Black Member Addresses All White Board of Directors

I did not realize that I was rolling my neck until I re-watched the video, but the point of this video is that lawmakers need to find a way to regulate or get rid of homeowner associations.  I do not see where they add any value to the community.  They take the neighbor out of neighborhood.  They integrate politics into one's personal community.  The management companies are making plenty of money on managing subdivisions. Certain attorneys are also making plenty of money off of neighbors fighting.

I do not see the value in homeowner associations.  The management companies are vendors that pay bills.  They don't care who is fighting.  Websites such as neighborsatwar.com and hoaowners.org document national issues with homeowner associations.  Please join the fight!

My Response to the Rosedale Association Feedback

According to our Rosedale Association Bylaws Article III Section 2, 

association members can request in writing for a special meeting to be held.

Why should you make a written request for a special meeting?

1. To meet with your current Board of Directors.
2. To find out who are your officers.
3. To find out what happened at the October 2014 Annual meeting.
4. To find out why we did not have an Annual meeting in 2012.
5. To find out why you received a petition to remove select Board of Directors.

Who should you send this written request to?

1. Someone who has served on your Board of Directors for ten years ---> Benita Blocker
2. Someone who actually attended the last Annual meeting in 2014 ------> Benita Blocker
3. Someone who has been passionate about ethics and fairness ----> Benita Blocker
4. Someone who has gone above and beyond to communicate to you -----> Benita Blocker

I understand

1. Some members are uncomfortable with removing members of the Board without a special meeting.
2. Some members feel that I am showing a lot of emotion, but I assure you that it is my passion about doing things in order so that all members feel respected.
3. Some members just hope that everything will just correct itself on its own, but it has been a whole month and the most recent elected Board has not made any announcements to the Association.  
4. Some members have called Key Community Management confused.
5. Some members can not grasp what happened in the October 2014 Annual meeting.
6. Some members can not grasp the unilateral decision making that has been taking place in the name of our Board under select Board leadership and condoned by the property manager for years now.

We, the Association, deserve have professional, ethical leadership.  Let's talk about it.  Let's get a special meeting called.   

Just send Benita Blocker a simple correspondence card with 

• your statement " You request a Special Meeting of our Association."
• your name, 
• your property address,  and
• your signature

Please use the address from your most recent petition to get your request to me.  I will collect these Special Meeting requests and present to our property manager.  As Article III, Section 2 states we only need nine (9) members to request this special meeting.

Let's Find a Resolution Together by Requesting a Special Meeting!

All Attorneys are not of the same caliber

First of all, I am no one's "nigger" nor "nigga."  I will not be mistreated nor disrespected by anyone regardless of race nor social status. I have too much education and training to have any type of inferiority complex about myself.  So with that said, I have encountered attorneys that seem to think that all Blacks are "ignorant."  So they take our money and then they try to make us feel worthless and dumb . . .

I can not imagine if I did not have my credentials to back my stance, but regardless of education and social status, if you are paying money, then your opinion should be respected.

The pictures above were from a brochure that an attorney mailed to me prior to our initial "face to face" meeting.  I was appalled by her brochure.  I knew that this attorney was not going to be a good fit for me.  I immediately cancelled my formal consultation with her.

I can hardly believe the audacity to send out a brochure worded in that manner. I also paid another attorney for a consultation, and he was sooo bossy that the consultation was like a "mental war."  He tried to control the "information flow," and I was trying to get my questions answered.  After the consultation, I mailed him a follow-up note letting him know that I was displeased with my treatment, and I would not be securing his services.  I would rather pay an attorney triple his fee for respect and knowlege of the laws.

I encourage people to only patronize attorneys that give them respect and show genuine interest in understanding their desired outcome.  No one should feel inferior nor degraded.  The best attorneys are "older" with decades of experience and their hourly fee may be $300 to $400 per hour as far as North Carolina is concerned.

I have paid various different attorneys over my lifetime.  I would love to share my experiences with others if it will save them some time and money.