Hi
Neighbors:
Your consideration in NOT sending
emails and expecting responses for the last few weeks has been greatly
appreciated. The quality time with family and friends is important to all of us
and I enjoyed mine thoroughly. We are blessed to be able to enjoy a "great
grandson", in addition to the grandchildren (now adults) and children (now
adults). I sent the below email (in green) on October 6th but have just added
comments due to the volume of emails I just finished reading.
We are all entitled to our opinions
and preferences without receiving criticism for same, in my opinion. Please be
respectful when you post any comment on the various blogs available to SCA
residents and refrain from finger pointing by "name" as it offers no value to
the community and continues to separate our unique community.
I have elaborated below due to the
"volume" of emails received in our absence from the laptop the last few weeks.
Information is sent on a regular basis but I do not have a blog, nor do I intend
to have one, these emails are sent as a courtesy.
Please
HOLD all emails as I will be unable to respond to same for now. We plan on
spending lots of quality time with " family and out of state friends" and the
number of commitments is a bit overwhelming.
My
suggestion is for you to stay on top of the "happenings" by reading the blogs on
the web sites available to Sun City Anthem Residents.
Please do NOT hesitate to post
questions you may have and opinions as open communication is encouraged. The web
addresses are as follows:
http://www.anthemtoday.com
http://anthemopinions.blogspot.com
http://www.scaview.org
http://www.sca-hoa.org
http://www.anthemvoice.org
http://www.anthemjournal.typepad.com
HI Neighbors: Please note, this has just
been added to the original post emailed to all in my data base on October 7th
and, again, thanks for your consideration in NOT sending emails and expecting
responses while we enjoyed our family and visiting friends..
For
what it's worth, IF I receive more than twenty five (25) emails from SCA
residents regarding a specific editorial referenced on any of the above
referenced blogs, I DO forward that particular editorial to my data base,
regardless of the specific blog.
ALL
blog web site addresses (as referenced above in green) have been forwarded to
those in my data base on a quarterly basis as we have new neighbors moving in
and old ones moving out on a regular basis.
Emails containing this
information has been shared with SCA residents since we moved into Desert Sky
Village in 2006.
YES, like everyone else, I
have web sites that I prefer over others.
I have just been accused of
"pretending to be something I'm not" as I chose to forward an editorial from Ron
Johnson's research on the proposed miniature golf course a few weeks ago and
didn't forward information from another blog owner.
This blog owner asked to be
REMOVED from my data base a long time ago and, needless to say, the informative
emails are not forwarded, but many in the community are encouraged to "share"
information that may be helpful or informative.
Three
of my neighbors have, personally, been to Summerlin this past month and have
talked to Summerlin residents on the golf courses (there are three golf
courses), the Arts & Crafts Club at the Summerllin Recreation Center, AND
visited the Summerlin SCA miniature course.
It was surprising to them that
there were NO players on three different visits and the weather was outstanding.
One neighbor resides in Desert Sky Village, as I do, the others reside in Shadow
Canyon and Black Mountain, all within walking distance to Liberty
Center.
The Summerlin Golf course
participants shared that WHEN and IF their "grandchildren" visit, they take them
to play, but that isn't often and that, sadly, it is rarely used and they felt
it was a waste of dollars spent to maintain.
Their course is beautiful yet
expensive to maintain, from what I've been told, on a second hand basis. I do
not have specific figures but residents can call the Sun City-Summerlin office
and obtain general information, if desired and their administration number is
(702) 966-1401.
Please do not waste their time
with trivia as, like our Administration Offices, they are exceptionally busy
handing day to day business.
SCA
residents that have asked to be added to my data base have been added
immediately, and it is necessary to have your names, addresses, and phone
numbers emailed when registering. This information is NOT shared as PRIVACY is
important to all of us.
I do not believe in or approve
of anonymous postings on ANY blog available to SCA residents. My personal
opinion is that IF you have something to say, why hide behind a first name or
nickname or anonymous name? IF you feel the issue is important, please have the
strength of your convictions when you share information and use your real
name.
Many have written expressing
concern over sharing comments on various blogs for "fear" that they will receive
open criticism and, like yourselves, this saddens me.
If
you have asked to be REMOVED from my data base, you will no longer receive
information emails, nor will emails and information from you be posted. If there
is finger pointing and name calling in an email or blog comment, I will NOT
forward the information and have elaborated on this for
years.
We are long overdue for the
residents in the community to "work together" in my opinion and put all of the
negatives and egos aside and allow residents to move forward in a "positive
way".
Many
have asked my "personal opinion" regarding the proposed miniature golf course
and I have informed them, as well as all blog owners. I am against spending that
kind of money for an amenity that, in my opinion, will not be used often.
IF the bocce courts had been
constructed CORRECTLY initially, this would not even be an issue and we would be
enjoying it.
I, personally live a couple of doors away from Liberty Center and
purchased the lot for a reason. The close proximity allows me to walk and enjoy
the facilities IF and WHEN we are unable to
drive.
Since we began playing bocce
when we arrived in 2006, we were thrilled that the master plan for Liberty
Center included tennis and bocce for outdoor activities.
