poll results

question was:

SHOULD LA ALLOW FOR SALE SIGNS ON YOUR PROPERTY?

answers:

YES -----62 votes .....................NO -------8 votes

the by laws do not allow signs -- this should be changed --

when someone wants to sell their property they should have as many options as possible -- when they reach this point it is better for the community to have the property change hands then to have a property left unattended and start to look shabby due to neglect from the disinterested owners and maybe even go into default of the annual dues and property taxes resulting a long protracted period until the property is sold at sheriffs sale

the other issue is that this rule was probably set up to protect the on site realtor at the inception of la--it still has that same effect and makes it more difficult to market la property-- other realtors handle la property -- as a matter of fact i see other off site realtor's ads in the real estate publications all the time ( i have never seen an ad for the on site realtor in any publication )

another place that carries la property is the http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html--off site realtors have la property listed all the time -- this is also a place where you can post your own ad for free-- you can post it in multiple major east coast cities

it's in the best interest to the la community to make selling a property easier -- even to a point of upgrading the la website to allow members to post ads and photos --

of course i doubt this will happen -- the bod and la management are more interested in protecting certain other interests than the la community interests

poll results

the question was:

SHOULD LA PROMOTE A SPECIAL SATURDAY FOR SPRING CLEAN UP DAY?

the answers were: YES 68 votes ------ NO 2 votes

GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH LA EARLY IN THE SEASON IS A GOOD IDEA -- A SPRING CLEAN UP DAY COULD BE A WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP THE LOTS, REMOVE LEAVES, STICKS, WEEDS; OLD DECK FURNITURE THEY DON'T WANT SINCE THEY HAVE NEW FURNITURE; TOYS, BIKES AND OTHER PLAY THINGS THEIR KIDS DON'T USE ANYMORE SINCE THEY GREW OUT OF THEM; FURNITURE FROM THEIR TRAILERS THEY WANT TO DISCARD-- ALL THIS STUFF THAT HAS BEEN PILING UP AROUND THEIR TRAILERS AND SHEDS --

la should help by have a schedule to collect leaves - these leaves can be collected and piled up by the roadside and la maintenance could come around the next week with a truck mounted vacuum and collect and discard the leaves ( yes at the meet the candidate night this idea was pooh poohed-- just another example of what is wrong with the attitude of the current board-- they just can't see how to things like this can be done-- not much imagination on their part) --

perhaps a truck and a few men could be utilized on this saturday to collect bulk material that needs to go to the dumpster -- nothing heavy and it would have to be outside a trailer in the front of the property ( a fee could be developed to cover these costs of this service for people who don't have a vehicle to haul items)

in most cases the junk that is accumulating on properties is a result that most people have no method to haul junk or their age limits their ability to accomplish this without help -- and i think most people would be willing to pay a nominal fee to get this service --

now i know that the answer from the la management and the bod is that this can't be done -- they have lots of reasons for not doing things -- what they don't have is an alternative method to accomplish these things-- it easier to just ignore the problems-- the status quo is how they see everything

so here is the situation those voting in the poll overwhelming want a clean up day -- i wonder if it has even a chance with this management-- i doubt it!
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MEET THE CANDIDATES

well the meeting was quite interesting -- lots of questions and comments but very few answers by the candidates -- there seems to be a lack of communications with these candidates -- a lot can't be done because........you name it and they said it -- it made the presidential candidates sound great -- but as always this is not a presidential race and we must choose from the list of candidates before us -- i know who i'm not voting for -- but i'll hold my selection private and hope for the best

in the future i believe more people should consider running for the board -- a turnover in the bod ranks is not a bad idea -- it allows new ideas and new approaches to be explored -- things change and la could use some new direction -- but that requires a change in the majority of the bod members and that requires several cycles of voting for new candidates by the community members -- i think this should be something the community members should think about between now and next year's elections


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