The 2011 Board of Directors election is a complete mockery with the incumbents members acting like buffoons. The current President, Lauricella, who has been in power since the 1980s, lives in Florida and the co-owners pay for him to have a cell phone and laptop to conduct Colonies business. One can view Lauricella''s official address of record on file with Fairfax County for his unit in The Colonies by going to Fairfax County Real Estate Map number 0294 04030305 (http://icare.fairfaxcounty.gov/Forms/Datalets.aspx?mode=profileall&taxyear=2012&ownseq=1&roll=REAL&jur=000&sIndex=0&idx=34&pin=&card=1&item=1&State=1&items=-1). Anytime the current board is questioned by residents whether it be contracts, finances, policies, those residents are shot down. There are 5 seats up for election this term, all 5 incumbents that include 2 newly elected members due to a resignation of a board member last Fall and a death of one this Spring are running in addition 4 new candidates. One of the 2 newly elected incumbent candidates has lived in The Colonies since the late 1970's and is tainted by the existing board. During a recent candidate session last week, the other newly elected candidate's unit co-owner and roommate said to the wife of one of the four new candidates which is on digital audio tape and will soon hopefully be uploaded to the effect of:
"These people work for me and if they're elected they better be prepared to answer to me for their actions." and he also made a comment to her about knowing about her tenant's lease which is confidential information and not something a Board Member or the office staff should be sharing. He had to be escorted from the building by Security.
The Colonies also has an incumbent member of the Board of Directors who is the Treasurer and member of the Finance Committee that works Part-Time in the office! Many have commented that is a conflict of interest! This Board Member is also the next door neighbor of the one mentioned above with the unruly unit co-owner/roommate.
The current Board has sent two letters to co-owners at their expense (one of which was a 3-page single-sided letter disputing all claims a group of concerned co-owners had questioned which they included with the monthly condo bill at a cost of $0.61 postage) and a flyer distributed was not something they refuted. The second letter announced 3 resignations of people in the office as a way to gain votes for the incumbent candidates and talked of emails and harassing phone calls the staff has endured. If anything, these emails in question are likely not directed at them but are directed at the poor performance of things (a pump for the koi pond by the Administrative Office was more important last year than addressing the swimming pool plumbing issues BEFORE the season opened which left residents without the use of the swimming pool for nearly a month).
Could this Board have something to hide if they so afraid of a change in regime is the true question?
"These people work for me and if they're elected they better be prepared to answer to me for their actions." and he also made a comment to her about knowing about her tenant's lease which is confidential information and not something a Board Member or the office staff should be sharing. He had to be escorted from the building by Security.
The Colonies also has an incumbent member of the Board of Directors who is the Treasurer and member of the Finance Committee that works Part-Time in the office! Many have commented that is a conflict of interest! This Board Member is also the next door neighbor of the one mentioned above with the unruly unit co-owner/roommate.
The current Board has sent two letters to co-owners at their expense (one of which was a 3-page single-sided letter disputing all claims a group of concerned co-owners had questioned which they included with the monthly condo bill at a cost of $0.61 postage) and a flyer distributed was not something they refuted. The second letter announced 3 resignations of people in the office as a way to gain votes for the incumbent candidates and talked of emails and harassing phone calls the staff has endured. If anything, these emails in question are likely not directed at them but are directed at the poor performance of things (a pump for the koi pond by the Administrative Office was more important last year than addressing the swimming pool plumbing issues BEFORE the season opened which left residents without the use of the swimming pool for nearly a month).
Could this Board have something to hide if they so afraid of a change in regime is the true question?
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