⚖️ The Hard Truth: You Get the Board You Deserve
Every community ends up with the board it tolerates.
Not necessarily the board it wants, but the one it allows through apathy, silence, and misplaced trust.
When people shrug and say, “I don’t get involved,” or “They’re all the same,” they hand over control to those who thrive on secrecy, control, and intimidation.
That’s how dysfunction becomes normalized – not through force, but through indifference.
🪞 The Reflection No One Likes to See
Look around: a board that hides records, spends recklessly, and treats owners like nuisances doesn’t exist in isolation.
It exists because too many intelligent, capable people decided their time was “too valuable” to attend meetings or run for election.
Meanwhile, the same handful of personalities – the loudest, not the wisest – keep re-electing themselves, patting each other on the back while the corporation sinks deeper into debt and division.
You are not powerless. But you are responsible.
🧱 The Cost of Looking Away
When you ignore misconduct, you legitimize it.
When you re-elect incompetence because “at least they’re familiar,” you endorse it.
When you stay home on election night because “nothing ever changes,” you guarantee that nothing ever will.
This is how communities rot – quietly, one ignored red flag at a time.
Meanwhile, property values drop, special assessments rise, and the same people responsible for the mess congratulate themselves on “doing their best.”
🌱 What Decent Owners Must Do
Stop hoping that integrity will grow in a toxic garden. It won’t.
Replace it – with people who can read a budget, ask questions respectfully, and understand the difference between management and dictatorship.
If you’ve ever managed a household budget, a team, a project, or simply treated others with fairness – you’re already more qualified than those who run on ego instead of ethics.
🗳️ The Bottom Line
Every vote — and every silence – shapes your board.
If you keep electing the same circle, don’t be surprised when you keep getting the same results: chaos, debt, and disrespect.
So next time you look at the state of our community, ask yourself:
“Who did I empower – and who did I excuse?”
Because in the end,
you are the company you keep.
