Mr. Smith UPDATE

Posted on the Shores website is the following and the 'closed' portion was circled misleading readers into thinking that ALL CHARGES were dismissed and closed...this is not the case as you will see highlighted in red. Trying to spin this to imply otherwise is a slap in the face to homeowners...we are not as dumb as they think we are!

Name: SMITH III, JOSEPH HENRY Number Class Incident Date Status Disposition Disposition Date Discipline Discipline Date 2009019797 Licensed Activity 04/10/2009 Under Investigation 2009033436 Licensed Activity 05/26/2009 Closed No violation found 06/29/2009

The Good, The Bad, The ‘Bored’ Meeting

Funny thing…5 board members attended the meeting, none under the age of 50, those missing…nope, still over age 50. There isn’t a single person on The Shores Board representing us, the demographic majority (under the age of 62). Not only are we not represented on the Board, to be quite frank, they just want us to put up and shut up but keep on paying. When will you all band together and stop these people from continuing to have their self-serving agendas. A Board that controls a big pile of OUR MONEY!

And, what do they do with that money?

The Good

The woman’s bathhouse at the pool (remember the one we ALL subsidize but cannot use?) Well, the plumbing is now done, and the low bidder will finish up the doors and repair the hole in wall. I’m sure it will look quite lovely, for those of you whom choose to pay ADDITIONAL MONEY to use a pool you already pay for each and every month.

Comment was made by the Board that they would like to have it finished by the July 18^th ‘Open Pool Party’. Yes, let’s spend more money so those running for re-election in May look like they actually care and will have something to show for their ‘efforts’ when campaigning.

The Bad

Back to the big Open Pool Party. Low and behold, our pool was visited by SJC Health Department and it was stated that they received several violations all to be remedied by September 1, 2009. What are they doing to remedy these ‘violations’ before YOUR FAMILY uses the pool? What are the violations? Hmmmm. Good question, I would definitely check with the Health Dept. before letting my children into THAT pool.

The Good

Well, there is NOW another new committee “The Vision Planning” committee, chaired by Nancy Willis. Hey, wait a minute! Isn’t she the Chairperson, Head Honcho of the New Recreation Steering Committee? What happened to that committee, the one Ms. Willis asked me to be a part of? No phone call. No email. Nothing. And now there is a vacancy for that committee as Ms. Willis resigned from it? Left it? Changed her mind? Isn’t in touch with people ‘our age’ (the verbiage she used when she asked me to be a member of the defunct committee). What was her reason? Was it something I said??

The Bad

Steve Raff, Chairperson of the Audit Committee and asked that Jon Grexa and Keith Goldstein be a part of the committee. DENIED. Why? Both gentlemen are quite qualified for the audit committee, yet DENIED. Every other committee had their choices approved. Perhaps you should ask Mr. Zinn why the denial? Steve then resigned as Chairperson, which is a real loss for HOMEOWNERS!

The Other Bad

Those ‘family’ events to be held are being planned by The Board, so when your children are bored and hungry (fey: food will only be served for a one-hour window. Although, Beatrice was so kind to ask me to volunteer to give out hot dogs on July 18^th…I gave her the Jerry ‘Stock Answer’ and said “I would get back to her on that”.) And, you feel as if you wasted your precious time…remember who planned the events. What about additional fundraising to pay for these events? Who’s footing these ‘free’ events…oh yeah, the same people funding the pool you can’t use without paying additional fees…that would be YOU!! As I stated in a recent bog, we could have had an actual fully funded and sponsored event with a little planning and less bullheadedness.

So, on the July 18^th and the August 15^th events…if you don’t hear about them, aren’t aware of them or you feel they were a waste of time…email me at theshoreswatchdog@yahoo.com and I will share your sentiment (anonymously) at the next Board Meeting. And I will be present at the August 15^th event and really would like to talk to as many people within our community to find out what you want, what you need, what needs to be fixed or anything you would like to discuss, I WILL LISTEN.

Bottom Line: We, as homeowners in The Shores need a voice on the Board with OUR interests and OUR community needs to be met…I will indeed be keeping a close eye on this Board until election time in May, and yes, I will be running FOR YOU and YOUR FAMILY and NEIGHBORS.