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I am new to blogging so please bare with me. I think that this blog is a good idea for people to express their thoughts, ideas, concerns and offer constructive suggestions that will bring the LACA community together. It would be nice if this did not become a bashing forum. Nothing gets accomplished effectively without open lines of communication. I am more than sure it takes a lot of work to maintain and update information. Kudos to the person who started this!
My wife and I are in the Lake Adventure community for a few years now and have enjoyed every minute of it. We have shown other family members and friends Lake Adventure in which they also purchased property. I have seen increases in the dues in the past three years and have absorbed them. We have not had the luxury of the lower rates that have been here for quite a few years that others have had the pleasure of enjoying. Having run a business, I fully understand that increases may be necessary due to the rising costs of everything. Though I fully understand that some people are on fixed incomes, out of work or lower incomes I feel this is still a great value for the money. Heck, you can't even take a decent vacation for what this place costs per year to own. I want to bring in more quality people to Lake Adventure but I am getting a little reluctant due to all the bickering between owners and the BOD. I feel that we are on the right track with the new manager and his credentials appear to be good. From what I am hearing he is on a mission to make improvements that will make LACA a friendly, nice looking place as well as functional. It would be nice to see some members pool together and donate some time to help make it a better place also. We have Horseshoe pits, ball fields and such that do not appear to get used that often. Wouldn't it be nice to have some more activities? Maybe some scheduled games on the weekends for people to participate in. I would be willing to donate some time to make this a better place to have some more enjoyment. It would be nice to meet some more of our neighbors also. My wife and I have friends in other parks somewhat like this and I have to tell you that their activities are well coordinated. Renters as well as owners participate in the events and some even assist in running the events. They do not get quite as much as we get for there dues but it is a fun place to be and from what we have observed, people are very content. The point that I am trying to make is that you can't keep doing things the same way and expect different results. Sometimes things need to be a joint effort. I would like to see everyone come together and resolve what ever issues are before us with an end result to attract decent people to our community. Lets give the new guy a chance to see if a difference can be made and assist where we can. Thank you for the opportunity to express my thoughts. By the way, nice review on last nights dance. It is nice to see some positive feedback.
PS: Why is everybody anonymous on the blog?

olds -- you are right on the money -- more activities are needed to respond to the needs of new members, activities so the whole family can engage, activities for men and their children, activities that engage the teen members, and the exceptional swim program that this year will hold the finals at la later this summer -- yes the new manager qualifications on paper look good and i too look forward to his managing la for the benefit of all members, his ability to get the upgrades to the electrical and water infrastrutures and begin to show better progress with these projects-- to oversee the maintenance operations, the office support operations and hopefully begin to use the Internet to communicate with members, a way to save on postage and open a new avenue to let la members know what is happening at la---

yes i too hope that better days are ahead for la, a stronger financial situation, a better management for la, a more engaged membership and a lot less enraged membership--that would be a major start for la

---- chipper

dance

tonite there was a st. pat's dance with a dj -- was nice but not many people there -- i left a 9pm and there was about 40 people there -- kids sure enjoyed it as usual

clubhouse main room has been repainted in white with blue trim -- restrooms also painted -- very nice paint job by katie and her husband - i can't imagine painting a room of that size - it is a very big project -- good job!!!

SPRING CLEANING

started cleaning up today -- raking and blowing leaves, cleaning the deck, straightening out the shed, putting some furniture out and generally gettin things ready for the season -- sunny all day with mild temps - good day to work outside -- drove around and a lot of members are here this weekend doing the same thing-- dogs having a good time -- tonite is the st. pat dance -- have to go to that--- so if you missed this weekend you missed a good one-- ps-- daffodils are coming up

pss-- still looking for a roofer that works with rubber roofs -- anyone know anyone???

tough finances

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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "residency":

It is my understanding that the town is making LA enforce the residency rule. For as long as I can remember you cannot live there year round, don't know why, but I think it may be part of the covenants.

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Seems like someone cares about fellow LA property owners. True, if someone breaks the rules by registering, voting and getting PA credentials and stays they are wrong, but, if someone is out of a job or lost their home and have no place to live why can't they stay at LA except for a period of time?? The whole country is in trouble and if property owners can't understand this think of what the result wpould bem supporting people living on the street. Maybe people could respond with their thoughts on this

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residency is when you establish a permanent residence in which you claim 5000 lake adventure, milford, pa as your primary established residence and address-- you can be considered an established resident if you claim on any government document that 5000 lake adventure is your address-- examples are driver's licenses, voter registrations, vehicle registration, food stamps, welfare, enrollment in schools, to name a few- exceptions are the local property taxes on your lot or insurances covering your lot

la is open to it's members 365 days a year and you have a right to use la throughout that year just don't have it listed as your primary residence

this will be hard for the bod or the manager to prove -- they'll need a lot of luck

