How can you write an article and not mention the Sconti losses and mismanagement as one of the prevailing reasons of concern that contributes to the need to increase assessments and fees??  How???  No mention…none…zippo…zero!!!  WE ARE AN EXPENSE DRIVEN BUDGET! 

The first line ‘The faltering economy is expected to cost the Big Canoe Property Owners Association about $1 million in 2009′…it should have read ’The inept POA Board economy is expected to cost the Big Canoe Property Owners Association about $1 million in 2009′.

Has the single family homeowner lost all representation?  This current board would appear to sell their mother down the river rather than face the facts.  The HOA has given up its advocacy role.  Smoke Signals by and large has lost all credibility in honest reporting of serious community topics.  

When it ends it isn’t going to be pretty and once again it is the honest, responsible, assessment paying single family homeowners that will bail out the inept decsions of this current board.

I hope Bill and Sue (what I am guessing will be the new board members) stay away from the kool-aid the others drink.   We are in for some of the toughest slog years ahead and need fresh honest blood that isn’t afraid to stand up to the foolishness that continues to harm this beloved community.  

Stop the insanity - dinner theater to the Sconti????  Who is this guy?  Did he ever run a successful F&B operation??  Our own audit committe has noted that the F&B losses are due to poor management.  We are losing more money on F&B than ever with sales volumes exceeding budget.    How???   We pay that much money on labor???  Again, Stan Stewart never had a ‘manager to manage the amentities’ and we did just fine and even lost less money.

And then their is the building which HAS proven to be expensive to manage and run.  How??  This is the same group of fellas that wanted to go on a building spree for wants and desires.  This is another illustration of how poorly they have managed our community.  Just say hey we made a mistake…we goofed a little.

The SS article says ‘The POA will have to pay an extra $813,000 in “uncontrollable” fees in 2009, Filkowski said, because of increases in general liability insurance, property taxes and interest expense.’  Gee property taxes…maybe that is the result of the 10-12 million dollar Sconti…interest expense  - did they forget you have to pay interest on money you borrow??  The POA Board and administration playing victim to their own decsions - do people fall for this (besides Smoke Signals and HOA)??

2009 and 2010 are going to make 2008 look like a great year…it is time for change.  The buck stops at this current board for these increases in fees and reductions of service.  Shame on each an every one of the Board for not representing the interests of those folks that diligently pay their assesments.