Your Feb. 19 news article did a solid job of covering our lawsuit against Carl M. Freeman Communities for control of our homeowners association. President and CEO Michelle Freeman is quoted as expressing enormous pride in the quality of the development, the operation of its amenities, and their vision for the community. I wouldn’t disagree.
But, why is she afraid of the community taking our legally justified control of our part of the community? Why does she think we want anything but the best for our community?
My concerns for pushing our control are twofold. First, she controls an HOA that has markedly underfunded reserves for the predictable upkeep and replacement of common areas. Developers often do this for marketing purposes.
Second, she controls an HOA that can unfairly and disproportionately lay off to homeowners the maintenance costs for shared benefits such as entrances, drainage systems, roadways, and common areas.
The Freeman vision incorporates housing (owned by HOA members), sports amenities (owned by Freeman), a performing stage (owned by Freeman) and commercial shops (owned by Freeman).
It is a great blend. We just want to be financially responsible with our fair share - no more and no less. We just want to control our HOA and our interests in this virtually built-out community as prescribed by the law.
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