February Meeting Notes

We now have a new president by the name of George Plew. Carol has stepped down amidst the pressures she has endured during the past year. George stated that his other activities are more important than RV3 and he may step down if this gets too much.

I asked that the board discuss the practice of publishing peoples debts to neighbors. I asked nicely and was met with resistance from George. He said that fundamentally, I was in no position to discuss this and that the board may at some time discuss the issue of embarrassing people. I did point out that this was discussed in MN State statues 515A and B but that both statutes seemed to conflict with each other. Anyway, George was obviously put out that I would have the nerve to bring up such a subject. Interesting to note that they had a closed meeting to discuss a debtor.

My number 2 issue was concerning a meeting I had with my lawyer regarding the last newsletter which was sent out. This letter meets a 3 pronged test for slander and I explained to the board that I was advised to take this to court for the maximum penalty allowed in Anoka county of $7500.

I told them that I would accept an apology but Carol blew up and wondered if I would apologize to Pat for calling her a peeping Tom Nazi. Carol is confused. I only reported what other people call Pat. I also removed the word Nazi since I also believe that other peoples names for Pat are inappropriate to publish. I told them that truth is an absolute defense (Dennis the new guy cracked up laughing) and in fact my writings do not meet the 3 pronged test for slander. Check the previous posts. Only the truth prevails.

I did not get an apology. It's going to be worth my efforts to try this.

It is apparent that the author of the slander is personally responsible. My lawyer informed me that Riverview Third is not involved at all.


All of the overdue accounts past 90 days have been handed over to the lawyers for lien action. I have personally visited the troubled homes and quite a few of them are what the mortgage companies call "abandoned". These are people who got an arm mortgage a few years back. These arms have increased interest rates and the homes are defaulted back to the bank. Of course, we pay $500 per home for lien action and now, the board learn that they can go without fees for 6 months. I have news for them. If the home remains empty for 15 months, they will lose 15 months worth of fees.

Hard times are on the way. The housing flurry for the 90's was created by 2000 people per month moving to Minnesota. Today, that number has dropped to 250 per month. We can expect more signs at Drake street and more people wanting out of an association looking to embarrass them by publishing there debts.