Let’s
have a Contest!
A
Sun City Anthem Resident Editorial
By
Robert N.
Sun
City Anthem Resident
For
many years Sun City Anthem has held those Saturday Morning Parking
Lot Sales, Recycling Truck Saturdays, and the annual Computer
recycling Saturday.
Up
until about a year ago, the SCA Community Patrol successfully handled
the traffic situation, with a goal of assuring pedestrian safety.
I
happened to be at the Anthem Center this past March and May, and
HOA employees were on site “assisting” the Community Patrol
members with traffic control.
Likewise
I happened to be at the Anthem Center recently where the Computer
Club had their most recent ‘computer recycling event’.
Although
the Community Patrol (e.g. volunteers) were present assisting in
traffic control, there were also one or more HOA paid employees in
the lot directing traffic.
Undoubtedly
the hourly employees were enjoying overtime pay.
I
don’t want to say that traffic control was not necessary – BUT
the Community Patrol is a volunteer organization and their service
costs you nothing, whereas the HOA employees are PAID – OUT OF YOUR
HOA FEES.
The
Patrol VOLUNTEERS successfully handled traffic and parking control
without incident over the years….so why (once again) is SCA
Management paying for a service that used to be 100% free?
That
got me to thinking: How about an SCA-Wide contest to see who can come
up with the best way to waste our HOA fees?
You’ll
have a lot of competition via the Board, so you need to be innovative.
Alas,
some of the best suggestions for the biggest wastes of HOA fees have
already “been taken”.
Thus
your entry CANNOT include:
a. Subsidizing a restaurant
b. Continued pay increases for
the General Manager
c. Over utilization and over payment of the SCA Attorney
The
grand prize for the contest has yet to be determined; however the
winner will undoubtedly receive the accolades of the Sun City Anthem Board & General Manager.
Of
course, the contest entries could be evaluated by the same Accounting
Firm that was used last year during the “recall effort”; however,
the validity of the entries would then come into question.
Any
Suggestions? – remember:
As always, it’s YOUR MONEY !
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Thanks
to Robert N. for putting both a smile and frown on our face.
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