Former board president at Hallandale Beach condo faces ...
Former board president at Beach condo faces ...
People who've retired, if of a certain age
- prefer not having grass to mow and accounts to manage.
- In response, other people, those with a fiendish streak,
- perhaps descended from some corrupt Roman or Greek,
- thereupon invented the co-op and condominium board
- where a legitimate owner's rights could be ignored.
- Not necessarily forever--
- they weren't THAT clever--
- but long enough to accumulate lots of loot
- as well as plenty of other freebies to boot.
- Welcome to South Florida life
- where such examples are rife.
- When planning down here here to reside
- you must prepare to yield some pride--
- You'll rarely find a place that's honestly run,
- close to a beach, yet with breeze and sun--
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as well as other pleasantries like. these.
- Compromise,or you'll likely find a Shakespearean "rub"
- and have to, like a modern Diogenes,
- spend many unpleasant nights at the beach in a tub,
And, "this above all" , try to ignore kickbacks on 'improvements'- -- just keep up with the resulting increased fees and rents.
- hzl
- 2/22/15
- www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-condo-money-probe-20150219-s...
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Sun‑Sentinel
19 hours ago - Condo leadership in turmoil ... Picerno shouldn't have been on theboard in the first place — yet it took the state six months to remove him
as well as other pleasantries like. these.
And, "this above all" , try to ignore kickbacks on 'improvements'
Sun‑Sentinel
......Now state regulators are looking into owners' allegations that Picerno misspent $177,000 in condo money while Hallandale Beach Police investigate possible embezzlement, grand theft and fraud, a detective told the newspaper.
The tumult that accompanied Picerno's 18 months as president at De Soto Park reflects a sense of powerlessness familiar to many condominium owners across South Florida: They have little recourse when condo boards don't know or follow the law. Some complain of slammed doors — or even retribution — when they press for details about how their money is spent.
Even when disgruntled owners get the ear of state regulators, action can come slowly — or never. State records in the De Soto Park case show regulators have limited authority over board members who insist on doing as they please.
Records obtained from the city and state show a condo roiled by conflict during Picerno's tenure as president. Residents filed more than a dozen complaints with the state and city against Picerno and the association, some alleging Picerno misspent their money or the association stonewalled them when they asked questions.
The association sent cease-and-desist letters to two owners who complained and slapped one couple with a defamation lawsuit.
"This is so unfair, especially since we've been telling [state regulators] for so long what has been going on," said owner Annette Pintado, who filed a complaint and got sued.
Picerno told the Sun Sentinel he gave the condominium a dramatic face lift without raising fees, yet was constantly under siege from a small group of malcontents.
"They didn't have any knowledge of how to do things and all they wanted to do was complain," Picerno, 68, said in a telephone interview. "They hassled me enough and tortured me and my family. ... I tried to do my best, but they made up story after story after story."
Poetry - William Shakespeare - To be or not to be - that is ...
www.davidpbrown.co.uk/poetry/william-shakespeare-3.html
Diogenes of Sinope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope
WikipediaA 17th century depiction of Diogenes ... Also known as Diogenes the Cynic (Ancient Greek: Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός, ...... Diogenes of Sinope : the man in the tub.
To thine own self be true - Shakespeare Quotes - eNotes.com
www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/thine-own-self-true
Polonius: This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell, my blessing season ...
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