Gun-toting postal exec politicks for condo leader on government time using government resources
Why? Reasonable man would and should ask.
Miami’s Downtown Dadeland multi-use condominium complex was abandoned by the original developer leaving Goldman Sachs holding the bag, placing the complex in foreclosure — and huge construction defects taxing the mortgage holder's pocketbook for now.
Looking into the near future, those costly construction blunder remedies could easily weigh heavily on the unit owners if those unit owners (members of the eight condominium associations) who will run condo affairs as board of directors of the associations are not vigilant in their efforts to protect the interests of ALL members of the associations. The recent photos — the latest were taken on November 24, 2008 — serve as a progress report and as a warning to the unit owners: The future of Downtown Dadeland is in your hands when you vote for the directors that will represent you or will have their hands in their own pocket. This election could not come soon enough foe Goldman Sachs when the venerable investment firm and mortgage lender turns all condo affairs over to the unit owners. Your investment could easily blossom significantly in size triggered by the heavy burden of special assessments if your elected leaders lean on motives other than execution of fiduciary duties.
As can easily be imagined, the leadership of the Downtown Dadeland condominium will face major negotiations with businesses associated with major money outlays (the condo unit owners’ money handed over in the form of monthly maintenance fees and special assessments).
If you have followed the news diligently, you will have read detailed reports in the newspapers, watched ugly details on television, and listened to discussions on the radio about the dishonesty of volunteer members of condo association boards of directors — the one’s who looked out for themselves. Kickbacks and bribery are oftentimes prominently associated with such reports. The bigger the problems the condo association faces, the bigger the take, and the longer the jail sentences that ought to be meted out for those who get caught and face justice in the court of law.
Downtown Dadeland faces big problems and soon volunteer unit owners will step forward to assume far-reaching authority and not lightly to be taken responsibilities with fiduciary duties requiring honesty. Not even asking for a freebie door mat bearing the Downtown Dadeland logo should be on a volunteer director’s mind.
Have you observed the space directly in front of unit A723 in Building A? It’s the unit owned and occupied by Allen and Stella Donelan. Now go and observe what you find in front of other units of any residential unit owner’s door. You won't find a single apartment with evidence of such suspect doings adorning the front entrance of the unit. By the way, would it not even be in violation of Condominium Rules and Regulations for such objects to be placed by the front door on "common property."?
Here's a question of significance that needs to be asked at the time the first election of unit owner directors takes place. Is unit owner Allen Donelan (who, when he wants to grab that which is not his to grab, leans on an unprofessional lawyer who pooh-poohs ethics) a reprobate?
Here is a Downtown Dadeland photo gallery
as of November 24, 2008
Let the pictures speak for themselves.
as of November 24, 2008
Let the pictures speak for themselves.
An innocent view from the air
(it's a photographic collage taken some time ago):
Here's the patio of a residential unit
(sun bathing is not recommended):
(sun bathing is not recommended):
Streets are blocked off
(one big benefit is keeping CO2 poisening out):
(one big benefit is keeping CO2 poisening out):
The streets are torn up causing traffic headaches
(but walking is good exercise):
(but walking is good exercise):
Here's the pool serving as a bird bath
(the permit for human use is lacking):
(the permit for human use is lacking):
It's the gym promised long ago
(only construction workers benefit from exercising):
Another view of the gym
(two non-members exercise without equipment):
And let us remember the date!
This photographic report presents photographic evidence
captured on November 24, 2008.
NOW BACK TO THE BIG QUESTION:
Should you entrust the retiring postal executive Allen Donelan with the formidable task of administering the affairs of Downtown Dadeland with YOUR interest at heart, fair decision-making on his lips, and strict adherence to fiduciary duty in his pocket?
posted by grandlifestyle.com @ 3:19 PM
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