Removing Nona Tobin Created
Paranoia
&
Needless Security
Expense
Just when you thought it was safe to
come out of the water....we've learned that the Sun City Anthem Board did
something that we found hard to believe !
Obviously afraid of the crowd reaction
to the dumping of Nona
Tobin...
..the Sun City Anthem "brain trust", which undoubtedly included the General Manager's input, actually spent YOUR DOLLARS to hire a professional security guard during that meeting.
We learned that a well dressed man in a
black suit was at that meeting, and was approached by a resident in a friendly
manner telling him that he hadn't seen him before, and as a friendly
gesture, welcomed him to the meeting.
Then...the guy in the big black suit
looked at him and said...
"I'm not here as a resident. I'm a Security Guard"
Want more?
It also appeared he was carrying a loaded weapon as well
!
Just how far is this insanity to be tolerated?
When this information was
learned, it reminded me of a similar event years ago when the then Board, led by
President Mike Dixon, pulled a similar "stunt", with another bunch "conspiring" to dump another
so-called "trouble maker" named Bob Frank from the
Board Vice Presidency.
The word got out prior to
the meeting about the "coup", and in conjunction
with all the damning articles written about him then and over the years
and continuing to needlessly appear again and again, Bob had been elected to
the Board with the highest number of votes in the history of Sun City Anthem, a
record he still holds to this very day.
Just about everyone
believed he would be elected President as a result of his popularity, but that
was not to be...instead, a bunch of individuals gathered together and "brokered" a "deal where Mike
Dixon, the #3 vote getter in the election,
would be "elected" President with Bob as the Veep.
Beginning to sound a bit
familiar ???
You see, despite the
obsession you may have read elsewhere that has continued relentlessly for
approximately 9 years, Bob was a reformer; he too
"bucked the system", and as a result, became the
forerunner of the first of three in becoming "the system's
victim".
Governor Brian Sandoval would subsequently appoint him to the Nevada Real Estate Commission a few years
ago.
He had his ideas; the
people elected him, and he, like Nona Tobin and I
might add, Jim Mayfield, believed Sun City Anthem
needed some serious reform.
Then the day came for
Bob's public "execution", and low and behold, approximately 300 people...no, that's not a
misprint...300 people showed up at a Board
meeting to voice their support for Bob.
It was brutal.
Bob was not even allowed to make any statement in his defense and "bam", the rest of the then original "machine", lowered the boom by removing him from his position.
Bob was not even allowed to make any statement in his defense and "bam", the rest of the then original "machine", lowered the boom by removing him from his position.
Wow ! That did not set
well with the crowd...but it was obvious they were ready for what was going to
take place, and as the saying goes"
The "silver haired" brigade of residents started yelling their objections, some even tossing things at the Board members. It was a sight to behold.
Dixon called the Henderson Police
Department for "protection" and he was spotted ducking out the back door looking
in both directions for anyone or anything that might have come in his direction
!
Thank goodness no one was injured, and
as the days and years passed, Mr. Frank has since been verbally "beaten bloody"
by an individual whose obsession with him has remained
relentless....
...supported by each and every
individual who has been a "machine"
advocate.
Anyway, the "days of yore" must have
been brought to the attention of the "brain trust"; and that reminder, obviously
created PARANOIA to the extent of
NEEDLESSLY hiring a professional security guard believed to be "packing" to avoid, what the looney tunes must have
believed, was going to involve assassination !
What's the moral of this
story?
A couple...
First, if
there is any sign of riot, hit the deck !
The "boys and girls" of Paranoia HOA
are ready to protect their own...and don't be surprised to see another guy in
attendance passing out cards saying:
Second, on a more serious note. this removal isn't merely getting rid of four individuals.
More importantly, it's ridding ourselves of a mind set that been allowed to exist
for years...
...that MUST
END !
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Do the Right Thing and You Shall Not Worry.
Do the Wrong Thing and You become Paranoid.
When the board decided to independently toss Nona Tobin off the board in spite of her being voted in by the residents of SCA, they began to worry.
They were voiding the will of the people.
They were concerned with their safety. After all, our community must be full of dangerous Thugs that may harm them for their foolish decision and actions.
So what did they do? They hired a security guard to secretly be attendance at the meeting that they announced Nona’s removal. They must have feared for their lives.
They did not give a reason but merely announced that she was off the board.
What were they expecting of our peaceful residents?
I have not heard of violence in our meetings so they must have anticipated the backlash.
Just think, in a worse case scenario , if the guard shot someone, WE ARE HIS AGENT and WE are a part of any lawsuit that might prevail.
We authorized his carry, and as such makes us responsible.
It has been this way in California and l would be shocked if were different in Nevada.
My question is, why do we need this type of protection?
Are the board members getting nervous?
My gut feeling is that this was the work of the General Manager...at perhaps the suggestion of one of the community's biggest paranoiac fools. No need to mention a name. It likely wouldn't surprise anyone.