It’s Time … Yet Again!
Okay, so I guess I need to explain why there’s a 2025 calendar shown here when it’s already May of 2026.
Back in November of last year, our Board of Directors at that time, in a “crusade” led by our current Association president, John Morgan, put forward a motion to implement both a community-wide assessment, as well as a quarterly maintenance fee increase. We were told at the time it was necessary because there were urgent issues that needed to be addressed.
One of those supposedly urgent issues was the patching and re-sealing of the parking areas surrounding the clubhouse area, and another was to address the hazardous shuffleboard court area. Now, this is the same area where an individual fell and subsequently filed a lawsuit against the Association. Depending on which version of facts you listen to, that lawsuit either was dismissed, settled, or simply faded away. However, the hazardous conditions still exist.
Over time, the current Board of Directors presented a choice to the community Membership to either repair the shuffleboard court or have the area completely removed. The mood of the community at the time of that vote resulted in approval to have the area demolished.
That decision for this “urgent” matter led to how the Association’s 2026 spending budget was eventually approved.
Now, here we are … some six months after Mr. Morgan’s initial plea for “immediate” financial relief intended to address this dangerous recreation area, and still, nothing has yet to be done.
Some of you may remember, … back in the November/December timeframe the 2025 Board of Directors intentionally chose to violate our By-Laws by deciding (by themselves) to introduce that assessment and maintenance fee increase, even though our governing documents explicitly prohibit the Board from doing so independently; all because the By-Laws state that such financial decisions can only be made by means of an affirmative vote by the Membership as a whole.
But, … with a little song and dance by Mr. Morgan, and his dropping of a highly questionable “solution” by our Association’s legal counsel, the board went ahead and chose to entirely ignore the governing documents.
Because, according to state law, the only time a board can openly defy the Association’s governing documents is in the case of a declared emergency, and any such emergency can only be declared by the sitting Governor of the State of Florida.
Guess what? Governor DeSantis never declared any such emergency.
This illegal act was moved on by the Board of Directors because it was (supposedly) such an “urgent” situation.
And as I’ve already stated, … six months later and nothing has yet to be done. So much for urgency I guess.
This is why I’m compelled to get back to sharing my thoughts here … all because the Board of Directors, led by our illustrious president, John Morgan, has not been honest with the Membership. I’m not even sure they’ve been honest with themselves.
Who knows, maybe I’ll learn something new at tonight’s Board/Membership meeting, but I doubt it, since there’s not a single item related to this issue listed as a topic on Mr. Morgan’s pre-published agenda for this meeting.
I’ll try to update soon.
RFH
opinion(s) of this writer and does not necessarily represent the thoughts,
feelings or opinions of the Mainlands Section 6 Civic Association’s
current Board of Directors, either individually, or as a whole.