10 cent squabble over fees

How does this represent my interest

These people are writing a restriction to put me out of compliance yet they refusing to discuss the negative words that they say about this neighborhood .... words which have a greater impart on future buyers and Shady Oaks image than the location of my wellhouse

They say fees are not going up, and that we don’t need a saving account and they will move instead of make long term financial plan with this neighborhood because they are not going to be here that long.
Yet they are writing long term restrictions >> and refusing to commit their own selves to their own plan.
Instead they want others to make changes, but not themselves.

The biggest problem in this neighborhood is the negative talk surrounding our financial condition.
Some of the folks writing new restrictions and others proposing restrictions voted to bankrupt this neighborhood 1.5 years ago.
And here they are trying to put my well house out of compliance rather than talk about their own words and actions that certainly do not attract buyers.

Every negative word I’ve heard from folks in this neighborhood about this neighborhood is about fees.
Our fees are 2 dollars a week.
If you own 2 lots that’s 4 dollars
At same timer everyone who lives here saves 10-12 dollars a week by not having a water and sewer bill.
That saving on the water and sewer bill has put $18,000 dollars in my pocket over the years.
No place near here is offering that same value.

I’m on a fixed income
I can see the difference between $18000 saving on the water and sewer bill vs $2100 paid out in neighborhood fees over 25 years.
I say, if it takes raising the fees a bit to cut the grass at the entrance or establish a savings account to impress potential buyers and real estate folks, then it’s worth that 20 cent a month investment

Responsible people living here should swivel their chairs around and start asking questions about the value of living here.
If you vote against the fees, then it’s time for you to start answering how your negative attitude attracts buyers in the age of Facebook and Twitter. After all, people make buying decision based on what their friends recommends.
Who is recommending this neighborhood?
Which of you are bragging to your coworkers and friends about how our neighborhood has constantly been on the verge of bankruptcy.

I think the no-fee bunch who voted to bankrupt the neighborhood are running the conversation yet want to pass more restrictions, without laying out any kind of financial plan to match the increased responsibility and increased risk. Instead they promising themselves that somebody else will do the job.

You're probably going to sell your house to somebody older than yourself. Yet the younger, successful people who can afford your house do not have any source of positive information about this neighborhood to woo them into buying here.
Instead, the only thing we can talk about is the 10 cent squabble over fees.
This attitude needs to change.
We need to be on solid financial footing, and to get rid of the negative attitude.

Gene Haynes