Scandals - 11

SCANDALS – PART 11 

 More than just interesting, -- it’s shocking! When you conceal items involving money, in my opinion, it’s the same as stealing. Concealing things in Century Village seems to be commonplace among people who control the money, and the good guys continue to wear blindfolds, earplugs and duct tape over their mouths. To put it bluntly, nobody seems to give a fiddler’s f—k as to what is going one. Only when it becomes ridiculously expensive to live in CV, will the moaning and groaning start and then finger pointing.

 Let’s have a look at one particular issue … PAVING! To get a good idea of what I’m talking about, browse Eduardo’s Scandals articles, which can be found on MY VILLAGE BLOGGER. On 9-4-2017, Donald Foster, LCAM, the CV Property Manager, reported: “Paving – Federal Maintenance made repairs to walkways and bus stops at various sections. New job list was submitted to contractor for estimate. Walkway, bus stop, and roadway maintenance is an ongoing project.” Patching of walk ways, bus stops and roadways, has been going on secretly for a considerable period of time. Logically, one has to ask” “Why is that? All of the paving is only about 5 years old.” If the paving was done PROPERLY, it should last between 12 and 15 years under normal wear and tear. Obviously, it isn’t going to last because it is and has been cracking up, wash-boarding, the surfaces are prematurely deteriorating; it is coming up because of lack of bonding, improper heating of bituminous concrete, perhaps improper rolling, and lack of proper preparation of existing pavement.

 When Dorothy Tetro was the CV treasurer, she set up seven individual accounts relating to the budget. In the event there was an emergency, you couldn’t use any of the dedicated money unless you got the Delegate’s approval. Everything was above board and nothing was concealed. When Ed Black took over the treasury, sanctioned by David Israel, all of the monies were moved into a single “Reserve” account. Israel and Black could use the “Reserve” account money for anything they wanted without anyone’s approval. The goal was a concealment of the facts. 

 Get out the blindfolds, earplugs and duct tape over the mouths of the good guys who turn their backs. So, what does all of that mean? It means that when the walkways and roadways fell apart prematurely, Israel and Black took the money, whatever amount of money, and repaired these areas. Where are the competitive bids? Where are the bidding documents? Where are the invoices? Who explains why the work is necessary? No doubt, hundreds of thousands of dollars have already been spent on re-paving the new paving job and this should not have been necessary …. consult any architect or engineer and you’ll get the same response. Mr. Foster states that the “walkway, bus stop and roadway maintenance is an ongoing project.” He tries to wiggle out of a serious statement by using the word “maintenance.” Patch paving a 5 year old re-paving job is hardly maintenance; it’s a cover-up for a failed paving job that was improperly performed. Mr. Foster no doubt ordered patch paving to be done so that when the walkways and roadways are inspected by the defendant’s professionals, it can then be reported that nothing appears to be wrong with any of the “original” work. You don’t need a private detective to figure this one out. Right before your very eyes, the paving contractor will spread dirt free of pebbles and rocks on a large roadway patch so that it will not look new. The dirt swept around will make the new patch blend in with the existing roadway. There is a word for that … deception. Mr. Foster, with the approval of Israel, and Israel’s button pusher – Black, are spending your money. In reality, the paving contractor, M & M Paving Contractors, should be paying for all of this work from day one of walkway, bus stop and roadway failures to present date and beyond because they knew, or should have known, that failures were going to occur rapidly due to labor and material deficiencies. 

 Inasmuch as Israel and Black permitted a single page contract for a paving job costing over five million dollars and disregarding their fiduciary responsibilities, and their actions and non-actions creating an extremely poor paving job, then they should be responsible for the cost of all patch repairs past and future. Israel and Black need to be stopped cold in their tracks and be held fully responsible for concealing the facts and causing extreme monetary damage to the people of Century Village. By the time enough money is saved for a new paving job throughout the Village, the patch paving “ongoing project will probably exceed a half million dollars. Hey you! – with the blindfold, earplugs and duct tape over your mouth, -- who are you going to blame, Vivian Walsh or Kurt Weiss? A better question – when patching of the patching of the re-paving job comes about – who do you hold responsible – anyone that Israel and Black names. 

 I remember what an elderly woman at the Hastings pool once said – “I don’t care if they steal, as long as they don’t steal a lot.” God bless women over 90. 
 EDUARDO

The Paving job backed up by Delegate Comments

So the culmination of the Delegates Vote on the Paving job is just this.

A vote was actually held, but only on Part 2. Part 1 was signed before it was brought to the delegates, if it ever was.

Part 2 was brought to the Delegates for the OK. No mention of cracks, or poor outcome. The discussion centered on monies. The discussion was moderated by the Chair.

Much pressure was put on the Delegates to OK this portion and eventually they did.

So now that the truth is out and is part of the history of this $5 million dollar lawsuit. The Chair in his infinite wisdom says we are suing ourselves. Another lie.

We are suing UCO, who,  in the Wise mans view,  should be, in fact is, in charge of Century Village, or so he thinks. - I don't

Forgetting of course that that is putting the cart before the horse and makes no sense. UCO was set up to be our, Century Village, contracting and buying arm. That is a good idea.

Turning it around the other way is nothing more than a Power Grab and must be stopped.

Are the Delegates up to it?

Some Comments from our viewers:
The latest from Grace and her Friend D. Israel.
A Delegate has left a new comment on your post "The Paving job backed up by Delegate Comments":

I'm laughing so hard it hurts. Gracie posted her story again on David's blog about delegates being responsible for the lousy paving. And guess what? David responded by saying anything on the malcontents blog is not worth discussion. Ha, Ha, Ha. Poor Gracie doesn't get it. David is trying to shut her up because she is getting too much air play and David is sinking deeper and deeper into the pile of DOO DOO. What a Hoot! Keep it up Gracie.
A.Delegate Nov.15.2014

EDUARDONovember 12, 2014 at 2:37 PM

Holy Geronimo!!! --- you've just approached the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to lies, may I remind you and your readers of my thoughts posted on Friday, October 31, 2014, entitled "YOU TALK ABOUT ISRAEL'S LIES......OKAY, LET'S TALK."

Israel enjoys throwing people out of meetings for looking at him cross-eyed. If he were thrown out of every Delegates' Meeting in which he lied, there would be a brown stain on the permanent empty chair where he parks his carcass.

