Likewise, I do hope we are able to catch up sometime soon and chat.

And I agree 100% with your message, there is no sound rationale for raiding the piggy bank on all the frivolous expenses.  It seems the current leadership is afraid of bright ideas, and lacks any ability to look at sound business principles when making decisions.

Spending money is about total cost, and return on investment, period.  As soon as any "spin" on numbers comes into play, the red flags should come up that the business case is missing.  If you have to justify an investment based on any calculation of cost per owner, etc., the argument is destined for failure.  The justification is strictly how is any one dollar going to return AT LEAST that same dollar back to the community.  Our HOA dues are an investment in our future, and somehow that mindset has been lost.

For the statements, I think we are being forced into playing some secret decoder game.  I am just waiting for them to tell us no vowels in any words, so we use less space.  How ridiculous can we get?

Brett