Monday, June 30, 2014

Recap of 6/26 "Annual Meeting"

For those unable to attend the meeting, this is what you missed....

NOT AN ANNUAL MEETING
As we had previously stated, this meeting was not a true Annual Meeting of the Members (which would have been an election).  It was just another one of Sher's typical propaganda-filled power point presentations with a Q&A at the end.  The only difference is that copies of the budget letter were handed out. We actually gave Sher way too much credit when we predicted that he might call an official meeting to order and conduct some board business in the presence of homeowners.  We predicted that this 'Annual Meeting' would actually be October of 2013's Budget Meeting.  It wasn't even that.....we stand corrected.

SAME OLD, SAME OLD
Sher continued to boast about what an excellent job he has done, continued to blame every problem on his predecessors, and concocted more conspiracy theories about his predecessors and his current opposition.

RACIAL ACCUSATIONS
Sher continues to try and divide the community along racial lines.  He reiterated his claim that anyone who opposes or disagrees with him is doing so out of racism toward his "Minority Board". Not only that, but he seems to be obsessed with the notion that his predecessors and his current opposition are part of a German group, with a white supremacist agenda.  Seriously folks, we're not making this up.  Several slides of Sher's presentation had the word GERMAN in all caps.  Why the emphasis on the word 'German'??  Probably to insinuate that anyone opposing Sher has some sort of Neo-Nazi affiliation, which would explain their racism.  This accusation is quite disgusting.


Important Observations

THE ROBERT SHER SHOW
At this meeting and the last one in March of this year, Sher did all the talking, with Daniel DeLeon translating Sher's rhetoric for the Spanish-speaking homeowners.  Prior to the March meeting, the Sher group enlisted board members to do most or all of the speaking (exclusively in Spanish), with Sher periodically interjecting when he saw fit.  By having board members deliver the presentation, Sher hoped to give the illusion the Cedar Run was governed by a Board of Directors, and that Sher serves at the pleasure of this board.

The mask is now off.  We've contended that the board serves and reports to Robert Sher, not the other way around.  We stand by our statement that all letters, slideshows, and announcements are the words of Sher, rubber stamped as being from "The Master Board".  With Sher doing ALL THE TALKING for two straight meetings, it should be blatantly obvious who is running the show.

DISSENT
For the first time EVER, we actually saw two directors on Sher's board stand up and state their opposition to some of Sher's rhetoric.  More specifically, they stated that they oppose Robert Sher's use of RACE as a central theme in his message to homeowners.  We applaud these directors for speaking up and (publicly) opposing the racial division that Sher keeps pressing. 

But this further underscores one of our main concerns about Sher's unchecked power.  Despite the dissent from two of his directors, Sher continued to push forward with the same message about race and German-led conspiracies.  Again, who has the real control over the board's actions, words, and decisions??  The answer to that is self-evident - Robert Sher!

Major Flip-Flop
Sher is now preaching that Master Board funds be used to pay down our phases' construction loans.  Does anyone notice the 180 degree turn that Sher has taken from his previous stance on the loans??  Not even six months ago, Sher was still claiming that the loans were illegal.  He continued to stand by his assertion that he could make the loans go away and even get back a large portion of what was already paid toward these loans.  Now he's talking about paying them down??

Dear Robert, where was this plan two years ago?!?!?  Where was this plan before the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on lawsuits with the banks??  The irony is truly amazing.

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10 comments:

  1. Note the Pool Party that we are paying for being advertised, and the pool job being advertised for $10.00 hour. Are they insuring this employee, deducting taxes, paying workers comp?

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    1. Good points about the employment issues. We'll have no way of answering these questions without seeing the books.

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  2. In Re of The Pool-they are pool attendants....getting paid $10 a hour.....some which are under the age of 16....so I think they are not insured.....no insurance company in their right mind would.......And to Mr. Sher....I am white and belong to no Nazi group! I have Hispanic In-laws.& Friends.....So...stop with the Slander Remarks......

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  3. I was wondering what happened in court on the July 2nd

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  4. So what's the timeline on restoring competence to CR? What sort of community action is needed? (beside proxies). Are there plans for an election?

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    1. Apologies for not directly addressing your questions.

      Timeline will depend on court action. Next court date is 8/20. We're hoping for some decisive action then, in which case, the election should happen sometime in late summer or early fall.

      Best action to take (other than petitions & proxies) is to volunteer your time and ideas. Please email us at restoreCR@gmail.com to discuss.

      Other than that, please subscribe to the blog, and you will be notified by email when new information is posted. Please continue to post comments with any information you feel is useful for others who read this blog.

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  5. Again...does anyone know what happened in court on July2nd.....are we able to hold a election?

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    1. Apologies on the delayed reply. Nothing earth-shattering happened, and it was continued to 8/20. Unfortunately nothing can happen until at least then.

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    2. why was it continued?

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    3. Apparently there were some motions filed late by Anne Shaw, and the judge did not have a chance to review them prior to the 7/2 hearing. Still waiting to hear what these motions were about.

      No idea why it was bumped back more than 6 weeks to 8/20. Rest assured that his buys Sher more time to throw pool parties and hurl more propaganda at us.

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