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VERY INTERESTING ABOUT THE FINES FOR RESIDENCY111 What should we do about the people that find LA is the only place they can afford to live after paying dues for 20 years or more. What happened to the two week rule that early property owners were led to believe?? Yes, if people register and send kids to school that is one thing but others who have no other place to live but on the streets how do you feel about them?? The whole country is in a sad shape and many people who want to work have lost jobs and are having a hard time existing, have a little compassion for our fellow man and if spending five or six months at LA will help them get on their feet so be it and not try to fine them $1000 that if they had they would probably be in an apartment

great weekend !!!!

was up to la this past saturday and sunday and the weather was terrific -- sunny and very warm 65' temps both days -- it was great -- quite a few people up with their families and dogs -- lots of clean up to do so going back up this weekend --

picked up a march flyer and was quite amused about the penalties for permannent residency at la -- they should have a field day trying how to enforce that rule since the only way to enforce it is to prove that a member has established legal residency at 5000 lake adventure -- that is next to impossible so good luck to the bod with that one

dues will be out 1 april ---- it may be APRIL FOOL'S day when they see how many members will have difficulty coming up with the membership dues in these tough economic environments --

saturday 3.21 is a st. pat's dance -- should be nice weather for this weekend and a few people will show up

march flyer

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SEASON'S A COMMING

YEAH THE TEMPERATURES AT LA ARE CLIMBING -- I GUESS A FEW PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP TO START THEIR SPRING CLEAN UP AND DO THE REPAIRS ON LAST OCTOBER'S STORM DAMAGE-- HAVE TO GET MY CABLE BACK ON AND THINK ABOUT COMING UP FOR THE ST. PAT'S DANCE NEXT WEEKEND--- ENJOY SUMMER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER

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How do YOU know how many people look at this site?

What makes you think not that many? You're probably an average property owner just like me. You're looking at it, aren't you?

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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "reply - bod support":

I think the bod have thick skin. I wouldn't worry because not too many people are looking at this site. It's the same few people over and over again that come to this site.

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Based on the vicious attacks on both the character and qualifications of board members displayed on this site I sure wouldn't run for office. Don't be surprised if no one else runs next year either. There are a lot of accusations but it's all conjecture. Every time someone writes something positive about the BOD or a member someone else sees fit to tear them down. I believe half of what I see and none of what I hear. I think we elected some good people who are trying their best in a bad situation they inherited. Are they perfect? No, but if you can gather enough votes to walk in their shoes don't be surprised if you find yourself the object of some severe criticism on this site regardless of how hard you're working. Before you have a chance to accuse me - I'm not a board member, not a LA employee, not a real estate agent and not the attorney, all things I've erroneously been accused of on this site. I'm a property owner who somehow seems to enjoy their time at LA despite all the horrific things I read about here.

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you hit the nail on the head, unfortunately too many people don't make inquiries to the proper people. I must say though that the issue was discussed at an open meeting, and PO's were told why that particular section in the back was done first, it was the worst! Had nothing to do with who lived there. Of course you would have to attend meetings to get the information.

PAUL KRUGMAN - FINANCES

OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Big Dither

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: March 5, 2009
Last month, in his big speech to Congress, President Obama argued for bold steps to fix America’s dysfunctional banks. “While the cost of action will be great,” he declared, “I can assure you that the cost of inaction will be far greater, for it could result in an economy that sputters along for not months or years, but perhaps a decade.”

Many analysts agree. But among people I talk to there’s a growing sense of frustration, even panic, over Mr. Obama’s failure to match his words with deeds. The reality is that when it comes to dealing with the banks, the Obama administration is dithering. Policy is stuck in a holding pattern.

Here’s how the pattern works: first, administration officials, usually speaking off the record, float a plan for rescuing the banks in the press. This trial balloon is quickly shot down by informed commentators.

Then, a few weeks later, the administration floats a new plan. This plan is, however, just a thinly disguised version of the previous plan, a fact quickly realized by all concerned. And the cycle starts again.

Why do officials keep offering plans that nobody else finds credible? Because somehow, top officials in the Obama administration and at the Federal Reserve have convinced themselves that troubled assets, often referred to these days as “toxic waste,” are really worth much more than anyone is actually willing to pay for them — and that if these assets were properly priced, all our troubles would go away.

Thus, in a recent interview Tim Geithner, the Treasury secretary, tried to make a distinction between the “basic inherent economic value” of troubled assets and the “artificially depressed value” that those assets command right now. In recent transactions, even AAA-rated mortgage-backed securities have sold for less than 40 cents on the dollar, but Mr. Geithner seems to think they’re worth much, much more.

And the government’s job, he declared, is to “provide the financing to help get those markets working,” pushing the price of toxic waste up to where it ought to be.