It's funny, really funny, that nobody disagrees with you or me regarding Israel's prevarications that even would cause Pinocchio to blush
EDUARDO
at 7:10 AM

The first phase was  a contract signed by David Israel only, therefore , the delegates only voted for the second half. I attended that meeting and was never informed if I voted yes, the cracks would come back. The only portion of the paving job that was voted on was the Phase 2; and that was done only after much pressure had been applied by the person(s) responsible for the first phase.
A Delegate
on 11/13/14

More proof that Dear Gracie is from a planet far far away.
Olga Wolkenstein
on 11/13/14

The only portion of the paving job that was voted on was the "second phase" and that was done only after much pressure had been applied by the person(s) responsible for the first phase.
Whistlers Mother
on 11/13/14

Yes, let's assume that Gracie is telling the truth. This means that at a Delegate Assembly, David Israel gave the delegates a choice to vote "YES" for the paving and the cracks would return or vote "NO" for the paving. Or else David asked the Delegates to vote "Yea or Nay" WITHOUT telling them the contractor could not guarantee the job and the cracks would return. . Did David really gave them one of these choices? I think you fell in the shit this time Gracie.
Olga Wolkenstein
on 11/13/14

Grace is be the dumbest person on earth and as much a liar as her lover David Israel. She once wrote on his blog that SHE was at a meeting with the paving contractor and was told to do the job right they must dig up the old paving. She goes on to blame the delegates for the lousy paving because they voted to do the job cheap. She says the delegates voted to approve the road paving knowing full well that the cracks would come back. I have been a delegate for 10 years and attended all the meeting and never voted to pave the roads knowing the cracks would come back. Let's assume for a moment Grace's stupid statement is true. This means that David Israel asked the delegates to approve the road paving knowing full well that cracks would begin to appear and the job would be a failure. No matter how you slice it, David Israel is fully responsible for the failure of the road paving.
A Delegate
on 11/13/14

Holy Geronimo!!! --- you've just approached the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to lies, may I remind you and your readers of my thoughts posted on Friday, October 31, 2014, entitled "YOU TALK ABOUT ISRAEL'S LIES......OKAY, LET'S TALK." Israel enjoys throwing people out of meetings for looking at him cross-eyed. If he were thrown out of every Delegates' Meeting in which he lied, there would be a brown stain on the permanent empty chair where he parks his carcass. It's funny, really funny, that nobody disagrees with you or me regarding Israel's prevarications that even would cause Pinocchio to blush.
EDUARDO
on 11/12/14

I find it quite comical, very silly, and downright stupid for Dave to call his blog OUR Village. Who is OUR??? We used to have a website that belonged to the village, and everyone who was a resident was allowed to post on it, unless they refused to follow the very few, simple rules. Even then, they were given 3 separate warnings before they were ever banned from posting. This thing that the self proclaimed magnificent one OWNS, is nothing more than a joke and a slap in the face to all residents of this village. I doubt Mr. Levy would condone this exclusion of people who have done nothing other than disagree with the person (I won't use the word 'man', because it doesn't fit) who is working tirelessly to try to be the controller of this village and all of the people who live in it. I sincerely do not believe that this was the dream Mr. Levy, or any of us who have been here a lot longer than D.I. had for this village.
Carole
on 11/12/14

As George Burns used to say," GOODNIGHT GRACIE". on
Olga Wolkenstein
on 11/12/14

Good for you, Gary. She keeps sending inane or nasty remarks anyway so good riddance.

Scandals 3B

THE SECOND BIGGEST CON

This is SCANDALS, Part 3B.  It is strongly suggested that you peruse through SCANDALS, Parts 3 and 3A to get a real feel for what this Wi-Fi charade is really about.  Insurance, taxes and maintenance are very real issues, to name a few, and need to be discussed at great length before anything at all is decided. Tap your neighbor on the arm and tell him or her that they’ve got to listen and pay attention, because if this Wi-Fi becomes a reality, we’ll all be stuck with the consequences forever.  And, guaranteed, -- we won’t be very happy campers. 

Take the $5,000,000 paving fiasco, for instance.  You cannot take it all back.  It is history; the biggest con job this Village has ever seen.  This was an over-priced paving job that is supposed to last just about 15 years – or maybe 17 years, if you get the professional opinion of paving gurus.  Because of the numerous faults and defects in the job, we’ll be lucky if we don‘t need major resurfacing in many areas in 5 or 6 years.  Will you accept another con job?  Wave your placard if you’d like to buy a “bucket of steam”, or if they can convince you to buy a “short-circuit.”  Then they can convince you to purchase a “left-handed monkey wrench.” 

President Israel, together with his back-room henchman, Black, is known for his cloud, space-man, spy tactics as well as being able to place a shroud over people and hypnotizing them into doing whatever these ill-natured autocrats force upon them.   DON’T LET IT HAPPEN; DON’T BE HERDED, DON’T BE CONNED!  

Israel needs a legacy.  He has been President just shy of four years and he has none.  He needs this Wi-Fi badly.  It’s his baby.  He has nothing else to present to you in his history to indicate that he has been even a mediocre president.  NOTHING!  The only thing that he can boast about is that he knows how to arm-chair his job and play with his computer to spy on people.   What has he done for Century Village in four years for which he can be remembered?   

The Wi-Fi issues have been spoken and written about numerous times before.  Can you really absorb all of it?  It is like reading 5 chapters of a 20 chapter book.  Israel would like you to skip chapters 6 through 19 and go directly to chapter 20, -- sign right here.  Like the paving job, he doesn’t care what happens after it is a done deal.  These backroom, secret dealings MUST STOP. 

But, there are very real issues that need sensible and professional answers before you “sign here.”  For instance, Israel chose “certain” companies to handle the Century Village project and those companies were too small.  And, that was a statement by a well-respected man in the communications industry, Mr. Lawrence Dambra.  Mr. Dambra, at a scheduled meeting, stated that he would agree to do the necessary research and give to Mr. Israel the names of mid-tier qualified companies.  The companies that Israel had chosen did not meet the specifications that were put forth.  Also, they did not include BROADBAND for now or in the future.  Mr. Dambra put a little salt on Mr. Israel’s tail.   

Bringing it further, Israel presented companies that did not have the equipment to complete the job in a certain period of time as required by the specifications.  Mr. Israel again pouted.  

It gets even more interesting.  Israel was pushing DSL, and that company had an approximate $10,000 error in their proposal.  In addition, DSL was NOT a provider of BROADBAND.  Are you getting a clearer picture now?  

