[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by PennBF

It is interesting as to how things can be distorted and lead to confusion on facts. It is true that $40M is being spent to improve the Village BUT the source is avoided. The $40M is the result of the Paradise Rec Center being ignored while it ran terribly down. When asked to fix it the Developer said no money was put aside and could not repair it. POA at the time sued the Developer to force him to repair the wear and tear. Court agreed that he must fix and fined him $40M which is still being spent to fix things in the villages. Out of this the Developer became angry and formed the HOA as a punishment for forcing him to repair the Rec Center and losing the court case. An arguement you will hear is that in the decision of the court case 4 POA members were awarded $50K per.That is true The one being a critic of this will not add that each of the 4 put up their own money at risk for the suit and the Judge provided this as a result of their time to sue and risk their own money for the residents. Net: HOA formed as punishment for challenging Developer and owe their allegiance to the Developer and the POA to the residents. That is the history of the two..

I lived here then. I saw nothing wrong with Paradise rec center at that time and watched them maintain Odell Rec Center with new paint and power washing every year with my own eyes. I know this because at that time our property abutted Odell. We were smaller than and many people went to Paradise to art and to play cards. I still do occasionally.