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Shedding some light on As Dues Dry Up,Neighbors PayMarch 25th, 2009

I would like to bring some light to the entities you interviewed for As

Dues Dry Up, Neighbors Pay.

Did you realize that the management companies you talked to wereactually all aliases of John Carona? This almost looked like preparatory

work solicited by Carona to bilk even more money out of homeowners.

How about an investigative story into Caronas actions in the legislature

to benefit his management companies to the great detriment of the

constituent homeowners?

Sen. Carona has been authoring legislation that has been very

detrimental to homeowners for the benefit of his management companies

for many years. Often times these alleged debts or failure to pay

assessments are because he institutes a priority of payment scam in

the subdivisions managed by his management companies. Homeowners

will be accused of violating some restrictive covenant. They will then be

fined. As a result of the re-characterization scheme, he generates evenmore collection fees because since the assessment money was re-

characterized the homeowner will be deemed to be late on assessments.

Austins Fox 7 News did a story on Caronas unscrupulous practices in

November 2006.

The violations that his organization cites are often not violations at all or

they are trying to enforce unenforceable restrictions. With private

fining, no due process, no equal protection, and no courtroom, the

private police do quite well engaging in what most laypersons would refer

to as extortion. Pay Carona or lose your home. Pay up and shut up or it

will be worse for you next time.

Take a look at the management companies you mentioned and decidewhether you actually obtained independent opinions or whether you

were just promulgating Caronas viewpoint:

Associa is Carona

Colorado Association Services is Carona

Massingham & Associates is Carona

M&C Associations Management is Carona

Kramer-Triad is Carona

If you doubt me, you can verify yourself at the following link:

http://www.associaonline.com/siteapps/AllOfficesList.aspx

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The board members interviewed are from HOAs managed by Caronas

management companies. There is often an unholy alliance between the

board members and the vendors such as Caronas management

companies. The Board members ensure that Carona keeps the business

and Carona ensures that the board members stay in power either by

managing the voting process, instituting policies to protect the

incumbents like voter disenfranchisement, nominating committees, and

proxy voting.

Carona is also interested in trying to protect those lucrative vendor

contracts that his management companies recommend to the HOAafter careful analysis of the market. Insurance is one of the big ones.

The payments will be made to Associa Policyholders - another Carona

alias. Want a resale certificate? You will have to purchase it from

Community Archives - another Carona alias. That community website?

Association Community Websites is yet another Carona alias. Of course

the management company carefully shops around to ensure that the

HOA gets a good deal on these services, wink, wink, nod, nod. By the

way, if a claim is made against the insurance policy Carona expects 10%

of any payout - not as a deductible but rather as compensation. Perhaps

much could be done about the financial affairs of associations by

investigating the vendors that have been bilking the members of the

HOAs for so long.

I respect the Wall Street Journal and have previously worked with Wall

Street Journal reporters. Im disappointed that this story gave the false

impression of an independent geographic sampling of HOAs,

management companies, and vendors when in fact this is the same

organization. Can we count on the Wall Street Journal to dig a little

deeper into the independence of its sources in the future?

In addition, with respect to the advice regarding reading the bylaws,

such advice is useless. The Board can and and often does change the

bylaws as it suits the Board to the detriment of the homeowners. The

homeowner has little recourse when the Board tramples the bylaws and

the homeowner has no protection against bylaws changing. Any reliance

on bylaws is thus a misplaced sense of security. The Bylaws areprimarily used for the Boards benefit to the members detriment, not as

a restraint against the Board.

Thanks, however, for at least getting part of the problem some public

exposure.

Bill Davis, P.E.

Davis & Associates

Dripping Springs, TX 78620

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February 26th, 2009

Straw men - a lazy rhetorical device used to characterize those who

disagree with you in a fundamentally dishonest way. Can be a sign of a

person who lacks confidence in the merits of his ideas.


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Annual Ledges Christmas PartyDecember 3rd, 2008

It is our custom to provide a seasonal arrangement for the enjoyment of

our neighbors in attendance at the annual Ledges Christmas party. This

year, however, the need in our broader community is greater than usual.

Therefore, an equivalent contribution will be made to the Hendersonville

Rescue Mission given by Friends of Hidden Hills and Ledges.

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Robert and Vivian Armstrong


September 15th, 2008


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