It is not particularly what is said about Wi-Fi systems, but what is NOT SAID.  THIS is the SCANDAL.  There are numerous questions that need to be answered before any proposals can be finalized.  It would seem exceedingly clear that Israel does not want any of these questions to surface and he’s afraid that professional responses could jeopardize his chances for Wi-Fi approval.  Don’t you think that there should be written provisions as to how UCO should be able to nullify the contract agreement for various reasons, in other words, a bail-out clause? 

When “Hi-Fi” was first introduced it was “state-of-the-art.”  You have some bucks and you got it.  A little time goes by, and lo-and-behold, you have “STEREO” to take its place.  Your predecessor becomes obsolete.  Some people in the know will tell you that Wi-Fi is in its’ infancy, and you may want to be a little more patient, because in the not too distant future you’re going to see more sophisticated equipment, lower costs, better services, ease of use, less maintenance, and greatly expanded technology.   

We need to touch upon just a few more matters that are important.  A tower for Wi-Fi is needed, and it would be erected on Century Village property, about two miles from Palm Beach International Airport.  You cannot simply say that you need a tower and put it up.  You need permits, -- a permit from the Turnpike Authority, a permit from the county, another permit from the FAA – a minimum of four permits that would be needed.  This part would be very time consuming, and it is very likely that one or more of these permits would not be granted. 

The Bid Committee, in trying to do a thorough job so that many of the major issues could be addressed and perhaps resolved, was not ready at this time to begin any form of negotiations.   However, Israel demands that we go ahead with this business NOW.  Like a bratty child fist pounding – NOW! 

On the Request for Proposal (RFP) form in the hands of a few of Israel’s “friendly” companies, he lists his name as the Century Village contact.  Is this not perhaps a little too egotistical?  Is this not perhaps being a little TOO friendly?  And, you should know that also listed on the RFP as a contact person is the name of Israel’s back-room henchman, Black.  Can you believe this?  Another paving scam brewing right before your very eyes!  Making Black a contact person is like allowing him to take complete charge of a $5,000,000 paving job, and allowing him to borrow close to a million dollars.  It would appear that Israel is setting up another opportunity to give Black a chance to put forth another “scam-like” proposition.  

Now, the secret spy goes to work.  The meeting conducted by Mr. Lawrence Dambra, the paid professional consultant, was Taped by Black, our channel  63 self-professed guru, and according to a reliable source, resulted in a tape with no audio and one that was too dark to view.  This was a “read-my-lips” tape.  Can you possibly believe this?  Israel and his very inner, inner cohorts conjured up such methods and means to isolate themselves from anything that might show them in a bad light.  They don’t want anybody to see and listen to the expert in Wi-Fi, - Mr. Dambra. 

Let’s use just a little logic here.  Rather than have Israel shove Wi-Fi down our throats, i.e., pay for it forever, whether you like it or not, -- let the individual associations get Wi-Fi for their own individual buildings.  The costs involved are within reason according to reliable sources.  The Associations have a right to their own destinies.  A number of Associations have already gone this route and are well satisfied. 

I am sure that, in the not too distant future, Wi-Fi will become like the introduction of talking movies.  It will get better and better and better.  But right now, -- in dollars, -- we really cannot afford Wi-Fi; the great majority of CV unit owners have no use for it; a great many people can’t afford greater expenses (refer to Demographic Data 2011 and Poverty Guidelines 2013 compiled by The Neilson Company); thousands of snow-birds couldn’t care less about it; many people don’t have computers and those who do, don’t know how to use them; the great worry about security by hackers - and this worry is very real (in his blog, Israel admits that part of the Wi-Fi system – security – cannot be guaranteed) and it goes on and on. 

In recent years, -- this is what Century Village is all about, -- SCANDALS, -- over and over again.  Just how bad can it get?  Manipulation and misuse of funds, stealing, fraudulent dealings; dishonest methods, means and procedures; misrepresentations, deception deliberately practiced in order to secure personal gain; and the attempted ruin of a respectable community.  It goes on and on, and like so many communities it will eventually die when “money” becomes a huge factor to consider and people can no longer afford to live under such adverse conditions.  Enter the undesirables and then there will be a mass exodus from this Village. 

What can you do?  Well, step forward and stop the SCANDALS, -- that’s one of the first things that you can do.  Step forward, -- demand to be heard.  Refuse the “be brief” or the “you’re out of order” admonishments, tell the woman with the gavel to “stuff it.”  Scoff at “we’ll get security in here,” and don’t be intimidated by armed deputies.  Tell the president and his knaves that the words “malcontents” and “dissidents” - words that they use to describe persons who have different views of this governmental dictatorship - are far beneath the recitations that should be used by a president who is supposed to respect his constituents and, in turn, be respected by them . 

The Wi-Fi deal is an ongoing SCANDAL; which has been brewing from the very start.  DON’T ALLOW IT TO BECOME THE SECOND BIGGEST CON TO COME BEFORE YOU!  

EDUARDO

Paving Scandal #7C

THE UCO PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE:

Read Eduardo’s SCANDALS articles on My Village Blogger and you’ll have a pretty good preamble as to what I have to say.

PAVING, PAVING, PAVING.  That is discussed repeatedly, and it should be.  Why?

Because well over five million dollars of OUR money was used to perform this work.  And, since they now took all of the monies and mingled them into a single account, they can use whatever amounts they want without accountability. 

They, Israel, and his back-room button pusher Black draw down from that mishmash single account and hire contractors to make repairs.  Repairs everywhere without any of the Delegates knowing what is going on.  So, when engineers are eventually called in to assess the condition of the roadways parking areas and sidewalks, they’ll have to say that everything is in fairly good condition.  Trickery and fraud right before your very eyes.  Instead of spending $5,350,000, it will be closer to $6,000,000, and the need for repairs will become more constant.

Be prepared for another con job.  Israel and Black will conjure up a sneaky plan to sell you more paving.  Only this time, a good deal of the existing paving will have to be removed in order to cope with severe drainage conditions that were never addressed the first time the work was done.

Well, what happened?  Why are the roadways, parking areas and walkways deteriorating prematurely?  I was there every day that the work was being performed – voluntarily – and as a Registered Architect (Ret., Florida License #6796), I can tell you what I observed.  Because there are literally hundreds of omissions and deficiencies in the work and how it was conducted.

