Escaping Condo Jail – Chapter 14 On

The rest of the excerpts from the last few chapters of this 2014 book with some discussion of the dangers of lawsuits, like when you sue the builder and then miss a second filing deadline in your suit.

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Escaping Condo Jail – 10: Transparency and Sunshine

Chapter 10 of this 2014 book is very relatable, for me at least.

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Escaping Condo Jail – 8: The Dark Side

Chapter 8 of this 2014 book looks at what can go wrong.

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Escaping Condo Jail – Through Chapter 7

More excerpts from the first part of this 2014 book including bringing up CAI.

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To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 2

Not being a member of the Board of Directors, based on this email:

Michael Milazzo

From:mikem@cpepropertymanagement.com

To:John Bury

Cc:Jessica Reyes

Tue, Apr 28 at 12:12 PM

Good Afternoon John, 

I wanted to reach out to share the results of last night’s meeting. There were a total of 58 votes to recall you from the board, effective at adjournment of the meeting. 

Thank you, 

Mike Milazzo

I am not planning on attending any more meetings since I have no expectation of being heard or told anything of importance, such as:

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Escaping Condo Jail – 2: To Catch a Thief

Chapter 2 of this 2014 book offers a few examples of theft and why it can be easy.

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Escaping Condo Jail – 1: Bully Boards, Gulag Gangs, and the Mob

Chapter 1 of this 2014 book offers a few examples of bully boards in actions with some suggested responses.

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Escaping Condo Jail – 9: Rigging the Election

Whereas most books on Homeowners Associations focus on running them right this 2014 book examines what can go wrong with self governance when boards run amok. I will look at all the chapters in separate blog posts but Chapter 9 particularly hit home for me. Excerpts follow:

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To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners

Rather than having a bunch of youtube links and attachments in a mass email to all of you I am putting the main points in this blog post.

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Back at the Mike

We welcomed back our Olympian on the night I came back to the mike nearing the end of the fourth hour of the meeting. The differences are stark. They do more here than tolerate you.

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THEY LISTEN! I only mentioned it in passing but when it came time to vote on this agenda item:

H. Action on NRES Renewable Auction Program

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