A little over four years ago, my wife Pam and I made what we considered to be a wise decision when we purchased our home in Valle Escondido. We did this for a number of reasons. The community was extraordinarily beautiful, the amenities were fantastic, the security was good and the cost of living was attractive. Most important, Valle Escondido was a HAPPY and VIBRANT community with a positive contagious energy. We could feel it. Not only did the residents appear to get along, but they appeared to respect and feel love for each other. Every one expressed the same feelings about VE and why they had settled there. In short, it felt like a right place to live and retire. Sound familiar? My question of you today is: “What happened?”
Our community has turned into quagmire of unhappiness and anger. The negative energy is palatable. People who were friends before have now have become enemies. Many are finding it difficult to even greet each other or look each other in the eye. Where love was present before, now animosity is felt.
Many who have had the courage to express their opinions have been ostracized and demonized. Others who want to express their feelings and opinions fear that they too will be ostracizedand demonized if they do.
One of those who has been greatly ost
Now take a close look at the criticisms and accusations that have been directed at Ralf and take a very careful look at how it was handled. Ralf and his company were made to look like bad apples and were pounded and pounded and pounded over the past several weeks.
Now take a close look at the criticisms and accusations that have been directed at Ralf and take a very careful look at how it was handled. Ralf and his company were made to look like bad apples and were pounded and pounded and pounded over the past several weeks.
Last week Ralf held a meeting where he clearly negated all of those criticisms and accusations. You were invited to that meeting. If you did not go, PLEASE take a few minutes now and listen to an audio of the meeting here: http://veneighbors.blogspot.com/p/audio-recording-of-recent-security.html
If you are one who HAD a good relationship with Ralf, you at least owe him this. He proved he and his company can legally operate in Valley Escondido and that he has more than adequate training in law enforcement. He also had two attorneys present to validate his positions.
I truly feel Ralf and his company will be vindicated legally and his contract upheld. What this means is that we will most likely be required to pay for what is currently owed as well as the balance of his contract through March 2015. If this happens, we will have incurred double expenses by paying for two security companies to cover the same period.
Let’s join together and take our community back where we can vote openly and honestly for what we truly want without threat of being made wrong.
Sincerely,
Ed Kuiper
3 comments:
We are in our late 60's, and agree with Mr. Kuiper, we need to become one again. He has very valid points we all should agree to. No more fighting and wasting our money. I will not agree to pay for legal fees from these SC actions. Did this Charbit step down? He must as someone said at the last meeting.
We also agree with Ed. Clinging to Charbit is a big mistake. This person can not control his anger and was the person at the meeting that broke the rule to not be confrontational. The question as to his status was legitimate.
While I disagree with most of the SC's antics, I do think Jon Arcuni is a capable man in his effort to be the volunteer member for our water and sewer problems. I did email him and express my regret that he had received such vindictive criticism from some homeowners in regard to the systems. This was his reply and I agree with it and think you folks need to appreciate what he is trying to accomplish.
On 8/11/2014 11:39 AM, Jon Arcuni wrote:
> Hola!
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> The homeowners maligning me are doing so out of ignorance of our fragile situation. They are allies of Liberty services and would like the former services restored to them. It is a question of money and profit. Everything liberty services provided was at a profit, and the VEHOA was charged accordingly. There is nothing wrong with providing a service at a profit. But your steering committee representing the VEHOA ( a non profit corporation ) decided to remove liberty services ( a for profit corporation ) when it became apparent that there was an excess profit and the services were not up to standards. In addition, Analia publicly stated that she wished not to have anything to do with the steering committee. As a result, your steering committee decided to take over the sewer system and WWTPs from liberty service.
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> Unfortunately the rocks in the fiberglass aerobic digester were removed before I had a chance to take pictures.
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> As a result, when the profit was removed, I submitted figures to the steering committee showing that for the same amount of money paid to Liberty services, we could handle the entire sewerage of VE. That includes the two WWTPs, all grease traps, and every private septic tank in the valley, with exception of the resort. So far, since the first of April, we have had unprecedented service, on a scheduled basis that never occurred in the past.
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> Best regards,
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> Jon Arcuni
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