DO YOU CARE ABOUT SCA ASSESSMENTS and GOOD SCA GOVERNANCE FOR YOU?

[Robert Stern]

HOMEOWNERS:

At recent Board of Directors meetings in December and January, board member Paul Perlstein violated the CODE OF CONDUCT and stated at the December meeting that I should pack up and leave the Community and he would help me pack. At the January meeting it got worse, and he slandered me. Berman came to his defense openly on his blog condoning the misconduct.

According to a number of posts on ANTHEM TODAY, David Berman has been using his blog and influence to attack and destroy people for years and has been quite successful in canceling people. I have been his recent target and have been for months as I have been calling out SCA management and the Board of Directors for abuse of power and financial irresponsibility. Berman is a close confidant of Sandy Seddon and defends her wrongdoing. Because I opposed the deficit financing of the restaurant I was targeted by Berman as it is his pet project along with several of his key board member cronies. Wendy Linow was accused of witness tampering for a hearing and the witness confirmed the allegation.

On the positive side, SCA Board President Steve Anderson at a later time in person at a breakfast meeting with me apologized to me for both of Perlstein’s comments and the wrongful actions taken against me. That was good leadership. It probably avoided a lawsuit and financial risk for SCA. I pointed out to Mr. Anderson a section of the CCNRS that requires the board to have its representative try to mediate any disputes/charges. To Mr. Anderson’s credit it seems he will seek to have that implemented. He deserves a lot of respect for his leadership.

So now the 2023 SCA Board Election is upon us, and the Clarkson Law firm was given the power to vet all candidates for the board and determine if any candidate should be disqualified. They did disqualify one candidate. I am not up to speed on those facts, but it seems to me our system would give the voters a choice without having a weaponized legal counsel with the power to cancel. And this legal counsel is weaponized and part of the problem for fair and just governance. There is clear evidence of that, and a number of homeowners have spoken to that issue. We need a change of management and legal counsel.

Your annual main assessment went up 25%. The Main Reserves are underfunded, and the Reserve level may go lower after the 2023 Reserve Study requiring a special assessment. The deficit financing on the restaurant caused management to cancel fitness classes and raise prices. It adds pressure to assessments in general. The Clarkson Law Firm was awarded a new lucrative contract in December. And payroll and benefits from 2021(audited numbers) to 2023 Budget are up 28%. Who is looking out for you and our money? Elect new Directors for the Board.
If you support good governance and financial responsibility vote for 4 new candidates. Stop the abuse of power, financial irresponsibility and hostility towards fellow homeowners.

In order to make any changes requires a board majority. The current board majority includes these two board members clearly having violated the Code of Conduct and who are big time cronies of Berman. Both are up for reelection and are spenders to a fault. The ballots come in April. I urge you to vet the new candidates and please DO NOT VOTE FOR Paul Perlstein nor Wendy Linow. The pocketbook you save, may be your own.

Choose wisely! Robert

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