🧩 What Happened
At the last meeting, an owner – (Anthony Bohnert Unit 410) – the very same owner whose actions started the entire legal mess) asked, this time, a reasonable question:
Would the Board inform the owners of the court decision delivered on June 13, 2025?
Instead of giving a straight answer, the exchange turned into a game of deflection:
- 🪶 The Chair: “Not within the scope of the meeting.”
- 🌀 The same owner asked again.
- 🧑⚖️ The lawyer sought guidance and deferred.
- 🔁 The Chair repeated the line.
- 🫧 Finally, someone vaguely promised that ‘information would be provided when possible.’
Extract from the Owner Requisition Meeting minutes:
Months later, silence.
📢 What Owners Deserve to Know
Owners did not learn from the Board that the Corporation lost in court, they learned it from us.
That’s unacceptable. A court decision involving our Corporation is not a private matter. It affects every one of us – our fees, our legal risk, our community’s reputation.
The moment that judgment was issued, owners should have been notified immediately, not left to piece it together from whispers.
🧾 “We Follow Legal Advice” – Or Do They?
The Board loves to repeat that they “follow legal advice.”
But when that advice includes telling the truth to owners – suddenly, silence.
Let’s be clear: “Following advice” cannot mean hiding behind it.
A board that ignores transparency obligations is not following counsel – it’s avoiding accountability.
💣 Why It Matters
A pattern of secrecy always comes before a financial or governance disaster.
If the Board won’t disclose a court loss, what else are they minimizing?
Trust is built on disclosure, not damage control.
🗝️ Bottom Line
Transparency isn’t optional – it’s a fiduciary duty.
When leadership treats information like a personal privilege instead of a legal obligation, owners lose control of their own corporation.
🕯️ We deserve honesty, not evasions.
