Archive for May 2010
Unity Political Machine Buys Our Election–Again
May 19, 2010 by bobfrank.
There are numerous individuals on various blogs trying to explain how and why the unity political machine bought the SCA election for the 3rd year in a row. Less than one-third of our members voted this time, and the other two-thirds are assumed to be apathetic.
But, the nasty truth is that most SCA members are sadly uninformed about the board’s past financial misconduct or mismanagement. Most members do not know about the tens of thousands of dollars raised by the unity political machine through external sources to buy our elections. It has been proven that truly independent candidates for the SCA Board can not win in such a partisan political environment.
For example, most members are not aware that past SCA Boards have violated laws by refusing to allow opposing member opinions to be distributed through SCA channels or to be expressed during official election events. And, when attempts have been made to go around the board through public media channels, the boards have used community funds to unfairly distribute misleading and false statements to keep members confused. As a result, the unity political machine and its directors have systematically used our community funds to manipulate community opinions to suit their personal agendas.
Recently, on Rana’s blog, a user with the handle “Bottlebrush” made some excellent comments about the election. Here is a link to the full posting:
http://www.anthemtoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1713
However, I can not agree with at least one point that is quoted as follows: “This reality check will surface when a monumental expenditure engulfs this community.”
Yes, most people live their busy lives under the old adage of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” However, once people find out something is “broke” they usually demand it be fixed. In this case, very few SCA members know the truth about the past financial misconduct and millions of dollars losses by the unity party machine directors. So, we do not have to wait for more millions to be wasted before acting to prevent more in the future. What we have to do today is find better ways to inform all 7,144 homeowners of the TRUTH.
We have seen how hard the unity party machine has worked to maintain a CONE of Silence over the membership, and how many tens of thousands of dollars they have collected and spent in the past two years to ensure election of its people who are bound to keep secret the truth about the financial waste and abuse of their friends.
When anyone asks them, the unity machine-elected directors admit they do not know all of the facts, and they do not want to know all of the facts. Why would unpaid volunteer directors be so willing to hide the facts about financial misconduct? What kind of direct or indirect benefits could they be receiving to justify such behavior?
As one of many who have spent quite a bit of time this year helping to organize and support the rapidly growing grassroots Tea Party activities, I believe that when our SCA members finally learn the truth about the millions of dollars of waste and abuse of membership assessments that the unity political machine is systematically hiding, the majority will demand a total house cleaning. We do not have to wait for many more millions to be wasted and/or abused before acting.
Our own SCA experience proves (from the total rejection of Favil West and his buddies in 2007 for their well-documented corruption) the majority of well-informed members will vote to remove the corruption. So, how do we better inform every single member in the community of the current facts via internal and external channels? How do we systematically overcome the board’s massive advantage to absolutely control all SCA information channels?
In the end, the financial interests of the whole community must out-weigh the personal interests of the minority (less than 1,500 out of 7,144 owners) who currently support the unity political machine candidates. We can also count on many of those who innocently elected the unity machine in the past, to reject them, after they finally know the truth.
Posted in Truth Squad, SCA Board, Community Affairs, Operations | Print | No Comments »
Board Election Alleged Illegal
May 6, 2010 by THE VOICE.
By Kay and Bob Frank:
On May 1, 2010 Kay submitted the attached letter to the Sun City Anthem Board of Directors and the SCA Election Committee. kf_ltr2bod_election_1may10.pdf
Regrettably, Kay did not receive a response. So, we were forced to submit an Emergency Intervention Affidavit to the Nevada Real Estate Division to request action to investigate the legality of the current board election. This request has been accepted and a determination is expected before the end of next week.
If one or more of our many serious allegations of gross negligence and other statute violations are sustained, the Sun City Anthem Board may be directed to terminate the current election process, and to do it over–from the beginning. On the other hand, if the unfair/illegal board election process is not stopped before it is completed, the community faces a long and nasty process to deal with the results.