If you consult with any professional who knows anything at all about paving, you will find that there may be strong suspicion of money changing hands because there were no controls set in place to prevent it from happening.  Who was ultimately responsible?  Israel, of course, the UCO President was totally and absolutely responsible, and Israel used Black to con everyone into believing that what they were doing was correct.  Israel knew, or he should have known, how to handle a job like this with a complex scope of work, and he wouldn’t accept anything anyone had to say.  Would you allow a cafeteria worker to do the accounting for General Motors?  This is not like Israel saying something like “So, I  made a mistake.”  This is not a $500 job or a $5,000 job or even a $500,000 job, we are talking about well over $5 million and counting.  It’s criminal to think that “It’s done with, so forget about it.”  You have to wonder – “Are they going to do the same thing again?”  And, the additional work of scarifying, milling and striating and provisions for positive draining, will eat up a good additional million dollars.

I had offered my professional services to Israel, pro bono, and he said that he would get back to me.  He never did? Why?  I would interfere with his egotistical agenda and Black’s schemes.  Huddled in a corner one day were Frank Cornish, Dom Guarnagia and Roger Carver (the UCO CAM when this project was under way) in a heavy conversation about the ongoing paving job.  I listened intently and then offered some constructive criticism to some major problems. They were working for Israel, and what I had to say went in one ear and out the other.

Where I come from, a President doing what Israel did would be immediately fired and the entire matter investigated by the Attorney General’s office for possible indictments.

WITHOUT QUESTION, -- ISRAEL HAS GOT TO GO, -- AND WITH HIM BLACK.

EDWARD J. ROSS

I am not a Lawyer

Borrowed from Esther's Blog

NEW LETTER ON DAVID ISRAEL'S BLOG

     I am not a lawyer, nor do I pretend to be. Yes, having been around them for my whole life I have picked up a few things, but when I need legal advice or have a question or contract, then I hire an attorney. That makes sense. Please keep that in mind as we return to that thought in a few lines.
     So today David Israel is ranting and raving about a letter he received from an attorney apparently  connected to the issue of the roads and the paving job  or not - as it was never really done properly!. The date of the letter is August 5. Today is August 18. That means thirteen days have gone by before David Israel decided to make this public. Why so long? Because there were days that his car disappeared from the lot when he usually hung around and what makes sense is that he consulted his attorney, for which insurance is paying - insurance that is included in our payments to UCO.
     This is what the attorney advised him? I do not know. I was not a fly on the wall, but if so, this is pretty weak. It appears that some governmental regulation requires these groups to state that they have projects or organized activities or something along that line. PRPC has in its name - projects -  so I am not seeing the big deal here if one has to jump through governmental hoops. It is done all the time. BUT - this is what he is arguing? This is what he has to say about the contents? Truly, that is pathetic. 
     Back to what I wrote before, about contracts, questions and attorneys. It is common sense that when one is spending money, large sums, that one have a contract to spell out the terms and responsibilities as well as deadlines and consequences if terms are not met. Weeellllll, seems this was NOT done with the paving job of a mere FIVE MILLION dollars. A one page of a contract for this type of project? One page for five million dollars/ One page for a complicated and huge job such as this was? And no, that's right, NO attorney ever looked it over. No attorney who had experience in this area, with this type of contract, with the enormity of the project. Somebody's got some 'splainin' to do!  
     We, the residents of CV did not make a contract with M&M Paving - UCO did and we trusted UCO to insure that all would be done properly.  Instead, UCO and its officers, led by David Israel, betrayed us. NO contract attorney, no project manager, no performance bond, an uneven job - to say the least - and a crappy job at that!  UCO fell down on its responsibilities towards us, the residents and failed miserably in its duties as financial guardians of our Village. It was sloppy, perhaps criminally negligent, and ruinous of our Village and its finances for YEARS to come.
     David Israel must answer for his deeds and answer questions and let us find out if there was anything else we should know about? Did someone shake hands so nicely here? Was that it? Or were our UCO leaders just dumb? Were they just negligent in their duties? But whatever the answer is, they MUST answer to it and face the issues they themselves brought upon themselves. And why are they to sue M&M? Very simple - we, the residents cannot because UCO made the contract (such as it was) and as such they, and only they, can sue. Whatever the fault of UCO and David Israel in particular, the truth is that M&M Paving did not uphold its responsibilities, did not do a proper job at the paving.
    So what is David Israel yelling about? Beats me. It is all sound and fury signifying nothing, just an attempt to enshroud the suit and its causes in a fog of nonsense. The facts are the facts and David Israel must face up to them. He took the responsibility upon himself and thus it rests on his shoulders - good or bad.
     DAVID ISRAEL, JUST ANSWER THE RELEVANT QUESTIONS AND STOP TRYING TO HIDE BEHIND NONSENSICAL STATEMENTS. ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTIONS. YOU WILL HAVE TO, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, SO GET ON WITH IT.

Our Beautiful Roads

PAVING, -- THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, AND WHO SHOULD PAY.

I have read and heard a good deal about Century Village’s historic paving job.  One could certainly write a book about who did this or who did that and who did nothing.  Most of the CV residents and their representatives, the Delegates, may not really be aware of what this is all about.  They may have questions like, “So, what was done wrong?” or, “Didn’t they do the best that they were capable of doing?”

We, all of us, didn't spend $25,000 or $100,000 for a paving job.  We spent about $5,350,000.  In my professional opinion, the president of UCO and at least five of his closest associates should be held completely and wholly responsible.  I dare say, again, from my experience, “criminal” activity had to be prevalent in the course of this entire paving fiasco.  Talk to any law enforcement officer or the Attorney General, and you’ll see what the odds are that there was no criminal activity. 

Please allow me to clear up the “Who’s, Why’s, When’s and Where’s, so that you can better understand why you should want to see these responsible people punished or otherwise put down, so that we can return to being a community as a whole. 

But first, in order for me to make a number of statements, all readers should know my background and experience in the preparing of this analogy of a five million dollar project which was executed in an illegal, amateurish, unprofessional manner.  I have more than 50 years of experience in the Architectural Profession, with registrations and licenses to practice Architecture in six states, including the states of Florida, Massachusetts, New York, California, New Hampshire and Vermont, and a National Licensing Certification of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards; (all presently inactive – at my election as a retired registered architect); an expert witness in construction law; professional organizations:  The American Institute of Architects, Fellow of the Society of American Registered Architects, The Boston Society of Architects, Mass. State Association of Architects, Construction Specifications Institute, National Panel Member of the American Arbitration Association; and, a Massachusetts Licensed Construction Supervisor.    

In all of my experience, I have never seen a five million dollar Bituminous Concrete Paving Project consisting of four agreements, each having one page and perhaps an attached signature page.  Fully detailed paving contracts would normally be documents containing, but not limited to, General Conditions, Supplemental General Conditions, Special Conditions, Unit Prices, overall area Site Plans enlarged to clearly indicate the scope of work, and General Requirements. 

