Who’s Complaining?
Well, you might come to conclude this posting is actually a complaint, if so, you’re 100% correct. It is a complaint and yes, I am the complainant.
Now, as I’ve mentioned before (and I’ll try not to do so too often), I served the Mainlands 6 community as Board President on two different occasions (2012-2014) and (2022-2023).
One of the things I’m most proud of during that time is the fact I never (at least to the best of my recollection) ignored questions, criticisms or complaints filed by any resident and/or Association Member of Mainlands Section 6.
I’ve always believed that the President’s job is to address such things, and to do so as fully as possible, and in the most timely of manners.
Well, apparently, our current Association President feels differently, and I’ll try to explain why I feel this way.
You may recall, back on November 10, 2025, each homeowner received a notice of a Special Assessment from the Board of Directors, and in the very first paragraph, that notice stated the assessment had been duly adopted, “… in accordance with the authority granted under the Association’s governing documents and Florida State Statue Chapter 720.”
Then, on December 10th, 2025, each homeowner received a second notice from the Board of Directors, this one described an increase to the monthly maintenances fee. That notice stated the increase had also been adopted, “… in accordance with the authority granted under the Association’s governing documents and Florida State Statue Chante 720.”
The problem is, after a thorough investigation of all our governing documents, and of Statute 720, I was unable to find any mention of anything even remotely suggesting that the authority claimed in each of those notices by the Board ever existed. Who knows, maybe it does, but I don’t think so. Still, it would pretty easy for the Association President to clear this up with just a simple answer or two.
So, I did the next logical thing … I sent a letter on December 17th to John Morgan, our Association President asking him to explain.
Now, you’d think he’d easily be able to explain anything contained in any letter issued by himself and his Board of Directors, but no, not this time.
In fact, Mr. Morgan told me in a reply email sent back to me on December 21st that if I wanted answers like that he’d have to pass my question on to the Association’s lawyers and he’d expect me to pay the legal costs for obtaining those answers. Well, that certainly made no sense it me. I mean, if he sent out the letters, shouldn’t he already know what he meant concerning what the letters contained? (I guess that assumes he was actually responsible for those letters, why I now highly doubt.)
Anyway, I replied back to Mr. Morgan on December 31st explain I had absolutely no intention of accepting his offer and that I wanted him to clearly understand he did not have my permission to pass on such a request to the Association’s lawyers. At the same time I advised him I also had no intention whatsoever of paying to get such answer, something every Association member is entitled to receive.
Now, nearly a full month later, all while maintaining my patience, I never received any further reply from Mr. Morgan.
So, I ask each of you to ponder this, …
If any Association Member asks any question of our community President, shouldn’t he respond?
Shouldn’t he at least have the common courtesy to reply?
Why on earth would anyone take on a position such as President and then blatantly choose to ignore his constituents when they ask as simple question concerning a document issued under his oversight?
Like I implied earlier, I don’t believe I ever did such a thing over the course of my 5 years as President.
Apparently Mr. Morgan is cut from a different sort of cloth.
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.