Dear Fellow IV Unit Owners,
Our Board of Directors has decided to prosecute two unit owners, Miriam Gordon and Geoffrey Edwards, alleged to be in violation of our R&R. Both unit owners received a Notice of Violation which in and of itself has been an extremely rare occurrence in the Village. The Fine Committee meetings are scheduled for this coming week.
It has been reported numerous times that John Labriola, unit owner, two term director and current Association President, has been in continuous violation of our R&R for years. He has not attempted to cover up nor deny the violation.
For the Board to prosecute violations by two other unit owners but not Mr. Labriola - - - well, we all would agree that there’s a double standard going on here. Do you think it’s a coincidence that both Ms. Gordon and Mr. Edwards have publicly disagreed with Mr. Labriola and voiced concerns with actions (or inactions) of the Association?
The selective enforcement of our R&Rs by this Board is expanding. Two unsightly trailers have been parked on our property next to the tennis courts, in direct violation of Section IX 1.b. of our Rules and Regulations. In fact one of them has been there for months. Management knows about these eyesores and has done nothing about it. (In all fairness it must be noted that our property manager, David Friedman, has said repeatedly that he takes his direction from President Labriola.)
One can only conclude that the majority of Board members approve allowing these obvious violations. But it is reasonable to ask if all the directors are actually aware of these actions because the decisions are being made: (pick one)
- in secret
- behind closed doors
- without required notice to the unit owners.
Please remember that the Board is also has been using our maintenance funds to pay lawyers in order to prosecute (persecute?) unit owner and fellow director, Wendy Hernandez, who has had the courage to voice a different point of view from Mr. Labriola.
The unit owners, especially those who were elected to the Board of Directors, should be aware that selective enforcement of our Docs and R&R was the root cause of the very costly 2011 lawsuits involving our Association. The unit owners now on the Board need to consider the costs to the Association when deciding to prosecute only those unit owners who disagree with Mr. Labriola. Please note that the Association is now paying additional legal fees because of the selective prosecution of Mr. Edwards.
Finally, earlier this year the unit owners voted to reaffirm Section 6.1.1 of our Bylaws which requires that all Association officers live in the Village. But Marcio Jaspan, who does not live in our community and hasn’t attended a Board meeting in months, is still our treasurer. How do our elected Board members justify this blatant disregard for our Bylaws and the will of the unit owners?
Fellow unit owners, is this what you voted for in the last election?
Respectfully,
CIVOC
Concerned International Village Owners Committee
Charles Addison, Zurich
Liljana Baic, Zurich
Lilo Beigel, Marseilles
Sandy Best, Interlaken
William Brackett, Bordeaux
Israel Bruch, Orleans
Elaine Campbell, Yorkshire
Joan Clemente, Cabana, Edelweiss
Marsha Curliss, Marseilles
Geoffrey Edwards, Cabanas
Joe Frederick, Heidelberg
Richard Goodheart, Bordeaux
Lily Gordon, Edelweiss
Miriam Gordon, St. Moritz
Harriet Handler, Edelweiss
Robert Hoffecker, Yorkshire
Pauline Jean, Heidelberg
Raymond Jean, Orleans
Louis Kornbluth, Yorkshire
Abe Landau, Zurich
Alice Large, Yorkshire
Marty Lattanzi, Marseilles
Miriam Lehrer, Zurich
Phyllis Lloyd, Edelweiss
Betsy Mendelson, Nottingham
Marilyn Navarre, Bordeaux
Irene Pressner, Yorkshire
Marc Richman, Bordeaux
Ray Rizzo, Bordeaux
Judy Rosen, Heidelberg
Helene Scharfman, Yorkshire
Sid Schulman, Bordeaux
Gladys and Lisasue Sherman, Nottingham
Molly 'Jane' Sird, Marseilles
Nina Spiegel, Heidelberg
Larry Topolowski, Edelwiess, Heidelberg, Orleans
Marvin Tow, Zurich
Ilan Weiss, Interlocken, Zurich
Thank you for keeping us informed.
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