The following comments are for those who might be planning to publicly object to what the board has telegraphed it is intending to do concerning Tirzo’s Bisto lease.

Speaking out/acting up at board meetings and workshops can sometimes give the member the illusion of progress; but, history proves that it fails to make a difference in board decisions.

The only way to really participate in the policy process is to elect directors with different expertise, different attitudes, and different ethics. Even the current director (running for election) most involved with the current lease claims to only have had experience with university cafeteria-type food services oversight. That is a far cry from having the professional, hands-on experience by directly owning and managing large, profitable restaurants for many years. The SCA boards have never sought or listened to local professional expertise/competent owner-operators while developing and making restaurant lease policy decisions.

Meanwhile, please note that Mr. Berman seems to function as the board/CAM spokesman. When was the last time a CAM manager or director responded with written responses to specific questions on a community message board, at board meetings, at workshops or town halls?

Since 2005, David has been the most passionate, the most prolific, and the most influential SCA member when it comes to promoting restaurant policies and operations. He has been the SCA energizer bunny for food and restaurant comments and political influence. He has posted more than a dozen times on the SCA-HOA message board topic, and he has placed thousands of lines of comments on his blog and other sites about restaurant-related policy and food matters.

We must recognize that David and his many political associates have been directly involved in deciding everything we have received since 2005 concerning restaurant matters. They deserve credit for both their claimed successes, and the massive failures.

If you strongly dislike the results from the S&D Cafe and Tirzo’s Bistro leases, your only chance for major improvements in the future is to vote for board candidates with different management capabilities, different expertise, and different attitudes. Continuing to support the board’s political action party’s candidates will only provide more of the same failures as before.