The following Text is a reprint from the Summer 2004 SaveMarinaHills.org newsletter:

Appalling Explanation

A Bel Fiore homeowner,who, like most homeowners did not understand why the Directors did not send out proxies to allow homeowners to vote on term limits, after he and 100 fellow homeowners had formally petitioned the board to do so, requested that the Bel Fiore District Delegate ask the Directors for an explanation. This explanation was given by Linda Baker during the July Board Meeting: “The term limit petition was not answered, because it petitioned more than one issue,namely the term limits,the immediate effectiveness of term limits, and the requirement for sitting directors to apply this rule to themselves in case the homeowners voted for the term limit petition.” Linda Baker is absolutely
wrong, neither the CC&Rs nor the Bylaws allow any Director to qualify and/or turn down any properly presented homeowners’ petition.

The Bel Fiore District Delegate then furthermore stated,“that even if this was true, just last year the Directors initiated another homeowner petitioned vote that also talked about more than one issue: the parking on the driveway and the time period for which a garage door can be left open.” Presented with this contradiction to her illogical explanation,Linda Baker stated that the Board made a mistake last year. Treasurer Vito Ferrante jumped in and said that the mistake was “due to his frailty.” Both of Linda Baker ’s explanations are factually wrong and are an insult to the intelligence of all Marina Hills homeowners.