There were no detailed drawings of the multiple varying conditions above and below finished grade; no contract specifications detailing the scope of work; no alternates for optional design, no forms for partial payments and forms for partial or total completion, no detailed specifications of the bituminous products to be used and their various applications in accordance with government standards; no mention of change order work and how that work should be performed, no performance bonds, no Workman’s Compensation stipulations, no field order information or work orders; no shop drawings, no daily UCO representation by the on-site Property Manager, no detailed requirements by drawings and specifications to assure proper surface and sub-grade drainage, no samples of materials that are specified, no Clerk of the Works,  no competitive bids from at least three qualified paving contractors, no field reports from anyone, no progress reports, no traffic control requirements, no Architect and/or Engineer in the design and construction phases; no construction completion time indicated, no liquidated damages or bonus clauses, no allowances stated for specialty work, no weekly meetings of all involved concerned parties, no conditions set forth for public safety, no contact completion time, nobody checking quantities and acceptable work for partial payments, no requirements set forth for field preparation, and it goes on and on.  No methods, means and procedures are set forth relative as to how the entire work is to be executed.  NONE of the above functions were included, and much more. 

It has to be understood that there are tens of standards that are commonly known to professionals that need to be executed prior to, during the performance of the work, and at its conclusion.  Listed above are many of these standard procedures.  Of course you are going to get a poor job with one-page contracts.  You just can’t get any worse than that. 

It is incredible knowing the way David Israel secretly handled a paving job costing over five million dollars and he got away with it.  He has to be the most inept, irresponsible person in the State of Florida, or, he is someone who needs to be charged and brought before a judge.

What is the matter with the people?  There is a president, plus bloody stupid followers, who went along with spending well over five million of our dollars and we have received nothing for the money but headaches and problems and a lot more money is going to come out of our pockets for repaving.  Is it alright that road reserve monies are accumulated for the purpose of re-paving work that is needed now or in the not too distant future?  Never mind $10 or $20 thousand for an attorney, -- what about all of this new money for the repairs and replacement of faulty paving?  Who is supposed to pay for it? . . . The people who came up with all of the directives and decisions and the people who physically did the work.  You go after them whether they are all covered by insurance or not.

No sane person who understands now most all of the things that should have been done, would simply say “faget aboudit.”  David Israel keeps commenting on paying an attorney using “your” money. What, -- $10K, or $20K?  What about 5 mil plus of your money?  And, to fix what we now have is going to cost much more than you think because of the established finished grades.  Surfaces are going to need to be scarified, striated and re-graded to maintain and provide new finished elevations and drainage requirements. 

Let’s simply put it out straight: what David Israel, President of UCO, acting in and for Century Village did, was wrong, and most certainly, may be “criminal.”  What Mr. Black, as Treasurer, did in hiding the truth from all residents was unjust by statute standards; what Mr. Marshall did was blatantly stupid; what Rodger Carver did is a bunch of things that should require criminal investigation; what Mr. Guarnagia did was despicable and may be “criminal” as well; Mr. Cornish should have known better than to talk a lot about something he knows nothing about.

Further, what did the Executive Board do?  Nothing, absolutely nothing but go along with the illicit scheme.  And then, the Delegates, who knew nothing, but just wanted to vote so that they could feel important, were sold on “the sky is falling” and they believed it. 

They believed in Hitler, they believed in Mussolini, they believed in Tojo, they believed in Stalin, they believed in Mao, and they believed in Israel.  That seems to be the mind set of Century Village.  Israel can point you to the cattle cars . . . stay in line.

The very bottom line is that David Israel is responsible.  He is totally and absolutely responsible.  I don’t know about you, but I’m all for suing him, putting him in jail, or at the very least, -- getting him the hell out of office.  It is not a matter of who is going to take his place, -- it is, -- you MUST get him out of office . . . he is a plague.

EDWARD J. ROSS, AIA, FARA, ARCHITECT 

(STATE OF FLORIDA, ARCHITECT REGISTRATION

No. 6796 – STATUS: INACTIVE AT PRESENT TIME

AT REQUEST OF LICENSE HOLDER)

Paving Facts

PAVING, THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR CON:

RESPONSES TO COMMENTS BY GRACE, THE WOMAN

WHO PROFESSES TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT PAVING.

On the very private blog owned and operated by David Israel, a woman by the name of Grace had made a number of statements, -- rather dumb statements, I must say.  So, inasmuch as she has mentioned that my recent posting regarding paving is “nonsense,” I really need to respond.

Grace – I hope that you are going to read these responses on this free and open blog and I would certainly debate what you have to say about paving.  As a Registered Architect, I’ve designed, produced working drawings and specifications, and supervised paving projects for about 350 bituminous paving jobs from residential driveways to major highways.

Note:  the underlined emphasis represents the actual statements as they appeared on the “private blog.”

Grace makes the statement – “I have read the nonsense from Ed Ross about the roads.  He is an architect, not a paving expert.”  This statement is just an indication of Grace’s lack of understanding and knowledge.  Who does she think writes up all of the paving contracts?  Who does she think produces the paving design drawings and specifications?  Who does she think supervises all of this paving work in the field?  She doesn’t seem to understand that all paving projects of this type have Architects and/or Civil Engineers, and they control the execution of their design documents.

Grace also states that – “The paving company told us they would have to go down to bedrock to get a perfect road.”  This is a false statement.  No person employed by any paving company in the country would ever make such an absurd statement.  All that is needed is assurance of a sound, well-compacted gravel base void of fertile material.  Recognizing the stability of existing roadways can easily be determined by testing, such as coring.  A great many times, a crushed stone base is chosen but that is considered for heavy vehicle use.  The real success of a roadway or parking area is its base – the material used and how it is placed.    

              

Grace states further “The cost to go down to bedrock was a lot more than we paid.”  Another stupid statement.  Using the word “bedrock” reveals that she’s trying to impress somebody.  You can talk about a high-rise building and “bedrock” in the same sentence, but not when talking about Bituminous Concrete Roadways.  If the project was done correctly, taking into consideration all of Ed Ross’ “nonsense”, we would have probably saved between one-half to one million dollars, and no doubt have gotten a first-class, quality installation.

Grace comes up with another erroneous statement: “If they paved over the existing road the cracks would come back.”  Well, that’s exactly what they did, - they paved over the existing cracks.  If an Architect was involved, he would have included in his design a workable system of dealing with hairline cracks as well as pavement failures up to an inch or more.  There are special ways to deal with root systems below existing paving, and in this paving job, - it wasn’t even considered. 

