Hi All,
We would like to have this posted on the VE Neighbors Blog, as it does absolutely no good to bring this up with the "Self Appointed" Steering Committee.
Last Thursday, August 28th the power went off in the Valle for about 12 hours. We understand that something happened in Boquete which caused this outage. When they repaired it and turned the power back on, apparently the surge caused the safety fuses at the entrance to the Valle to trip. A Service Tech from David came and apparently made repairs as power was restored briefly. They stated that the fuses were weak due to previously being hit by lightening.
Friday around 9 P.M. something failed again. The power to the entire Estate area has been out since then and remains out but the power is on in the remainder of the Valle. We have been told that it is a transformer in the Estates.
Back in 2012 the Steering Committee was notified of the problem with the transformer and a recommendation was made to purchase a spare to have on hand for just this kind of problem! The transformer is 10+ years old! A replacement transformer could have been purchased at that time from the States for about $4,000.00. Now we understand that there is one available in Panama City at a cost of about $14,000.00! To purchase one from the States now would take about a month to get here. The one in Panama City could be here within 24 hours.
The "Self Appointed" current Steering Committee and the past Steering Committee have dropped the ball. There is absolutely no reason this should ever have happened! Some residents in the Estates have lost thousands of dollars worth of food as well as the entire refrigerator. We are lucky, we saved everything and have a generator. For those of you who are still blindly following the "Self Appointed" Steering Committee, just ask yourselves how you would feel if you were without ANY power for six days and counting! But yet they profess to be "working hard for the benefit of the residents of the Valle" - REALLY! ?
ALSO, The SC keeps claiming that Union Fenosa is responsible for the power in the Valle. Union Fenosa's responsibility stops at the Gate entering the Valle. They have nothing to do with the power past that point! Also, true to form, the "Self Appointed" SC is DEMANDING that the Developer fix the problem without even discussing sharing the cost. So much for negotiations.
ALSO, The SC keeps claiming that Union Fenosa is responsible for the power in the Valle. Union Fenosa's responsibility stops at the Gate entering the Valle. They have nothing to do with the power past that point! Also, true to form, the "Self Appointed" SC is DEMANDING that the Developer fix the problem without even discussing sharing the cost. So much for negotiations.
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It is too bad Steering committee chairman Bill Day is not in the Valle experiencing the darkness caused by his decision not to spend $4000 to purchase a reserve transformer as suggested by Liberty.
No, he decided to spend close to $100,000 to get us into the mess we are now in . So in darkness we await another lawsuit after collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in VEHOA fees.
And when the water system breaks down……another lawsuit?
Enough is enough!
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