Saturday, February 9, 2008

LOEWENSTEIN & CO. CHIEF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

LOEWENSTEIN & CO. CHIEF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM THE UCO ELECTION IN MARCH?

FOLLOWING ARE THE KEY “ACCOMPLISHMENTS” OF THE CURRENT LOEWENSTEIN ADMINISTRATION:

1) VICE PRESIDENT MYRON SOLOMON DRAGGED THE VILLAGE INTO A MAJOR LEGAL QUAGMIRE BY LAUNCHING A LAW SUIT IN VIOLATION OF THE MILLENIUM AGREEMENT PRIOR TO REQUIRED NEGOTIATION AND ARBITRATION; THIS POORLY CONCEIVED ACTION WAS VIGOROUSLY SUPPORTED BY PRESIDENT LOEWENSTEIN AND THE UCO OFFICERS TEAM; SHOULD THEY BE RE-ELECTED?

2) VICE PRESIDENT HOWIE SILVER, BASED ON WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PREVIOUS MARSHALL ADMINISTRATION, PUT A DEGRADED VERSION OF CHANNEL 63 ON THE AIR WHICH EXHIBITS 1940’s LEVEL TECHNOLOGY IN LIEU OF A MARSHALL PLANNED PROFESSIONAL TV FORMAT;
SHOULD HOWIE BE RE-ELECTED?

3) CURRENTLY WE ARE IN ARBITRATION, OUR CASE IS DUBIOUS AT BEST! WE ARE PAYING OUR LEGAL FEES WITH MONEY TAKEN FROM OTHER, BUDGETED, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LINE ITEMS, THIS IS THE “PLAN” OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, AN INTERESTING PROBLEM COMES OUT OF DEPLETING ESTABLISHED BUDGET LINES FOR THESE LEGAL COSTS; SHOULD WE IN FACT RECEIVE ANY AWARD FROM THE ARBITRATION PROCESS, IT WOULD BE PAID TO THE RESIDENTS, NOT TO UCO, HENCE RESTORING THE BUDGET INTEGRITY WOULD BE GREATLY DELAYED;
SHOULD THEY BE RE-ELECTED?

4) THE LOEWENSTEIN TEAM HAS FAILED TO BUDGET FOR LEGAL EXPENSES WHICH HAVE NO FORESEEABLE LIMIT;
SHOULD THEY BE RE-ELECTED?

5) THE LOEWENSTEIN TEAM HAS FAILED TO DISCLOSE, OR TO PROPERLY BUDGET FOR, THE COSTS OF SHORELINE RESTORATION OF OUR LAKES AND CANALS, WHICH WILL COST, IF DONE PROPERLY, BETWEEN
3 MILLION AND 8 MILLION DOLLARS; SHOULD THEY BE RE-ELECTED?

6) THE LOEWENSTEIN TEAM HAS FAILED TO BUDGET FOR A POTENTIAL INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE OF $2,400,000.00 A LIABILITY OF $305.00 PER UNIT; SHOULD THEY BE RE-ELECTED?

7) THE OPPORTUNITY, NEGOTIATED BY THE MARSHALL TEAM, TO INSTALL MAJOR UCO FUNCTIONS IN THE CLUBHOUSE, AND IN COORDINATION WITH WPRF, TO PROVIDE “ONE STOP SHOPPING” FOR SUCH PRODUCTS AS PASSES, TICKETS, ID’s TRANSPONDERS, ALL ON COMMON COMPUTER NETWORKS; HAS BEEN SQUANDERED BY
LOEWENSTEIN INCITED PERSONAL ANIMOSITY WITH WPRF; SHOULD HE BE RE-ELECTED?

8) LEGAL CONFLICT WITH WPRF, PRECLUDING FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF KEY UCO TASKS IN THE CLUBHOUSE, NOW HAS LED TO THE POORLY PLANNED “NEED” TO CONSTRUCT A NEW UCO OFFICE BUILDING AT GREAT COST, SHOULD THIS TAJ MAHAL OF PERSONAL AGGRANDIZEMENT OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED?
SHOULD WE ALLOW THIS TO GO ON BY RE-ELECTING THE GANG THAT CAN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT?

9) WHAT GAVE THIS CREW THE DIVINE RIGHT TO TURN OVER OUR PROPRIETARY FINANCIAL DATA TO THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY? WHAT GAVE THIS CREW, WHO’S FUNCTION, IS STRICTLY ADVISORY IN NATURE, THE IMPERIAL AUTHORITY TO DISPERSE INSPECTORS ONTO OUR ROOFS TO PRODUCE CONCOCTED FAILURE REPORTS? IN THE END WHAT WILL THIS ARROGATION OF POWER COST THIS VILLAGE? THE FOLLOWING RECITATION OF BAD JUDGEMENT SHOULD PROVE INSTRUCTIVE!