Now, Israel wants to spend thousands of our dollars to do something about roots breaking up new pavement.     

      Say you found that you had a flat tire.  The mechanic fixes it, so he says,

      and you pay him and drive away.  After a mile, the same tire goes flat and

      you notice that the nail was never removed.  Do you pay the mechanic a

      second time?                   

                                

Grace goes on to say “THE DELEGATES chose to go with paving over the old road.”  Well, how else do you propose to do the paving?  Grace, there’s something really wrong with what is scrambled around in your head.  It was David Israel and Ed Black who lied to everyone, including you, about the entire paving job, most especially about the money.  Can I convince you, Gracie, that the sky is falling and you should run for cover?

Grace, you now make the most stupid statement of all by “So why sue David Israel?”  Because David Israel, the President of UCO, is totally responsible, - -  absolutely and positively.  Read Mr. Ross’ “nonsense,” and if you can understand common English language, you can understand that Israel MUST be sued.  Just come to reality with what that man has done. 

So, you see, Grace, you know a little bit less than zero when it comes to Bituminous Concrete Paving, and you may even know less when it comes down to reasons for law suits.  It is about damages . . . David Israel, President of UCO, has seriously damaged the property owners of Century Village and he should be held accountable for the damages.  All of the basic facts are out there.

Grace, you seem to have all of your priorities scrambled and you just don’t make any sense at all.  I’m convinced that you just don’t get it.

EDWARD J. ROSS, AIA, FARA, ARCHITECT

TALKING ABOUT PAVING

YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT PAVING AND SERVING ON UCO COMMITTEES? . . .

OKAY, LET’S TALK!

If I may, allow me to tell you what the President of UCO is really all about, -- all in secret, i.e. – the paving job.

I should tell you first that I have over fifty years of experience in the Architectural Profession.  I designed and field supervised perhaps 200 projects of various scopes and sizes that had bituminous concrete paving work involved ranging from residential driveways to six lane highways, to massive shopping malls.

It was strongly suggested to me that because of this experience I should submit my name to be on certain committees, in that I could perhaps provide needed information in matters of methods, means, procedures, designs, construction methods and a host of other things that might save lots of money and provide longevity of the work proposed, and perhaps save time.

So, I submitted the proper UCO forms together with the latest printing in the world renowned “Who’s Who in America” together with other information related to my experience and background.  My feeling was, at the time, that I’ll do anything I can for UCO, Pro Bono, because I was willing to give something back, as one might express after a long architectural career.

Two years in a row, I submitted my name.  The committees were Infrastructure, Bidding and Advisory, as I recall.  I was advised by three different people involved with UCO that David Israel personally rejected my name for any of the committees.  For what reason, I asked?  I was so taken aback that I respectfully requested such rejections by Israel to be placed in writing.  He refused to do that.  It is unimaginable, but all factual.

I can think of maybe one basic reason, and that is when at an Executive Board meeting, Ed Black made a strong presentation in reference to doing the paving immediately because of increases in petroleum products, start-up operations after a shutdown, and even borrowing about a million dollars.  I made a plea to David Israel and others at the meeting that what Ed Black was saying was absolutely not true.  David Israel shut me down and the Executive Board believed Ed Black with Israel’s full blessing.  You know what happened, -- disaster, total disaster.

What was done, and I should tell you that there is a ton of evidence in this regard, would, in the Architectural and Engineering Professions, be considered criminal, -- or at the very least, extremely reckless, grossly negligent and unprofessional.

What could I have done?  I think that I could have gotten a great deal done.  I would have recommended hiring an Architect, or an Engineer experienced in roadway work, and pay him about $75,000, or as much as $100,000 to produce a complete set of design/construction documents for paving the entire Village, obtain estimates of costs of all the work, including drainage, and then wait (if we needed to) until we accumulated enough money to do the entire job, plus 5% contingencies.  According to an Engineer’s report, we could have waited two, three or even four years, before paving would be needed.  The contract with the professionals would include onsite periodic inspections for compliance with the contract documents, field reports, dealing with governing authorities and other matters, all in the course of protecting UCO and the Village.

We could have gotten, in my considered opinion, a first-class bituminous concrete paving job and, I believe, for a lot less money.  So, what have you got now?   You’ve got a finished product that, if it had been done correctly, should last about 12 to 15 years.  My estimation is that a good deal of the paving will begin to fail in 4 to 5 years.  And, lack of proper drainage will be one major reason.

There is a lot that one needs to know about paving . . . and I mean, like schooling and much practical experience. I don’t know all that I should know about this type of construction, but I think that I could give David Israel, Ed Black, Rodger Carver, and Dominic Guarnagia a lesson or two.

David Israel has stated many times over, not only verbally, but in writing, that people in the Village with experience are badly needed, and would be welcomed.  Unfortunately, this is not true, because what David Israel states verbally and places in writing, does not conform to what he actually does.  The example above speaks for itself, --- a very costly example, I might add.

Edward J. Ross, AIA, FARA

Registered Architect

Scandals Part 7 (Most Damning Yet)

NOTICE;  Many of the thousands of Unit Owners my have read SCANDALS, PART #7; also many have not, while others may have forgotten what they read; and, if you happen to have missed it entirely, --- it is repeated herein below exactly as originally posted.  All of the dollar amounts shown have been verified from available public documents.  However, please realize that certain documents under Israel's and Black's control are mysteriously missing and are probably in the "Cloud" that Israel keeps top secret with his own code, or destroyed by them to avoid evidence of criminal activity. 

ED   

OMG We just Bought The Bridge!

See Our Refutation of David Israels' Remarks
Links to all of the Scandals Series

This original series of Century Village SCANDALS was intended to be a five part expose of the past and present goings on that needed to be presented to all owners. Because of subject matter that is continuing to expand there will be more than five parts to this series. I will consecutively number all SCANDAL reporting until I feel that a respite is needed. This is part 7.

Some of the SCANDALS require substantial research and as such, when printed, may become lengthy in order to detail what you need to know. I ask for your indulgence and I welcome any and all comments that you may have with respect to this subject matter.

SCANDAL …. Brought on by a very poorly run government, namely, the President of UCO, David Israel and Treasurer at the time, Ed Black.

An engineering company was brought in to evaluate and report on the condition of the roadways and walkways. The report basically stated that the roadways were in such a condition that we could perhaps get another 2, 3 or 4 more years out of them before a resurfacing would be necessary in certain areas. Refer to Scandal 1 for specific details involving the entire paving operation. The money SCANDAL began.

