The following statement was written by Robert (Rob) Schulman, candidate for the 8/4 election, who recently co-wrote and sent a postcard to all Cedar Run homeowners.
Any admin comments added below will be in BLUE.
Dear Homeowners,
Thank you for taking the time to read my statement, and thank you to the blog crew for allowing me to post it here.
It has been nearly
FOUR YEARS since Cedar Run had its last Master Board election! But we are finally rounding the corner to August 4th, when we can vote in a new board that will make important decisions about the future of our community.
We've spent about
18 months in receivership and had a majority of our funds depleted as a direct result of irresponsible, impulsive, self-serving decisions and the legal ramifications of those decisions. These decisions were made by Robert Sher and Jack Shaw, and ratified by a board of directors who were fooled into thinking they were doing good or were bullied into submission.
I could ramble on for days about all that was done under Sher and Shaw, but here are just a few highlights:
- ILLEGAL & improper collection of phase assessments that resulted in unprecedented delinquency rates and a collection crisis that got several homeowners evicted.
- Creation of ILLEGAL bylaws that benefited Sher & Shaw and a few others, while giving a raw deal to Cedar Run homeowners. [Admin comment: These Bylaws can be viewed by clicking HERE]
- Signing of an ILLEGAL contract, that guaranteed Sher and Shaw would stay on the payroll for 8 YEARS!! [Admin comment: This contract can be viewed by clicking HERE]
- About a dozen lawsuits (including the one that landed us in receivership) that have cost well over a quarter million dollars of homeowner money thus far to settle.
- All the IRS problems, payola & graft, accounting blunders, and outrageous incompetence outlined in the 30 page accounting report. [Admin comment: The FR&R report can be viewed by clicking HERE]
- Multiple newsletters, clubhouse presentations, and other propaganda that slandered ME and anyone else who would dare to criticize or question Sher, Shaw, or the board's actions.
- To top it off, WE PAID THESE CLOWNS about $170 grand for their services!! [Admin comment: "these clowns" were paid $168,920.55 to be exact]
MOVING FORWARD
Now that we have an election, it is vitally important that we learn from the past and make Cedar Run the best it possibly can be.
I stand with my fellow candidates (who also contributed to the cost of the postcards),
Jan Kurtz and
Jim Hartmann. I also stand with ANY of the other candidates (be they nominated or write-in) who share my vision to Restore Cedar Run and believe in the following ideas:
- Cedar Run must be professionally managed by a qualified company that will provide the service we deserve and a good value. Homeowner input and feedback is vital in making this happen.
- The board must strictly follow the law and not ignore the law when it is convenient or cheaper to do so (which was commonplace in the Sher/Shaw group).
- The board needs to be transparent, allowing homeowners to witness and participate in all board meetings.
- Cedar Run needs to be clean, orderly, and have clearly established (and enforced) rules, including those that cover rental of units, parking, noise, etc.
- An ALL VOLUNTEER board, where no directors are paid.
That said, I
condemn ANY candidate whose agenda is to defend the above actions taken under the Sher/Shaw regime and who plans to revert back to them. MOST KNOW OF WHOM I SPEAK!
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
You can help ensure that a responsible board is elected by printing, filling out, signing, and returning a proxy that I will use to ensure we end up with a responsible board that will MOVE US FORWARD and make sound decisions, with NO OTHER AGENDA and NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
I hope I can count on your support and your vote to help make Cedar Run better than ever!!
Thanks for reading,
Rob
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