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Originally Posted by ROCKETMAN

All of the errors made in this purchase are making it look like they didn't even read the sale document or look at the footprint to see what the rec center size and parking would be. I was impressed with rich lambrecht for catching the part in the vote against striping. They will take it up again at the next aac meeting. He remarked he has never seen a topic that no one is against doing except the powers that rule.

rocketman: you have to pass it to see what's in it

[rayschic]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

Not exactly but close. Actually $350,000 is more in line with premier homes. The resriction of the old El Santiago building not being used as a restaurant was part of the contract prior to the AAC making the purchase. Sadly the question of any restrictions came up several times during AAC meetings. The answer given to the board was ther are no provisions in the sales contract preventing the use of the building as a restaurant. A building inspector advised against the purchase as did Jo Weber and Rich Lambrecht. The building probably cannot be salvaged and the price paid for the site relates to a per acre cost of $1,590,909 per acre. Check out the very informed article in the recent March POA bulletin, page 8.

Here's a link to the POA bulletin for those that don't get it. Article is on page 8.
http://www.poa4us.org/bulletins_file...etin201403.pdf

[mickey100]

$1.59 million per acre. Wow. Sounds like a major screwup.

[graciegirl]

Yeah well.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by missypie

So sad that people would laugh at a question that an elderly man asked. Sometimes people say things in a different way than it was intended.

Sorry to be so incensed about this but I have much compassion and respect for the elderly.

I agree. But it doesn't just happen to the elderly. When I was young (19 or 20?) I went to court to contest a speeding ticket. I was terrified to have to speak in front of so many people. When I finally got my chance to speak to the judge, he asked me why I was going X miles per hour in a Y zone. And I said, "I didn't realize I was going so fast." Well, the entire courtroom erupted in hysterical laughter and that was the end of my "case". I couldn't regain my composure to say what I really wanted to say, I was a nervous wreck.

What happened was a police car came speeding up behind me at night and stayed about a foot from my rear bumper. I thought it was some nut or a drunk so I speeded up to keep a safe distance. When I speeded up, he put on his flashing lights and gave me a ticket. To this day I never speed up when someone gets on my bumper at night.

Don't laugh: Some people just have a difficult time talking in front of a large group of people.