In a plot to intermingle monies from all UCO sources, the Treasurer, Black, came up with a "Do you want to buy a bridge scheme". He was blocked in being able to take all the monies from various accounts and putting it into one pot. If all of the monies were in one pot, it would be nearly impossible to determine what monies were coming from each account to pay for paving.

UCO had, in Roadway Reserves, a little less than $3,500,000 at that time and was well on the way to having enough money to do all of the paving based upon what the engineers report had stated. Previously, the general thoughts at UCO had been to have the total amount of money in hand in the Roadway Reserve account before doing any paving work. Black convinced Israel to make the decision to do the paving now. Mr. Israel’s decision was very wrong, but he didn’t care, because he wanted to be the President remembered for doing the "great" paving job. As it turns out, the paving job is horrendous. Again, refer to Scandal 1 for specific details.

Israel backed Black’s plan to convince the Executive Board that if you didn't continue with the paving at this time, it’s going to cost UCO about a million dollars more because of re-mobilization costs and, in addition, the cost of petroleum products used for paving was going up in price. That statement was a bare-faced lie. Black’s fingerprints are all over it. The Executive Board bought that story…..incredible! Again, President Israel backed this plan. He sanctioned an erroneous statement.

In order to have sufficient funds, Black wanted to take out a line of credit from a bank in the amount of $1,000,000, but he didn’t tell everyone what that ultimate cost would be, -- like, -- if you wanted to borrow $100,000 of that money, you had to put up $100,000 collateral . . . . a dog chasing its’ own tail. That deal was absolute craziness. You should know also that there was an application and processing fee for this line of credit – several thousands of dollars that Black never explained to anyone.

Delegates, who are supposed to be intelligent, were conned and they didn’t even know it! They were buying a bridge to nowhere.　

So, in order to have enough money to do the paving work, Black, with sanctions by Israel, raids and takes money from every account that UCO has leaving them nearly empty.

Transportation-----------------------  $ 207,500 
Cable ----------------------------------$ 438,384
General (Dues) -----------------------$ 103,772
Irrigation------------------------------ $ 218,000
Security-------------------------------  $ 70,000
Ambulance ----------------------------$ 976
Reporter -------------------------------$ 32,000 **
                                                  --------------------------
TOTAL--------- ---------------------- $1,070,632

** This money was earned by the Reporter staff and NOBODY had a right to touch it.

Then, the Pied Piper gets all of these loons to follow him to the edge of the cliff. NOBODY CARED! Nobody, except the incoming new Treasurer, Dorothy Tetro, who found that UCO was dangerously close to a bankruptcy condition. After Israel and Black raped the accounts, there was a TOTAL of $21,000 left in the reserve accounts. That sum was like one grain of rice in a Chinese meal.

All kinds of documentation from UCO files based upon the illegal shifting of money is missing … GONE!

The first section of paving, quoted at over $2,000,000, had NO DELEGATE APPROVAL. You need to follow the money trail to get to the bottom of this SCANDAL.

To fully understand this SCANDAL and how it worked, you need to know the comment of a CPA who stated that what Israel and Black schemed was to "permanently borrow" funds from UCO accounts in which case they could be accused of "Unauthorized tampering of Corporation Funds", in that the Delegates never approved using more than $1,000,000 from other accounts to perform paving work.

A law enforcement officer is reported to have stated that trusted officers have a fiduciary responsibility to guard against misuse of corporation funds, and in this case, grand larceny and embezzlement issues need to be looked into to be sure that the using of UCO funds without approval was not done with criminal intent.

There was a Letter of Agreement as to how the paving contractor was to be paid, and there are invoices. You should know that David Israel, the UCO President, signed the checks using the monies from the nearly depleted accounts. Israel is a part of this money scheme orchestrated by Black.  Because of what Israel and Black conjured up, which was nothing but a sophisticated shell game, there came a time when after all the UCO bills had been paid, the balances were dangerously low. The alarms went off. This is when Dorothy Tetro beat Black in an election for the Treasurer’s job and he left her to figure out how to make payments. Her tireless efforts paid off – she was able to solve the problems.

It is beyond the comprehension of the average person as to how two trusted UCO officers could bring such a SCANDAL to our front door. Can we learn a good lesson from all of this? . . . of course we can, but realize that there are crooks out there … watch out for SCANDALS!

There may be more to this SCANDAL that needs to be exposed. This information is being researched, and if the data can be supported, this SCANDAL, Part 7, will have an addendum. When the new Treasurer, returned from vacation she found that certain payments were made in her absence and there seems to be a discrepancy in the figures. Part 7 may continue.

EDUARDO
　

Protect yourself against yourself

One of the know-nothings has been heard from again. Grace Macklin

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From: gamacklin3@juno.com [mailto:gamacklin3@juno.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 8:45 AM
To: justiceforresidenceinc@gmail.com
Subject: Re: $5 Million Dollar Roadway Disaster

I will not be part of your lawsuit. The delegates voted for the MM paving company. We were told that the way we voted to go was an inferior job and the old cracks on the road would come back. We were told that to prevent that MM would have to dig up the old road and start over. There was a big meeting. As usual the Delegates voted for the cheaper job and we got just what we voted for. As well when the job was over the job was inspected by an outside person and approved.


WE GOT WHAT WE PAID FOR.
TAKE ME OFF YOUR MAILING LIST. I AM NOT INTERESTED!!

Grace Macklin

So the Mighty Grace agrees that the road job, which cost in excess of $5 Million Dollars was, no doubt, an inferior job The old cracks will and did come back. It is the Delegates fault, for they voted for the cheaper job. The current administration which led the charge to go ahead, has no fault at all.

Grace beware. As a resident expert on road repairs you may be deposed in the coming lawsuit.


The problem here is that we may have been warned that the job was going to be poor and that to do the right job we needed more money, but the fact of the matter is M&M had no right to decide what was an adequate job and what was not. They, in cahoots with D. Israel and maybe Ed Black and maybe you,  all three of you, decided that to do an adequate job for $5 Million dollars was the poor job they did. The fact that we were told a poor job was in the offering is not Germain to his situation. They had no right to do a poor job. And of course the President has a say in this and I bet he sided against the better job, and talked the sleepy Delegates into it.


