Our former president Mr. Perrin got us into this mess when he signed the contracts with Mr. Kovens and Mr. Brown. We have insurance to cover officers and directors misconduct. Mr. Perrin would have avoided  any problems if he had consulted with our Board Attorney Barry Blaxberg before he got us into this mess.

MR. BLAXBERG DID A DECENT JOB EXPLAINING THAT HE IS OF THE OPINION THAT OUR ASSOCIATION OWNS THE MARINA AND MR. PERRIN AND MR. BROWN DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DESTROY OUR DOCKS OR CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF OUR MARINA. HE STATED THAT IT WAS MR. PERRIN THAT ENTERED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THERE WAS A MARRIAGE. HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT HE SHOULD HAVE READ ALOUD PARAGRAPH (34)(A). OF OUR DOCUMENTS THAT READS "DEVELOPER, FOR SO LONG AS IT CONTROLS THE ASSOCIATION, SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ELIMINATE, EXPAND, CHANGE OR ALTER THE DESIGN, LAYOUT, CONSTRUCTION AND APPURTENANCES OF THE MARINA FROM THAT SHOWN IN EXHIBIT "A-4". DEVELOPER CONTROL ENDED IN JULY OF 2003. THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.     CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT FROM THE MARINA DISCUSSION WERE ALL OF MR. PERRINS SUPPORTERS THAT WORKED SO HARD TO GET HIM ELECTED PRESIDENT, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ONLY BEEN A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR FIVE MONTHS. NOT ONE OF HIS SUPPORTERS WAS PRESENT. HUMMM, DID THEY WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE BURNING? AT THE END OF THE DISCUSSION, DIRECTOR JUDY RATZIN APPEARED TO ASK MR. BLAXBERG TO MAKE A STATEMENT CONCERNING MR. PERRIN. MR. BLAXBERG STATED THAT HE HAD CONDUCTED AN "INVESTIGATION" AND DETERMINED THAT MR. PERRIN HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY BENEFIT FROM THIS SCANDAL. I THEN ASKED MR. PERRIN HOW HE HAD OBTAINED "SLIP #5" (THE LARGEST MOST EXPENSIVE SLIP). HE SAID THAT MR. BROWN EXCHANGED  CERTIFICATE # 5 FOR MR. PERRINS (SMALLER, LESS EXPENSIVE) SLIP #15.  I STATED THAT SLIP #5 WAS WORTH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN HIS SMALLER SLIP #15. MR. PERRIN SAID THAT IT WAS MR. BROWNS PROBLEM, IT WAS ONLY A "PIECE OF PAPER". (a PIECE OF PAPER WORTH $100,000.00 MORE THAN THE OTHER "PIECE OF PAPER") SLIP #6, WHICH IS THE SAME AS SLIP #5 ORIGINALLY SOLD FOR $225,000.00 , SLIP #15 ORIGINALLY SOLD FOR FAR LESS MONEY, BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE AND POSITION.              THE BIG PROFITS ARE YET TO COME, PETITIONING THE DADE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR THE RIGHT TO BREAK OUR COVENANT WITH THE COUNTY AND ALLOW MORE POWER BOAT SLIPS AND THEN SELLING THEM FOR $300,000.00 OR MORE. ARE THESE PEOPLE IN "LA LA LAND" OR DO THEY BELIEVE THAT ALL THE OTHER UNIT OWNERS ARE "STUPID?"  I ASKED MR. PERRIN WHY WE WERE APPEARING BEFORE THE CORAL GABLES BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ASKING FOR A "ZONING VARIANCE" IN ORDER FOR MR. PERRIN TO CONSTRUCT AN "ELEVATOR" IN HIS SLIP #5? OUR DOCUMENTS FORBID THIS CONSTRUCTION. MR. PERRIN, ON VIDEOTAPE, STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS BOARD HAD "CHANGED" THIS RULE. I HAVE COPIES OF ALL THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, AND THE ASSOCIATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECORDS OF A CHANGE ALLOWING ELEVATORS IN THE MARINA. I GUESS THAT HE FIGURES HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND CAN DO ANYTHING THAT HE PLEASES. MR. PERRIN PREVIOUSLY TOLD ME THAT HE HAD OBTAINED MR. BLAXBERGS  OPINION ON THE LEGALITY OF THIS MARINA FIASCO BEFORE PROCEEDING. MR. BLAXBERG, IN WRITING, HAS FLATLY DENIED ANY PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THE MARINA "TAKEOVER".

UNIT OWNER BARBARA GREEN PROPOSED A COMMITTEE, HEADED BY JANET TRALINS TO STUDY THE ISSUE AND DECIDE IF WE SHOULD BOTHER PUTTING IT TO A UNIT OWNER VOTE. GOOD IDEA, BUT MR. PERRIN INSERTED HIMSELF AND MR. BROWN ONTO THE COMMITTEE, AND ALSO THE OTHER MARINA SLIP USERS. THIS PUTS THE FOXES INTO THE "HENHOUSE". MR. BLAXBERG SAID THERE WAS A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE WILL END UP IN A LAWSUIT BECAUSE OF THIS MESS THAT WAS STARTED BY MR. PERRIN.

