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Hector, I am impressed, and this rarely happens for me here at hoatalk com. I think the wording, presentation, photos(!), links and downloadable proxy, disclaimer and more are fantastic. Suggestions:

-- Delete all or nearly all exclamation marks (that is, all the !) and replace with a single period. Maybe leave the one exclamation mark that appears on the tab for the web site.

-- Replace words in all capital letters with words in small letters.

-- Delete repeating question marks. Use only single question marks.

-- The facts speak for themselves here. The above punctuation is superfluous and distracts. It kind of gives an impression of panic and 'drama' instead of cool-minded calculation. You are obviously all about cool-minded calculation and the stuff of a good director.

-- The link to the Miami Herald article failed.

-- Maybe delete the word "shady." Accusations of criminal activity are the number one reason why defamation suits happen between people at HOAs. Perhaps a safer word is "competent"? Maybe other hoatalk com readers will have other suggestions. I am not wild about the word "scandal" either, especially bolded and highlighed. Maybe replace the word "scandal" with "questionable conduct" and do not bold and highlight it? I think the excerpt from the Miami Herald article all by itself is powerful.

-- I see your community is a condominium. It is almost guaranteed the Florida statute on condominiums applies. See http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0718/0718.html . Search the latter site for the phrase "conflict of interest." The statute has some interesting requirements regarding the conflict of interest your board president-director appears to have. I would post the sections of the statute at your web site.

Hector

Reduce the size and colors. Make it more a letter than a Bulletin Board. It will be easier to read. As it stands now, it is difficult to read.

Hector,

I would really tone down ANYTHING that doesn't look or read like a business letter - it's OK to have larger text, but don't mix colors, don't mix font sizes.

State the reason for the site, what you would like people to take away from reading it, etc.

Be clear and concise.

Most folks don't like pages that require one to scroll ... try and make the key points on one page, then link, as required.

Eliminate socially pejorative language and don't rant.

I applaud the hard work you did to put that together, Hector. Personally, I wouldn't vote for you. If the president is on the title of a home NOW then the issue is moot as to whether or not he was in 2012. It's not a conflict if the president is not a director OF THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY. Of course he's a director of your association. If your Governing Documents do not permit two members from the same household to be on the board at the same time then it's perfectly OK that a husband and wife are both on the board. Check your documents for that because the state of Florida doesn't care otherwise. It's not illegal at all.

The association should NOT in any way establish a Neighborhood Watch or a Crime Watch committee. No association should want to be officially involved in any of that (it's OK if the community wants to set that up outside of the control and approval of the board).

Again, I appreciate you want to make your community a better place but I question your command of the facts. Nice website, but you fail to identify what money is being spent on that you object to. Nevertheless it's your right to drum up support for your agenda and candidates, no matter if you're right or wrong.

I disagree. Hector lives in a Florida condominium. From the Florida Condominium Statute:

"In a residential condominium association of more than 10 units or in a residential condominium association that does not include timeshare units or timeshare interests, coowners of a unit may not serve as members of the board of directors at the same time unless they own more than one unit or unless there are not enough eligible candidates to fill the vacancies on the board at the time of the vacancy."

See FS 718.112(2)(d) at http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0718/Sections/0718.112.html

Else I think 'flashy' works well for a campaign web site.

Then I assumed too much from the many hits that came up, upon googling the name of your community, saying it is a condominium. Be aware that some communities incorporated as condominiums have the phrase "homeowners' association" in their governing documents when in fact under corporate law, they are condominiums.

I do not see anything in the Florida HOA statute disallowing co-owners of a single unit to serve on the HOA board.

I appreciate everyones oppinios,
I was not kicked out, I stepped down. Because I refused to work with incompetent board memebers.
I know some may not like how the website looks but I have no time to change it now.
At the end of the day, I have to get my message across. I want what is best for the community, our community is falling apart. Street signs are leaning, speed humps need replacing, trees are not being trimmed our pools are run down..etc.etc
I did not place dollar figures in the website because my focus is to remove the board and take the dues back down to $129.00 a month. Our dues were raised by $3.00 a month in December according to the board memebers they were raised due to cost of living getting higher. At the end of the day if I do not become unsuccessful at removing the board with the help of owners, they can never say that I warned them. My consious will be clean and then I will move on with my life.

Yes Royal IP...we always had and still have the money for capital improvements.
And in Dec 26th they raise our dues because of cost of living getting expensive. Yet our community comtinues to look run down. I have faith and i stongly belive in faith and i know wemay not get the dues back down if we get a new board. I have been living there for 18 years and the reason I got on the board in the first place was to try and get the board to work together as a team and involve homeowners. But this board continues to act like they own the community. Its time that all homeowners take action and expose all the nonsense with all these board members. And if no one votes for me thats fine at least the message is out there and i tried.

I agree w/ George. Nice work on the website but it's a large, one-page website that requires scrolling.

In terms of HOA attorneys and the like, your site reads like any political campaign. I see nothing wrong w/ stating your opinion that "The Community is Falling Apart! Don't sign Proxies!"

I don't see an issue w/ the messaging, just the need for simplification.