What’s more, officials seem to believe that getting toxic waste properly priced would cure the ills of all our major financial institutions. Earlier this week, Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, was asked about the problem of “zombies” — financial institutions that are effectively bankrupt but are being kept alive by government aid. “I don’t know of any large zombie institutions in the U.S. financial system,” he declared, and went on to specifically deny that A.I.G. — A.I.G.! — is a zombie.

This is the same A.I.G. that, unable to honor its promises to pay off other financial institutions when bonds default, has already received $150 billion in aid and just got a commitment for $30 billion more.

The truth is that the Bernanke-Geithner plan — the plan the administration keeps floating, in slightly different versions — isn’t going to fly.

Take the plan’s latest incarnation: a proposal to make low-interest loans to private investors willing to buy up troubled assets. This would certainly drive up the price of toxic waste because it would offer a heads-you-win, tails-we-lose proposition. As described, the plan would let investors profit if asset prices went up but just walk away if prices fell substantially.

But would it be enough to make the banking system healthy? No.

Think of it this way: by using taxpayer funds to subsidize the prices of toxic waste, the administration would shower benefits on everyone who made the mistake of buying the stuff. Some of those benefits would trickle down to where they’re needed, shoring up the balance sheets of key financial institutions. But most of the benefit would go to people who don’t need or deserve to be rescued.

And this means that the government would have to lay out trillions of dollars to bring the financial system back to health, which would, in turn, both ensure a fierce public outcry and add to already serious concerns about the deficit. (Yes, even strong advocates of fiscal stimulus like yours truly worry about red ink.) Realistically, it’s just not going to happen.

So why has this zombie idea — it keeps being killed, but it keeps coming back — taken such a powerful grip? The answer, I fear, is that officials still aren’t willing to face the facts. They don’t want to face up to the dire state of major financial institutions because it’s very hard to rescue an essentially insolvent bank without, at least temporarily, taking it over. And temporary nationalization is still, apparently, considered unthinkable.

But this refusal to face the facts means, in practice, an absence of action. And I share the president’s fears: inaction could result in an economy that sputters along, not for months or years, but for a decade or more.

roofer needed

looking for a roofer to fix my rubber roof -- any one have any experiences with any of them at la-- difficult to decide who to call -- thanks - chipper

12' wide issue won't happen !!!!!!!!

THE TONE OF THIS LETTER SUGGESTS THAT THE 12' WIDE ISSUE WITH THE TOWNSHIP IS IN TROUBLE OR DOA!!!! --

LA MUST UPGRADE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURES FOR ELECTRIC, WATER AND SEWAGE--

AT THE RATE THAT THIS BOD IS PROCEEDING WITH THESE UPGRADES IT WILL BE 10 YEARS OR MORE BEFORE THEY COULD POSSIBLY UPGRADE THESE SYSTEMS-- THEY ARE SCREWING AROUND WITH THESE PROJECTS AND NOT MAKING ANY PROGRESS AT ALL --

I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY PROPERTIES HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, LATERAL UPGRADES AND IN WHAT TIME FRAME AND AT WHAT COST PER PROPERTY-- THEY PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW - I'D BET THAT THE COST PER PROPERTY IS MORE THAN MOST PROPERTIES ARE WORTH

THEY HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE RIPPING OFF THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BUT THEY STILL DO BUSINESS WITH THEM -- I WONDER WHETHER THESE CONTRACTS ARE EVEN PUT UP FOR LEGITIMATE BIDS WITH REPUTABLE CONTRACTORS OR ARE WE USING SOME ONE'S FRIEND???

THIS BOD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THESE UPGRADES DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND AT AT DECENT RATE--

ELECTRICAL UPGRADES SHOULD BE 200 PER YEAR WITH A GOAL OF COMPLETING THE COMPLEX IN LESS THAT 10 YEARS-- THEY ARE NOWHERE NEAR THAT GOAL

LATERAL UPGRADES AND SEWAGE MUST ALSO BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE ELECTRICAL WORK

SO YOU CAN SOON SEE THAT THIS BOD ISN'T DOING IT'S JOB AND THE UPGRADES AREN'T AMOUNTING TO ANYTHING -

UNLESS THERE IS SERIOUS EFFORT MADE TO UPGRADE THESE SYSTEMS WITH CONTRACTORS THAT CAN DO THE WORK, COSTS CAN BE CONTROLLED AND THE MEMBERSHIP WILL PAY THE BILL THE 12' WIDE ISSUE IS NOT A LIKELY SITUATION FOR LA

BUT EVEN WITHOUT THE 12' WIDE ISSUE ON THE TABLE THESE PROJECTS NEED TO BE DONE OR SOMEDAY LA WILL BE CHAINED SHUT FOR VIOLATIONS OF ONE TYPE OR ANOTHER, FINES OR JUDGEMENTS AGAINST THE COMMUNITY

SO THE BOD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM -- LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN DO ANYTHING

---- CHIPPER



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