10) Failure: to uphold the oath of office of President of UCO.

11) Failure: to offer a limited apology to avoid the lawsuit by WPRF.

12) Failure: to offer an apology to a contractor that President Loewenstein personally denigrated, thus resulting in a $ 50,000.00 bill.

13) Failure: By, allowing the Nominating Committee to reject candidate applicants without any criteria, for the first time in the 24 year history of UCO.

14) Failure: to follow UCO by-laws, by requiring prior notice to attend Committee Meetings.

15) Failure: to provide an open forum for the WPRF/Operations Committee meetings, as required by the By-laws,
this Committee operates in the dark and spends millions of dollars of our money, with virtually no constraints!

16) Failure: to allow
open, uncensored discussions on the CV website/forum, a UCO sponsored function.

17) Failure: to maintain a properly updated reserve for the repaving of the Village. The fund has not been reappraised for 6 years!

18) Failure: by creating and encouraging the unnecessary animosity between Residents and WPRF.

19) SO! WHAT ARE THEIR STRONG POINTS? CONSTANT COMPLAINTS: “IT’S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE’S FAULT”; POOR JUDGEMENT; LACK OF CRITICAL THINKING; POOR PRIOR PLANNING IN ALL THINGS, ARROGATION OF POWER, EXCEEDING THEIR AUTHORITY; IN SHORT, A SOLID ABILITY TO SCREW UP ANYTHING THEY TOUCH! REALLY!! SHOULD WE GIVE THIS "KING MIDAS IN REVERSE" THE OPPORTUNITY TO SINK US DEEPER INTO THE QUAGMIRE OF EXPENSE AND ABJECT FAILURE? LINCOLN IS REPUTED TO HAVE SAID; “IF YOU WANT TO TEST A MAN’S CHARACTER; GIVE HIM POWER” WELL, LOEWENSTEIN & CO. HAVE BEEN GIVEN POWER AND THEIR CHARACTER HAS BEEN FOUND WANTING!!! SINCE THEY WILL NOT DO THE MORALLY CORRECT THING AND RESIGN, I SAY;
THROW THE BUMS OUT
LoT

7 comments:

Ed Black said...

Well, what do you know, a clear concise articulate objective and unbiased view of this election?

I guess this has let the proverbial “cat” out of the bag!! Oh My!

What will “T H E Y” do NEXT to impress us, their constituents?

Please Fasten your seat belts, should the plane lose altitude, the oxygen masks will drop down from the overhead!

Mike said...

I'm not against anyone stating their opinion of the present UCO Board's accomplisments or failures but I think they should put their real name on whatever they have to say. Mike

UCO President said...

Hi Mike,
Well said; however, the trash heap of CV history is littered with the "bodies" of those, who in the past, have spoken out against those in power. In this Village, there is no civility in Politics, it is undoubtedly a contact sport. There are many extremely talented people in CV sitting on the sidelines because they are "out of favor" so, consider the content, do your research, and VOTE your choice. I assume, based on your comment,
and your past complaints, that you are a Delegate who will be voting in March!
Dave

Mike said...

Hi Dave, No, I am not a delegate. I'm a past President and Board member of My Assoc. . Mike

Topper said...

Wow!!!! I'm not hanging that one. Someone might beat me up!

elaineb said...

Thanks for laying out the whole UCO sorry situation. I appreciate the factual approach. I want things done right, and try not to sound mean. My view is limited by being away for the Summer and by UCO secrecy and misdirection. From the blog and my own efforts to dig out what is really going on, I can tell the points are valid.
I did not know about #2, or #12 - Prez L personally denigrating a contractor but I am not surprised. I find Prez L exhibitions of rage and paranoia alarming. Even at the recent Delegate Mtg. he said “we will hold their feet to the fire” about the brand new Medics transport, for no solid reason. Does it EVER occur to him that a friendly, helpful attitude is better. With an aggressive attitude like that no wonder we have law suits! He also claimed the UCO bylaws did not say what they clearly said. This resulted in audience groans over the reading of a paragraph of bylaws. Are the delegates there for a fun show, highlighted by recklessness, inattention to Robert‘s Rules and Chapter 718, any hard questions shut down. What a bad example the leader is for the presidents of individual buildings.

From now on this is my sign off “CV is much too big to be advised and directed by amateurs.”

Pierre said...

Hi elaineb.
Could not agree with you more, it is high time that we wake up and get professional people to manage the affairs of the Village.