty Center.
to look statesmanlike, he held a huge hearing in the Delaware room
to discuss another attempt to utilize the Bocce ball courts at
Liberty Center.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Another Reason We Like Steve Anderson
Kudos to Board
Candidate
Steve Anderson in
Plea
for
Civility
Recently, Sun City Anthem Board Candidate Steve Anderson, had the courage to post a sincere and thought provoking message on another community blog.
We have omitted some of Mr. Anderson's
commentary that defended a specific individual....
In our opinion, the defense of that
individual is not the motive for reprinting a portion of his
thoughts.
What is important...is the message he conveyed ...
...a lesson all of us should
learn....and practice.
Our hat's off to Steve for "standing
tall" in his belief and the commitment his words clearly
express..
Is this a sign if elected, a "new beginning" will awaken in our community Board of
Directors...
...that perhaps a new group of caring
and reform minded leaders may rekindle a program that at one time, called a
"Code of Conduct" existed, sanctioning membership privileges of those parties judged to have
"physically" or "emotionally" injured others ...
...a program sadly abandoned years
ago.
Just another reason that we at Anthem Opinions strongly endorse this REFORM candidate.
States Mr.
Anderson:
Throughout the past several months of the SCA
Board campaign I have had the pleasure of meeting a wide number of people within
our community. Without exception these individuals love living in SCA, but have
some deep felt concerns about the community. One area of major concern is the
lack of effective communication between the members of the Association and the
Board/Management. This has been a major area of focus for many of the candidates
and something that I have addressed throughout the
campaign.
Within this vein something I also continually
heard was the unwillingness of many to be open in their concerns because of
their fear of retribution.
That is derogatory and not necessary for a
thorough discussion of the issues.
At some point the personal attacks need to stop as
they are responsible for having a chilling effect on everyday people in this
community feeling safe in speaking out.
It also is a major reason that I have heard time
and time again for people not wanting to run for the board.
It is time for everyone to move to a higher level
and to get out of the gutter and focus on the issues and the documented actions
of people rather than the persons themselves.
Now it's your turn.
Got a comment?
Send it to:
scaopinions@gmail.com
CINDY
LETS ALL TRY TO BE GROWN UP AND STAND UP PEOPLE.
A BIG THANKS TO YOU STEVE.
CINDY
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Loved your article, but you left out an important part where you mentioned key staff.
That is the new Director and Assistant Director of Maintenance who report to Sandy Seddon, and who will be responsible for keeping everything looking good and in working order.
Let's make sure we also mention their names.
SHAWN EVANS,Facilities Director,702-614-5857
shawn.evans@scacai.com
OTTO PILLATZKE
Assistant Facilities Director
702-614-5858
otto.pillatzke@scacai.com