All ECA Members have a Conflict of Interest

 That is what Board members often say. Perhaps you too, have heard it from a governance member: Board Members, Council Members, CRC Members, Finance and Budget Committee Members etc., etc. Such nonsense would suggest that the use of the Eastman Lake (owned by the State), a walk in the woods (a right everyone has) or perhaps enjoying the natural beauty is a Conflict of Interest.

While your Board is deceiving you with such statements, they have spent $4 Million of your money improving the golf course to a lush resort level over the past 12 years. You have no Right to Know and no say. Now the same people would like to take $4 Million more of your money and dump it in to a new building for their enjoyment.

Your Council rejected using the Center for its meetings a few years back. In making that Council decision your leaders decided that breaking the fire code laws at South Cove was appropriate and that Council Members had no Right To Know they were doing so.

What else do you not know as a Council member or an ECA member? You have No Right To Know.

The Eastman Board has posted No Weapons Allowed in or on Eastman property regulations for our community. Did you miss the open transparent meetings where it was discussed? There were none to our knowledge unless you consider one-way board dialogue an open meeting. Does this mean Eastman will have its own TSA (aka Eastman Security)? We are proponents of gun control however we think any ECA weapons regulations requires Community participation.

While Maynard Goldman strikes FEAR into ECA members minds from the Council podium as to who is coming down route 89 we are rendered defenseless except for Eastman Security whom we assume will soon be armed.

Beware of those who tell you everyone has a conflict of interest. The party that says that is often doing so to serve their own best interest.

 Submitted by Robert Logan