Having an even-number of board members wasn’t really an issue, as the group was generally in agreement. In the first few months after the big changes in management, the building remained relatively calm. Then some issues arose that required hard dec sioi ns from the board, and eth dissen


e is nsion began.


Changes had to be mad the association’s parking majority of communiity a sole irate residen


est choices possibl nt was he n tiall cat


entire sitituationt on by filingl n a false with a number of ins


a e in the long-time operation f o g garagra e.. This had an effect on the t membersers. Adding insult to injury, a th ini


y talys y t tha e report with the


to operate the garage in the samemannerer, the the be


at led to eth e city. F dace


n urmountable obstaclles to continuing e board m ead mstanc


While many residents we e und rst nding and even appreciative


b e given the various ciircum a ces. w re understa


ciative of the board’s’s efforts, a very small group group


of people chose to resist the necessary changes based mostly on their feelings, as opposed to the facts of the matter. Unfortunately, nobody could have predicted the length to which these people would go to express their displeasure. This is how Condogate was born.


The First Board Election... following the changes was rather straight-


forward. Three of thef six board members


With the


Witches acting as the


spokespeople, the group


were up for election every other year, and each elected board member served a 2-year term. Although there had been increasing numbers of people attending the board meetings preceding this first election, and some of those people were very vocal in their dissatisfaction, the incumbent board members prevailed easily and were reelected to serve the community.


The Small Group Of Nastyf People...


led by a bear of a manwe’ll call Ricky Bobby, began a very tactical campaign to control the next election at Wonderland. Ricky Bobby partnered with three residents we’ll call the Witches of Westwick. Shortly after the good election, the Witches put in a written request to examine the ballots for the alleged purpose of verifying the election results. So stating a proper purpose, the Witches were granted access to the election ballots and proxies. Wonderland did not use a secret ballot process, and it soon became evident that the Witches weren’t so much verifying the results of the election as determining which owners participated in the election and for whom each owner had cast votes. The Witches took copiousk


notes


and created spreadsheets of the election results for their own purposes.


Armed With This Insider Knowledge Of Thef


Election...


Ricky Bobby and the Witches implemented the next phase of their dastardly plan for condo domination. With the Witches acting as the spokespeople, the group


called itself the Wonderland Wavemakers.


called itself the Wonderland Wavemakers. With Ricky Bobby calling the shots, the Witches did his bidding. They began systematically contacting those people who had voted for the opponents of the incumbent board members, and also sought out those owners who hadn’t bothered to vote in the election. The Wavemakers actively courted the favor of residents, telling people what they wanted to hear, with little regard for truth. They held clandestine meetings with disgruntled homeowners and cast aspersions on the current board members and their actions. The Wavemakers encouraged people to attend the monthly board meetings, not to listen and learn about the issues facing the community, but to demand the board listen to complaints and answer questions about rumors perpetuated by the Wavemakers. Despite the best efforts of those serving on the board, the board meetings often degenerated into hostile dramas with the Witches in starring roles under the watchful eye of puppet master Ricky Bobby. To help ensure the Wavemakers’ message of hate and hostility reached and influenced every possible audience, Ricky Bobby even bankrolled a website named for the association. Many people trusted the new website was an official platform for the building, when it was in fact used as an incendiary tool by one man and his minions.


Over The Next Year... the incessant negativity coupled with the


vehement campaigning of the Wavemakers had the intended effect. The good


homeowners of Wonderland were weary of the constant grousing and the animosity of the Wavemakers and their followers. As too frequently happens, many of the often repeated accusations and falsehoods espoused by the Witches became mor with the seemingly tr website. W be true, right


re and more believable, particularly ruthf


We all kn ht? As the


now that if it’s on th e sec


cond ele form They pursued


submitted their names as can id promised radical cha g party platform.


hange if elect d pur


lected. Th u sued any disgr


h ul suppo of the renegade t e internet, it must


rt


ection neared, the Witches ndidates for the board and he Witches ran with a


disgruntled or ambivalent


homeowner with the greatest of zeal, demanding people vote at the next annual meeting or provide a proxy to the Wavemakers. Ricky Bobby continued to provide financial support for the website, copies, mailings, etc. He even enlisted the services of a community association lawyer, who advised the Wavemakers. shamed residents w


avemakers. The Th


out at homeowners who had the ect


motives or champion the incumbent boa extraordinary campaign and elec ione


who failed to support them, lashing e nerve to question their ard members. e The ed in e th


he Witches publically r


election of the Witches of Westwick to the board. Ricky Bobby and the Witches got wha did that leave Wonderland?


h t they wanted


eering resulte d, bu


ut w ehe ere


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