We, the Citizens of Century Village, contracted to get the roads repaved and we were entitled to get the best job M&M could do.Not the worst job. In spite of your venomous remarks. Not withstanding and in addition to, your dumb and stupid remarks, The Village is protected from such poor actions by our leadership and their contractors. I know there is Law that protects us from this.


You Grace Macklin, do not belong to be part of this Lawsuit, but despite your protestations the law says you are to be protected. And so you will be.

For now please be quiet and let us do our work.

A cursory look through contract laws brings up a number of laws that are applicable to our situation

Claims for poor workmanship and/or defects in the works are allowable, even encouraged. No matter what the UCO denizens think. What you think? What does DI thinks?

Defective work frequently occurs in construction projects. Defects may range from de minimis items included within snagging lists at practical completion, to significant but undetected (or latent) problems. A defect is generally a breach of contract by the contractor, but could relate to design that the contractor did not carry out, in which case only a professional consultant might be liable.

What ever happened to our punch lists?

Standard form contracts usually contain a defects liability clause that obliges the contractor to return to site, at its own cost, during the defects liability period or rectification period (normally six or 12 months) and remedy any defects that arise.

A contractor who is responsible for design and construction of the works may be liable for a defect that is caused, by poor workmanship, negligent design,  poor materials or a mixture of all three. 

So Grace what do you think is being said here?


Maintenance treatments for asphalt concrete generally include thin asphalt overlays, crack sealing, surface rejuvenating, fog sealing, micro milling or diamond grinding and surface treatments. Thin surfacing preserves, protects and improves the functional condition of the road while reducing the need for routing maintenance, leading to extended service life without increasing structural capacity.[41]

Why was this not done?

Is it possible, that Grace Macklins' education is such that she has limited understanding of what we are complaining about here.

Of course in Florida we have code enforcement. No matter what you want, what you pay for, you must pass through Code enforcement. They will protect you against yourself inspite of your self.

Recall or Term Limits these nasty and dishonest Peoples and lets get the Village back on the Straight and Narrow!

ISRAEL ADMITS HE MADE A $5,000,000 (that's 5 Million). MISTAKE.

At the Candidates' Forum, Mr. Israel, with his chin nearly touching his chest, which had the appearance of an apologetic physical gesture, --- stated several times that presidents make mistakes, and he admits that he has made mistakes by the vast spending of everyone's money.  He readily admitted it for the first time and it was recorded.

All well and good, but what is a MISTAKE involving money?  How much is it --- $100. or $500., or perhaps a huge mistake involving $10,000?  HOW ABOUT A MISTAKE INVOLVING FIVE MILLION ($5,000,000.00) DOLLARS?  In answering the question and a rebuttal about the paving job, he admitted that it was a mistake.  His mistake was the mismanagement and manipulation of your money --in total secrecy.

The so-called "Malcontents" (anyone with an opposing view of Mr. Israel's  statements), were trying to tell him over and over during the course of many, many  months that the paving jobs, including its ONE-PAGE CONTRACTS, was not proceeding in a professional manner  and the result might prove to be disastrous.  Here is a President committing the very WORST MISTAKE imaginable; he wouldn't listen.  And his band of knaves (reducing every day in number), think that what he did was perfectly all right.  UNBELIEVABLE!

Mr. Israel, at the Forum, admitted with a solemn face that there are areas throughout the Village  in need of repair and perhaps even re-paving, and not to worry, because monies are being set aside to prepare for such work.  THE PAVING IS A FEW YEARS OLD, AND HE'S PREPARING FOR A RE-PAVING JOB IN CERTAIN AREAS?  The master of deception is on his way to do it all over again.  Right before your very eyes, if you believe in history repeating itself, he'll get Ed Black, his secret backroom NSA agent in training, to

put together another "Buy-A-Bridge" SCANDAL.

If you know anything about  paving and you tour the entire Village, you just might visualize a $1 - $3 million dollar job looking at you.  And, after Messrs. Israel and Black suck us in, the scope of work expands,.........a typical con maneuver.  As a good prosecutor might say, ---"They knew or should have known what they were doing and the ultimate consequences."

Oh yeah, -- you can't forget the line of credit MISTAKE, or the property drainage MISTAKE big time, and several other mistakes that involve thousands of our dollars.  With Mr. Israel, it appears that it is all about EGO, POWER, CONTROL and SCANDAL, and his tone at the Forum delivered just that.

What we need in Century Village is an honest government.  We don't need EGOTISTS, nor do we need POWER-POLITICS; we don't need CONTROL FREAKS,  and we certainly don't need SCANDAL MONGERS.  We need to get the shady people to exit and let the sunshine in.      

EDUARDO

Delegates Arise! VOTE FOR ESTHER AND HER SLATE AND LET THE FULL SUNSHINE IN

WHY?

Posted by Myron Solomon

Why did I file the lawsuit against David Israel and UCO?
The following is the explanation.

Why did David Israel sign a contract for $2 million without going to the officers committee, the Executive Board and the Delegate assembly for authorization according to the  By-Laws of UCO?

Why did David Israel not listen to the Engineers report that stated the paving could be done in 2-3 years?

Why did David Israel, the UCO President tell the Delegate Assembly that it would cost five hundred thousand to  re mobilize the equipment to do the job in 2 parts when one of the other bidders said it would actually cost $160,000 to mobilize the equipment and do it in 2 parts?

Why wasn't a lawyer hired to go over the one (1) page contract and bring it up to industry standards?

Why wasn't there a performance bond as usually the case in contracts of this size? The performance  bond is intended to protect us.

Why wasn't a Profession Engineer hired to supervise the job? As is usually the case with a job of this magnitude?

Why did our sister community, Boca Raton  have a 8 page contract and a Engineer to supervise the work? Their job was approximately $2 million and was done in 3 years because they didn't have enough money to do it all at once.

Why did David Israel, UCO President, and Ed Black(?) say we had enough money in the reserve fund when we only had 3.3 million. The job cost was estimated at five million.

Why did David Israel, The UCO President, and Ed Block(?), take all our reserves and put the monies into the paving job leaving the Village with a scant $21,000?

Specifically the issues raised by this action are whether the defendants, UCO and its President David Israel, rejected their fiduciary responsibility to the Class Member Owners and their connection with the project to their detriment 

The Class action suit was filed to recover these monies for the residents of Century Village.

When I walk outside my home I get sick looking at the roads. It looks like the job was done 8-10 years ago!

This lawsuit was instituted  and prepared months before Esther thought about running for UCO President. 

Why is David Israel, UCO President, trying to involved Esther? Is he afraid that everyone will find out how bad a Manager he really is?

Myron