HOWEVER, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO SETTLE OUR ALL IMPORTANT LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CONTRACTORS ON PHASE ONE, THEY HELD TWO "EMERGENCY BOARD MEETINGS TO VOTE". NO NOTICE AND NO UNIT OWNERS COULD ATTEND. NO WAY THAT THEY CAN JUSTIFY THAT THESE WERE BOTH EMERGENCIES. I GUESS THEY WERE ASHAMED OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS LAWSUIT THAT COST THE ASSOCIATION CLOSE TO ONE MILLION IN LEGAL AND ENGINEERING FEES. IN 2001, FORTY ONE UNIT OWNERS HIRED THE MILLER LAW FIRM OF CALIFORNIA, ON A CONTINGENCY FEE BASIS. TOM MILLER SPENT ALMOST A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF HIS OWN MONEY. WHEN THE DEVELOPER TURNED OVER CONTROL, THE NEW PRESIDENT HIRED NEW LAWYERS, SAYING THAT WE WOULD GET A BETTER RETURN IF WE PAID OUR OWN EXPENSES. SOME DEAL, WE WENT FROM NOT PAYING ANYTHING TO PAYING A MILLION DOLLARS TO GET BACK ONLY 1.5 MILLION. I CALL THAT VERY BAD JUDGMENT. BUT, WHILE THESE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WERE GOING ON, OUR NEW PRESIDENT WAS NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO BUY OUR MARINA, EVEN THOUGH OUR DOCUMENTS DO NOT ALLOW THIS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ENDED WITH TURNOVER IN JULY 2003.

CLICK TO SEE THE EMERGENCY BOARD MINUTES THAT WERE KEPT "HIDDEN".

DOWN OUR THROATS. NO MEETING, NO VOTE

EVEN THOUGH THE DOCUMENTS DO NOT ALLOW THIS.  THEY DON'T CARE.

 WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE ON THIS TAKEOVER, PLEASE, DO NOT VOTE, JUST IGNORE THEIR PLEAS FOR YOU TO GIVE THEM FOR FREE OUR TEN MILLION DOLLAR MARINA.

 

CLICK TO SEE MANY OF THE DOCUMENTS TO PROVE

MR. PERRIN, WE WANT OUR MARINA BACK, IMMEDIATELY. WE DEMAND THAT YOU RESPECT OUR CONDO DOCUMENTS AND FLORIDA STATE LAW.             YOU HAVE ALLOWED OUR CONCRETE DOCKS TO BE DESTROYED.                                                                                YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR ZONING VARIANCES TO BUILD A BOAT ELEVATOR IN THE MARINA, EVEN THOUGH OUR DOCUMENTS DO NOT ALLOW ELEVATORS.                        YOU RUN YOUR BOAT AIR CONDITIONER 24/7, EVEN THOUGH OUR DOCUMENTS DO NOT ALLOW IT.                YOU WANT TO PUT 45 POWER BOATS THERE AND INCREASE OUR SUBSIDY FOR THE INSURANCE AND PROPERTY TAXES FOR OUR MARINA. DADE COUNTY AND OUR DOCUMENTS ONLY ALLOW NINE POWERBOATS IN OUR MARINA. YOU HAVE REFUSED TO SUPPLY ANY DOCUMENTS SHOWING WHO OWNS THE LICENSES IN OUR MARINA.                                                                                        TWENTY FOUR SLIPS ARE NOT PAYING THE REQUIRED MONTHLY MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS TO THE ASSOCIATION.                                                                             WHY SHOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO MAKE A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PROFIT WITH OUR MARINA? THE ASSOCIATION MUST RECEIVE ANY PROFITS, NOT SOME INDIVIDUAL UNIT OWNERS.

HE SAID THAT MR. BROWN IS MISTAKEN IF HE IS TAKING THE POSITION THAT HE HAS THE RIGHTS OF THE DEVELOPER TO PURSUE SUCH WORK UNILATERALLY. THE DEVELOPERS RIGHTS TO ADD TO , CONSTRUCT, DESTROY OR MODIFY OUR DOCKS ENDED WHEN HE TURNED OVER CONTROL OF THE ASSOCIATION IN JULY OF 2003. MR. BROWN SIGNED SEVERAL AFFIDAVITS FOR PERMITS AS THE OWNER OF THE MARINA.

SO, MR. BLAXBERG, HOW CAN YOU MAKE THESE STATEMENTS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY OF CORAL GABLES IF YOU DO NOT POSSESS ANY DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP YOUR CLAIMS? FLORIDA STATUTE 718 PROVIDES THAT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE PART OF THE ASSOCIATION RECORDS AND SUBJECT TO MY REVIEW. ARE YOU INTENTIONALLY WITHHOLDING THESE DOCUMENTS FROM THE ASSOCIATION MANAGER IN ORDER TO ALLOW MR. PERRIN AND MR. BROWN TIME TO OBTAIN PERMITS AND HOLD A UNIT OWNER VOTE?