Please read the following letter and attached documents and check out the statute references and allegations yourself. An online version of the homeowner laws are found at the following links. If you use your browser search tools when you get to a site, you can quickly find the referenced statute sections, read them, and make your own conclusions about what is right and what is wrong.
Homeowner Laws: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-116.html
Homeowner Regulations: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/NAC-116.html
Nonprofit Corporation Law: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-082.html
If you actually do the above, you will be doing more work to learn the truth than most of your current directors and candidates for the board. Few invest any real effort into understanding the law they are required to implement.
Ask your directors and board candidates what they really think about the allegations of statute violations in this election, ask them to show you the paragraph in the statute that proves their opinion, and they are most likely unable to do so. They are most likely to say they are depending entirely on the verbal advice of the association attorney. Even the lawyer/former judge on the board does not really know the appropriate statutes. That is obvious since she does not question anything the board does that violates the statutes.
Considering the possible consequences to this community and to directors and committee members who refuse to know the truth about such allegations, you have the right to challenge their actions to deny the obvious.
We are a nation of laws, and our board does not have the right to flagrantly violate them. So, why do some people prefer to look away and ignore the growing storm?
References:
1. This was the new flyer that the Board/Election Committee illegally refused to distribute with the new ballot package:
kay_frank_flyer_16apr2010.pdf
2. Letter to the Board/Election Committee requesting to replace Kay’s flyer for the 2nd ballot package:
16april10_kayfrankltr2board.pdf
3. Kay’s proposed 1-page “Candidate Information Sheet” for inclusion in the 2nd ballot package as specifically allowed by the NV Statutes:
kf-ltr2members_16apr10.pdf
Posted in 2010 Campaign, kay_frank, Truth Squad, SCA Board, Laws & Rules, News! | Print | No Comments »
Contratulations! We (All) Win–So Far!
May 5, 2010 by THE VOICE.
George Meese’s exciting announcement of Senator Reid’s introduction of a bill to close the do-nut hole mining authorization near Anthem is GREAT news, indeed! By pulling together in a coordinated plan to put maximum pressure on all sides of the political process, we have achieved a critical milestone with this bill’s introduction.
It turns out there were no enemies within us, after all. We all are truly on the same team, but some of us have to occasionally work in different ways to ensure the long-term success of the whole group.
But, this is NO TIME for celebrations, or undue congratulations to Senator Reid, or anyone else in our Washington delegation. We have to hang tough and unyielding with all of those involved and demand that the bill do what is promised–forever kill the mine option. They all need to clearly understand that nothing short of kill the mine now is acceptable.
Those of us who have worked on some federal bills before will say that this is only the first (albeit critical) step. Thousands of bills get introduced over time, but the majority never get approved into law. We must make sure this one gets passed–quickly!
WE ALL need to exploit every option we can think of to ensure that members of BOTH parties get on board and get this mine killed immediately. The matter needs no more study, no more consideration, and no more time. We must bare down and insist on a FAST-TRACK passage action. And, recognize that the mining industry is unlikely to yield on this issue until it is truly over.
Also, do not forget that HUNDREDS of Millions of Dollars of mining profits for 30 years are at stake on this mine lease. Trust no one when it comes to such high stakes. Everyone who has written, called and spoken before needs to do it again. During this election period, emphasize personal contacts at political rallies with each member of our NV delegation to Washington.
Do not forget to get the political opponents informed and engaged in the actions required to pass the bill. Let them all know that we spend time EVERY day worrying about that damn mine, and we want them all to make it goes away–tomorrow! We can pass out appropriate awards and appreciation when the final results are achieved. Meanwhile, let’s put our shoulders to the wheel and re-double our efforts!
Bob and Kay Frank
Attached are Senator Reid’s announcement and another article to remind us that Senator Reid is the mining industry’s best friend in Congress. So, we must once again “trust, but verify!”
Harry Reid–Mining’s Best Friend
Posted in kay_frank, 2010 Campaign, SCA Board, News! | Print | No Comments »