JUST BEING HONEST!

Another meeting came and went and there were only 5 of us that showed up.  I am grateful for those who did but I am going to be honest with everyone.

We all live in this community and we are being bullied by board members and a management company that have double standards.  They manipulate and justify their own actions how they see fit.  They make up the rules as they go along and live in their own hypocritical world.  To top it off they treat us with such rudeness and spite.  Our current board members have absolutely no right being on the board to represent us.  Basically its Jomar and the board against (the president being the exception) all of us and they don't care one single bit about us.  They just want our money.  Kate at Jomar and 2 of the other board members actually defended Darren and his blatant disregard for the CC&R's.  He has absolutely no grounds to stand on for what he is doing.  We have to abide by our CC&R's or we are fined.  Period.  Why does he get to do as he see's fit?  He has had the power to deny people things that they have wanted to do to their home.  He has made people take down play sets and awnings and sheds..the list goes on, after he approved them and then turns around and make you take them down.

Ask yourselves if this is the kind of representation you want. 

Ask yourselves if it would be worth it to have a different management company representing us.  We don't need Jomar or the harassment.  We could actually be our own management company and run our association ourselves.

I am fed up with all of this.  These people need to go.  I live in this neighborhood and I pay my dues.  I pay my mortgage.  I pay my property taxes.  I resent the fact that I have to pay these idiots!

I am a flight attendant and work out of this state.  I gave up a 5 day trip along with the money that goes with that to be at this board meeting because it is important.  I can't do this alone.  I am frustrated because each and everyone of you that I have met is as ticked off and fed up as I am.  Well if you are then start posting your frustrations.  Start going to these meeting.  PLAN AHEAD AND GO!  There is power in numbers and right now I don't have you on our side to fight this.  There is nothing to be afraid of.  The more people that get involved the more that they will start to listen to us and stop taking us for granted.  I have actually made several friends out of this experience and maybe you would to if you would come forth!  I know it's a pain in the ass and an inconvenience at times.  It's not exactly what I want to be doing either.  But I am doing it and I need you too!

I will be posting my own minutes of last night's meeting soon.  It's not pretty.

You can also send me emails through this website that don't need to be posted.  I am not going away.  I am going to be the biggest thorn in their side that they have ever seen if I am not already!  Come join my rose will ya!!!

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I agree with everything you have said here Chris. I also feel your frustration. It’s time we DO collaborate for the good of the masses and try to get a feel of the pulse of the rest of the community. You have created a wonderful venue here for us to ALL express how we feel; be it openly or anonymously. I’m a bit sad to see that there’s still so very little input. I heard about this blog from a few different neighbors but to the best of my knowledge they haven’t stepped forward to express the resentment I think MOST of us feel or participated in the blog at all, and that’s sad. It’s easy to stand around and bitch. It’s time we stop complaining and DO something about it. You’re absolutely right…..strength in numbers is a definite advantage vs. one or two of us being the sacrificial lamb that speaks out and gets beaten down for trying to stand up for our rights. And…they ARE rights and we’re entitled to them!

So, once again I’m going to put it out there. We DO need to communicate in force, and get a feel for the sentiment of Sierra Ridge and do what’s best for our community. There are many options out there that have been tossed around, and I’m sure so many ideas that haven’t just because of the lack of communication. It’s time we meet informally “en mass” and discuss some of these ideas. What about holding a block party or an informal “happy hour”? We could use one of the cul-de-sacs or even see about reserving the ramadas over at the park by the volley ball courts? There’s no reason we couldn’t gather to exchange ideas and; if nothing else….take a few moments out of our busy days to just socialize with our neighbors!!!

In response to “reply #1” of this post about a landscaper…..A few of my neighbors have recently switched to a new gentleman working in the neighborhood and have ALL been very complimentary about his services. I have spoken with him myself and am considering switching to him if my current landscaper doesn’t improve on a few deficiencies I’ve been noticing. The name of the company is “Mountain View Landscaping”. The owners are Bill Ferris & James Bruzzi. Their phone number is 480-285-9460. E-mail at MVLandscaping@aol.com. Citizenship is not an issue nor is are any language/communication barriers. Again, I have not used their services as yet, but have seen the result of their work and the 3 or 4 neighbors that have switched to them seem to be very pleased and speak quite highly of them. I hope this helps.

Steve Boyer