When the bocce courts
were NOT constructed the way the bocce courts are at Anthem Center, residents in
Desert Sky, Shadow Canyon, and Black Mountain contacted the decision makers for
our community to make the changes where the Bocce Courts would be
playable.
That has not happened and that
is the ONLY reason the courts remain empty. The cost to correct even FOUR out of
the eight courts would be a reasonable amount, unlike totally reconstructing the
area and turning it into a miniature golf course, in my opinion.
Paddle Ball and Pickle Ball
has become extremely popular as many tennis players find it more difficult to
play with our aging challenges. Some of the bocce courts could easily and
reasonably (cost factor) be converted and enjoyed by many as this is another
popular activity in an active adult community.
We
have a professional four hole putting green in our back yard, in addition to the
swimming pool, and it is rarely used. In retrospect, we should have built a much
larger pool.
There are four categories: Our
Vision, Community Highlights, Community Governance, and Homeowner
Fees.
The Community Highlights are what
potential purchasers look for when searching for a new
home.
While the miniature golf
course is listed on another page under "recreational amenities", it was NOT
listed under Community Highlights.
Summerlin consists of 7,800
homes, three 18-hole golf courses, and extensive recreation facilities.
The web
site reflects the following:
In addition to the three (3)
Billy Casper/Greg Nash golf courses and three (3) restaurants are four (4)
SCSCAI owned and operated social and recreation facilities: Mountain Shadows,
Desert Vista, Sun Shadows, and the Pinnacle. They incorporate outdoor and
outdoor pools, 13 tennis courts, craft rooms, card rooms, social halls, a 312
seat theater, exercise rooms with the latest hydraulic exercise equipment, bocce
ball courts, a baseball diamond and spas.
There is NO reference to their
miniature golf course under "community highlights".
It continues to say there
are more than 80 resident-organized social and recreational clubs covering a
wide variety of interests. It then lists convenient shopping, banks, grocery
chains, hospitals.
The
feedback I have received from neighbors participating in data base, regarding
the survey or petition that has been promoted for miniature golf course varied,
but most were most concerned about the overall COST to construct and then
maintain.
Many emailed that they had
signed the petition because they were told the cost to build and maintain was
"reasonable", but specific figures were not provided.
While monies come from our
"asset enhancement fee", in my opinion, it's still resident's money as you (as a
resident) pay the fee when you sell your home. Monies are used to "maintain" the
community the keep it up to it's wonderful standards, from what I've been told,
but spending a large amount of money on something that could be minimal to
correct the existing problem makes more sense to me.
I've
elaborated, in an attempt to answer questions that have been emailed to me in
the last few weeks as there are not enough hours in a day to respond to each and
every one of you.
IF you have opinions and thoughts about various issues, please
contact the Sun City Anthem Board of Directors (email addresses in the Spirit
Magazine), Committee Chairmen, and/or go to the various web sites (as referenced
above).
I
do NOT forward emails without the consent of the sender. Please consider this MY
CONSENT to forward this to your family, friends, and neighbors that reside in
Sun City Anthem.
I will forward it to ALL of the blog owners and am hopeful they
will share personal opinions without criticism as we are all entitled to mutual
respect.
This
was lengthy and I appreciate your emails sharing information pertinent to
residents of SCA. Have a great day.
Sincerely,
Mary
Lee Duley
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In our opinion, this correspondence
did nothing other than EXPRESS A PERSONAL OPINION from a
concerned resident...a resident, whose residence is within the immediate
vicinity of a
proposed project that might be constructed near the Liberty
Center.
Unfortunately, this resulted in both DAMNING articles, as well as continued DEMEANING statements,
against her and other residents of Sun City Anthem...for one reason....
...disagreement with that particular blog
owner in opposing the building of a miniature golf
course.
I am bringing this to the attention
of you, our readers, for two reasons:
First, we
must allow ANY PERSON the opportunity to RESPECTFULLY share
an opinion, whether they agree or disagree with
you.
Second,
we must NOT ALLOW another individual to be subjected to
DAMNING commentary for simply making a respectful
statement.
On October 1,
2013, a Nevada law, AB 395, became effective,
and its objective was to prohibit "harassing" others, making it a CRIMINAL OFFENSE to do so.
Accordingly, Anthem Opinions changed
it's posting policy effective October 1, 2013, no
longer accepting "anonymous" postings, in order to both protect innocent
parties being subjected to such harassment, as well as, our blog against the
possibility of CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
to post comments on your behalf,
should you choose not to do so, personally.
And...as a result, we have altered
our "anonymous" Information Page, to now read, "Instructions for Posting a Comment on Your Behalf".
If you click on that Information
Page, both this Nevada Law, AB395, is printed, as well as, "anonymous" posting
rule changes are summarized.
(It is located to the right of the
Welcome Screen)
Anthem Opinions is fully committed
to making "comment" posting an ENJOYABLE experience without suffering possible
embarrassment or damning response.
Dick Arendt & Allen
Weintraub
Anthem
Opinions
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