While the naysayers love to swear your board and
management are unable to handle your dues more responsibly than they could
there is one aspect they seemingly avoid. Have any of you ever retained the
services of a lawyer? Of course your association has a lawyer to help with
collection of past due accounts and documents but there is another area that
can be expensive and it relates directly to the naysayers.
Each time one of them brings up some act or rule they
say is not according to law we must get a legal opinion. There have been
several times just in the last year we have done so in order to protect you as
well as to be sure we are on firm ground. When one of them says “we’ll sue” we have
to inform our (your) attorney and it is never free. Attorneys charge hundreds
of dollars per hour and who do you suppose is paying the tab? You guessed it,
you are.
The next time one of these few tries to convince
you they are working to help our community remind them of that. We will continue
to protect you from potential lawsuits but remember, it is not free, and there
are many better ways that money could be spent.
Ken Dillenburg