Banned at Eastman III

An Eastman owner sent this to the "governance-controlled" Eastman Listserv:

I think that you should disclose that the "letter" you refer to is really a link to a blog which discredits our governance and objects to everything that has formed the community in Eastman!

·      Does the Blog “discredit” the governance or does it report what governance is doing and has done?

·      Does the Blog object to everything that has formed the community? NO.

What the Blog objects to is a “governance which”:

·      Spreads false accusations about certain owners

·      Bullies

·      Holds frequent secret meetings

·      Refuses to provide consistent financial information and open, explicit financial accountability to owners

·      Changes the explicit Petition wording of the owners’ Petition for a Referendum

·      Refuses to allow direct vote in order to determine what owners want

·      Fails to hold its General Manager and Board accountable in an open, transparent manner

·      Is not equally representative or accountable

Is this what has formed the community in Eastman? When the community was formed and for the next 27 years it practiced open governance and open disclosure of potential conflicts of interest such as:

·      Membership in the Eastman Golf Course

·      The ability to communicate with neighbors was not unreasonably withheld.

Governance was not a sacred entity to be zealously followed by worshippers; rather it was open to discord.