YOU SHOULD KNOW
Fellow IV Unit Owners
There are things going on in the Village that many unit owners have little or no knowledge of.
The fact is that our funds have been spent by the Association because of decisions made behind closed doors.
Decisions are being made behind closed doors that will cost us even more money in the future.
Lawyers and other professionals have been hired in secret.
Decisions like these MUST be voted on at a Noticed meeting. We, the unit owners, the ones who pay the bills, have an absolute right to know how our money is being spent.
Association President John Labriola, with the tacit approval by the Board of Directors, has retained counsel to defend himself and the Association from multiple lawsuits. There has been no notice to the Membership about the fact of these legal actions. And tens of thousands of dollars have already been spent without full disclosure to the unit owners.
The Board of Directors, led by John Labriola, is now considering whether to publicly shame Wendy Hernandez, a fellow Board member, and will also be considering whether or not to bring a lawsuit against her. Why, because Wendy has the courage to disagree with Mr. Labriola. Decisions will be made at a CLOSED meeting Tuesday night.
Another unit owner has said that s/he is preparing a slander and harassment lawsuit against the Association due to the decisions of president John Labriola and the tacit approval of the rest of the Board.
There is a growing list of unit owners who have or will be suing Mr. Labriola and/or the Association due solely to Mr. Labriola’s intolerant, vengeful behavior.
From the moment he was elected to the Board back in 2013 he has consistently harassed and personally attacked any unit owner, especially Board members, who publicly disagreed with him. From day one he brought his considerable writing and political skills to bear against anyone who dared to voice a different point of view.
While he was in a minority on the Board he spewed his hateful ‘free’ speech without any measurable effect on the Association. Now that he is the president of the Association, with the implicit and explicit support of the Board of Directors, our money is being spent in furtherance of his desire to hurt the people who disagree with him.
Recently two unit owners (Miriam Gordon/St. Moritz and Wendy Hernandez/Zurich) observed unsightly and possibly unsafe conditions in their respective buildings. They notified the Association and asked what could be done about the situation. Property manager David Friedman, who has often said that he takes his direction from president John Labriola, did not properly respond.
The two unit owners then spoke with the City of Lauderhill’s building department to get answers to their concerns. (more on this later) Because of this the Board, at Mr. Labriola’s direction, is taking retaliatory action against them. These personal, malicious attacks are again opening the Association to yet more lawsuits.
It’s bad enough that a growing number of unit owners have to suffer vindictive attacks from Mr. Labriola just because some of us disagree with him. Now it’s costing all of us money.
People, and that includes unit owners and directors, have the right to express an opinion without fear of reprisals from those in power. Even though Mr. Labriola now gets to treat the Association as his own $3.5million kingdom the Village is still located within the United States of America.
The unit owners have an absolute right to know exactly how our money is being squandered facilitating Mr. Labriola’s pernicious agenda.
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
