Sun City
Anthem Board Elections...2014
We have no desire to enter the world of
association politics in a battle over "words", because in our opinion, the many
"words' spoken by candidates over the years have been just
that...
WORDS...EMPTY
WORDS
Does it matter what a
candidate says?
What should matter is what
they do...
Who out there disagrees
with these "words"?
ACTIONS
SPEAK LOUDER
Usually about 25% of
eligible voters cast ballots and the greatest percentage of those who do, make
their decisions based on...
ASKING A
NEIGHBOR...WHO ARE YOU VOTING FOR
?
Unfortunately many of those
"neighbors" have no idea themselves, and have merely heard from their friends
who the choices should be...and then convey that message to their
"neighbors"....
...either
that...
...or...
... read some biased opinion
on a community blog site that boasts some kind of a record of choosing
winners.....yet repeatedly fails to report subsequent voting records or their
behavior toward others after they've been elected.
WINNERS....on paper...
but...
LOSERS once they are infected by the power bug
These "endorsements" and the
subsequent election of such individuals over the years, have, in numerous
cases, resulted in...
.... TV "HOA Hall of Shame"
presentations on Channel 13
....publicly humiliating a
number of residents.
... a number of failed
restaurants.
...electing individuals who
met secretly to withhold background information about chosen restaurant
operators...even from other fellow board members...operators who eventually
failed...before they were chosen.
...inexperience at contract
negotiations resulting in adverse financial results to
residents.
...individuals who supported
bookkeeping practices that eventually cost residents in excess of $140,000 to
defend actions dealing with improper IRS filings.
...retribution toward others
who have made attempts to join committees, and rejected for what has always been
believed to be the result of "disagreeing with the
system".
....defending management
company practices that in some cases were believed to have harassed long-term,
resident/ employees.
...failing to allow any
independent oversight on contract bidding.
That is
the track record of many of those
endorsements.
And now we once again are
confronted with much the same....a source who has endorsed those with these
past records.
But...perhaps, rather than
accepting what you read, or who your neighbor is voting for, you might do
something a bit differently this time before you accept such
recommendations...
ASK YOURSELF
THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU SEAL THAT BALLOT
Just who votes "YES" to having .33% taken from the sale of your home when
you leave the community...thereby allowing massive costly decisions to be in the
hands of a few in order to avoid major financial decisions to be made by a vote
of the membership?
Just who votes "Yes" to ignoring resident questionnaires that
overwhelmingly demanded a modestly priced restaurant...without community funds
to subsidize it?
and follows that
with...
Just who votes "Yes" to choosing selected individuals to spend $3,000 of resident funds, to sample the food
of independently owned businesses as potential tenants of that restaurant
location?
...and follows that
with....
Just who out there votes
"YES" to spending YOUR DUES MONEY on that private
business by taking it upon themselves to reduce the tenant's rent $24,000 per year, making residents responsible for that deficit...when about
95% of residents don't eat there?
Just who votes "YES" to have a community retain your funds when they could
have been returned to you to avoid a $140,000 IRS
bill?
Just who votes "YES" to spend $500,000 on air
conditioning units when they still work...just because it's in a
budget?
Just who votes "YES" to spend $65,000, then
revised it to over $75,000, with
still more to come, on a vestibule door when $8,000 could have solved the
problem?
Just who votes "NO" to creating a committee with experienced people to
oversee expenditures in order to cut waste to get "the biggest bang for your
buck"?
Just who does these
things?
THEY
DO...YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
!
THE ONES THE SAME BLOG SOURCE HAS ENDORSED
100% OF THE TIME
If that astounds YOU, I'm
saving the best for last.
On February
20, 2014 I sent the following email to all those who are running in this current
board election.
To...
Jean Capiluppo
Thomas Nissen
Donald Schramski
Carl Weinstein
Kay Frank
As a candidate for the 2014 Sun City
Anthem Board election, I am attaching a copy of an article that was published on
the Anthem Opinions community blog on February 18,
2014.
I am sending this to each of you and
want to know if you endorse this policy toward
residents.
This will be a
subject of a subsequent article as to how you respond...or do not respond...to this PLAGUE that has cursed this
community for years.
It is a topic that must be addressed
and it was written to demand DECENCY in
publications.
What say each of
you?
The follow-up article
with your support...or silence...will be published on March 3,
2014.
Thank you in
advance.
Dick Arendt
Anthem
Opinions
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NOTE: The article being referred to is on this
website entitled:
Should
Harassing Commentary be Condemned by Board
Candidates?
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And...as promised....here
are the results of that inquiry as to merely pledging support
for....
A CODE
OF CONDUCT that CONDEMNS BULLY BEHAVIOR THAT HARASSES FELLOW
RESIDENTS
JEAN
CAPILUPPO
NO
RESPONSE
THOMAS
NISSEN
NO
RESPONSE
DONALD
SCHRAMSKI
"I believe
in running a decent, positive campaign. I also believe candidates should
present our strengths rather than trying to show others as bad. Bullying should
not be tolerated. If someone has a well thought out and factual criticism, I'm
always willing to consider their opinions."
CARL
WEINSTEIN
"I support these comments
completely."
KAY
FRANK
"No one has the right to
intimidate or bully others. Our association board of directors, management
company and the state-licensed employees are failing to enforce the
legally-binding SCA-CAI governance rules directed in Section 3.6(h) page 16 and
Section 3.5(b) page 14 of the SCA 3rd Amended and Restated CC&Rs that
directs the Association to assure each member has "quiet enjoyment" of our
homes, clubs, and neighborhoods and common
properties".
___________________________________________
To conclude this article,
I ask all of you to look closely at these responses....and simply consider
several observations as to these candidates....
First
THREE ARE
CAMPAIGNING TOGETHER YET MAINTAIN THEY ARE INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER
(Capiluppo,
Nissen & Schramski)
Second
JEAN CAPILUPPO IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF SUN CITY
ANTHEM... IS SILENT ON BULLY BEHAVIOR... YET HAS ADMONISHED COMMUNITY BLOGS IN
A COMMUNITY SPONSORED PUBLICATION, "THE SPIRIT" AS PROVIDERS OF
"MISINFORMATION".
AND
WHEN ASKED
TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE ACCUSATION, HAS REFUSED TO DO SO.
Third
JEAN
CAPILLUPO VOTED TO FINANCE A PRIVATE RESTAURANT BY USING $24,000 PER YEAR OF
RESIDENT FUNDS TO REDUCE THEIR FINANCIAL OBLIGATION...AND TRANSFER THAT
OBLIGATION TO YOU.
Fourth
JEAN
CAPILUPPO HAS OPPOSED ANY ATTEMPT AT CREATING AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF
EXPERIENCED PROFESSTIONALS TO CURB WASTE IN SPENDING.
Fifth
JEAN
CAPILLUPO HAS BLOCKED EVERY ATTEMPT AT HAVING COMMUNITY BURGLARIES REPORTED TO
RESIDENTS.
So...with these facts in
mind....
DO
YOU OR ANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS FAVOR CANDIDATES WHO REFUSE TO SUBSCRIBE TO A
BEHAVIORAL CODE OF CONDUCT?
DO
CANDIDATES RUN TOGETHER...
IF THEY ARE OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER'S
OPINIONS?
Are these comments
intended to endorse any particular individual ?
ABSOLUTELY
NOT
but...
If these comments have any
validity or raise suspicions in your mind....
THEN ASK
YOURSELF THIS FINAL QUESTION
Will you be amongst the
75% who will merely ask your neighbor...OR...read something elsewhere that
avoids the WHOLE STORY...
When
deciding....
"Who
Should I Vote For?"
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