HOW CAN THEY CLAIM THAT NO ONE ASKED THE QUESTION IF THEY COULD DO THIS WORK? DON'T THEY ALL HAVE EXPENSIVE ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT THEM? DON'T TELL US THAT THEY ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT LEGAL HELP. THEY IGNORED YOUR LEGAL ADVICE TO STOP CONSTRUCTION AND KEPT WORKING UNTIL THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR DOCKS WAS COMPLETE.

HOW CAN YOU CLAIM THAT THESE ARE REMOVABLE PIERS? IT TOOK TWO BARGES, A CRANE, LARGE AIR COMPRESSOR AND NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TWO WEEKS TO DESTROY 300 SQUARE FEET OF 12" THICK POURED CONCRETE DOCK AND "YANK OUT" 10 TELEPHONE SIZED PILINGS.

MR. BLAXBERG, ARE YOU PROTECTING OUR INVESTMENT IN OUR TEN MILLION DOLLAR MARINA, OR ARE YOU PROTECTING MR. PERRIN AND MR. BROWN? ARE YOU WORKING FOR THE UNIT OWNERS WHO ARE PAYING YOU, OR ARE YOU WORKING FOR MR. PERRIN AND MR. BROWN? I CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL AS IF YOU ARE PROTECTING ME.

IF THEY CONTINUE IMPROVING OUR MARINA, WE UNIT OWNERS WILL HAVE TO PAY HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES ON THE MARINA, AS IT IS A COMMON ELEMENT OWNED BY ALL OF US, AND WHO WILL PAY THE INSURANCE PAYMENTS ON THE MARINA? RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO INSURANCE ON IT.

                                                                                                                  EVERY DAY, AT LEAST TWO OF THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS USE NOISY BLOWERS, EDGER'S AND MOWERS TO DAMAGE OUR HEARING.   THIS IS NOT AN OCCASIONAL PROBLEM, THEY DO IT SIX DAYS A WEEK.. FIRST, THEY USUALLY BLOW THE LEAVES AROUND. THEN THEY WILL GO AND GET THE NOISY GASOLINE EDGER'S. THEN SOME DAYS, THEY BRING OUT THE NOSIEST GASOLINE MOWER. SINCE MOVING HERE SIX YEARS AGO, MY HEARING HAS SUFFERED IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE.

REPEATED REQUESTS FOR "QUIET" HAVE MOVED THE STARTING TIME BACK TO 9:00AM.  SOME DAYS, IT STARTS AT 8:30 AM.  MOST OF THE TIME, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SIT ON MY BALCONY AND READ THE NEWSPAPER. 

JUST TRY TO SLEEP LATE ONE MORNING. !!!!!!!!

JUST TRY TO TAKE A NAP DURING THE DAY. !!!!!!!!!!

THE HIGH FREQUENCY NOISE IS "DEAFENING". WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. WATCHING THESE WORKERS BLOW LEAVES AROUND. THEY NEVER PICK THEM UP, THEY JUST BLOW THEM INTO THE BUSHES. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, THE LEAVES ARE BACK ON THE WALKWAYS.        

THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO, SO THEY GRAB A NOISY MACHINE AND WALK AROUND.

WHY NOT USE A BROOM AND SHOVEL?                                    HAVING SOLD MUFFLER MANUFACTURING MACHINES FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, I AM FULLY AWARE OF THE SHORT LIFETIME OF THESE MINUSCULE MUFFLERS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THESE NOISY BLOWERS, WEED EATERS AND MOWERS.  

THE NOISE EVEN PENETRATES THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE APARTMENT, POLLUTING THE INTERIOR AS WELL AS THE EXTERIOR. THE WORKERS DO NOT USE ANY EAR PROTECTION, WHICH SUBJECTS THE GABLES CLUB TO A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT FOR LOSS OF HEARING AND FAILURE TO OBSERVE OSHA, EPA, FLORIDA AND CITY OF CORAL GABLES NOISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY RULES AND REGULATIONS.

EARING

SAFETY HAZARD AT THE POOL

 ONE STAIRWAY AT THE POOL DOES NOT HAVE A SAFETY RAILING. ON SUNDAY, I OBSERVED TWO HEAVY SET, ELDERLY LADIES DESCENDING THESE STAIRS. ONE ALMOST FELL BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SAFETY RAILING TO HOLD ONTO.  I BELIEVE THAT FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS CALL FOR A RAILING ON ALL STAIRS.

                  THIS IS A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN

          

                               STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

                                  RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

              S *       Ask the individual to SMILE.

              T *       Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE

                                     (Coherently) (i.e. . . It is sunny out today)

              R *       Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

  NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their      tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.  If he or she has trouble with

              ANY ONE of these tasks, call 911 immediately !! and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.