BillD16 (Texas)
Posts: 943
Posts: 943
Posted:
So I’m running for the Board again. The response has been … interesting. The Mean Girls on Facebook woke up and began seriously trashing me. I wonder how much of this stuff is actionable?[0] But I’ve been taking the High Road.
“Bill, although I am not a voting member. I want to make sure everyone remembers your reign of terror and intimidation.
You were personally responsible for closing the pool early for an entire season, intimidating grandmothers and cussing neighbors out.
The pool was under constant surveillance by you, and your behavior was vulgar and not appropriate for a board member. You were drunk with power which should be an embarrassment.
I have receipts and am happy to share them with anyone who is interested.
You chose to route all board emails to yourself so that all complaints were funneled through you. You ran off several board members due to your toxic behavior.
Your removal from the presidency of the board was long overdue and anyone choosing to vote for you again would be doing the neighborhood a huge disservice.”
“It's important that neighbors that were not aware of what happened the last time Bill served on the Board be made aware. I posted much of this in a response, but wanted to be certain it was noticed.
I was serving on the board when Bill was initially elected. We went into executive session and he immediately began cursing and yelling at those of us who had been serving prior. It was unprofessional and toxic.
He was not removed from the Board, but he was removed from his position as president due to inappropriate behavior such cursing at neighbors at the pool and forcing a representative of our management company off the road and yelling at him in the middle of the street.
These are just two examples of many instances of inappropriate behavior.
This is consistent inappropriate behavior that alienated neighbors, vendors, and board members and made our neighborhood feel unwelcoming and unsafe.”
“I am very concerned that someone who was REMOVED from the board is now allowed to be a candidate again. There seems to be a major flaw in our bylaws that I hope the new Board is able to address.
I have never served on the Board, but my husband did. His term seemed relatively smooth and everyone got along....until Bill was elected. As I was leaving our office after that zoom meeting severalyears ago, the board was going into executive session, I heard Bill dropping F-bombs and things just went down hill from there.
Berating fellow board members, yelling at neighbors and just not presenting himself as an honorable human being. Many Board members quit due to his lack of respect and unprofessional behavior, to the point where he had to be removed because he was so toxic. So I beg everyone to keep this in mind when they are casting their vote this time. He may appear the "concerned citizen" but he is really a wolf in sheep's clothing. I don't want to see our neighborhood fall for his antics a second time.”
“Bill, there is no secrecy. I've served on the board, as have others. Those who serve on the board are our neighbors who give of their time to help. They are not the enemy and never have been. You have already served before and were voted out because of your beligerant behavior. Everyone is afraid to say it, but I'm not. (I'm also moving soon, and I don't want to see everyone quit the board again because of your lack of professionalism. I care about my friends and neighbors.). You have cleaned up your previous comments and posts in this forum and have suddenly reappeared as a
"hero" for the underdog. I don't understand why you are interested in a board position when you screamed at fellow board members, screamed at people at the pool, refused to cooperate during board meetings, etc.
For those who are voting, we have enough strife in our country as it is. We need board members who can cooperate with others. I'm "taking one for the team" by posting this because people are afraid of your retaliation.”
There are pages and pages of this stuff, all from the same 4 women. Pretty much every one of the ‘crimes’ they accuse me of is untrue, but … after the first few, I just said “this is obviously a coordinated attack effort, I’m not going to play this game.” But they still continued to pile on.
FWIW, I’m not sure how much being attacked like this is hurting my chances of winning (2 open positions, 5 candidates). I won’t be terribly unhappy if I lose. But the Board really has been operating under a cloak of secrecy, and it would be a good thing to shine some light there.
Unsurprisingly, this kind of rhetoric has a chilling effect on other members: nobody wants to speak up for fear of being targeted.
[0] there’s a fairly long history of this stuff, I suspect it would be easy to show malice.
“Bill, although I am not a voting member. I want to make sure everyone remembers your reign of terror and intimidation.
You were personally responsible for closing the pool early for an entire season, intimidating grandmothers and cussing neighbors out.
The pool was under constant surveillance by you, and your behavior was vulgar and not appropriate for a board member. You were drunk with power which should be an embarrassment.
I have receipts and am happy to share them with anyone who is interested.
You chose to route all board emails to yourself so that all complaints were funneled through you. You ran off several board members due to your toxic behavior.
Your removal from the presidency of the board was long overdue and anyone choosing to vote for you again would be doing the neighborhood a huge disservice.”
“It's important that neighbors that were not aware of what happened the last time Bill served on the Board be made aware. I posted much of this in a response, but wanted to be certain it was noticed.
I was serving on the board when Bill was initially elected. We went into executive session and he immediately began cursing and yelling at those of us who had been serving prior. It was unprofessional and toxic.
He was not removed from the Board, but he was removed from his position as president due to inappropriate behavior such cursing at neighbors at the pool and forcing a representative of our management company off the road and yelling at him in the middle of the street.
These are just two examples of many instances of inappropriate behavior.
This is consistent inappropriate behavior that alienated neighbors, vendors, and board members and made our neighborhood feel unwelcoming and unsafe.”
“I am very concerned that someone who was REMOVED from the board is now allowed to be a candidate again. There seems to be a major flaw in our bylaws that I hope the new Board is able to address.
I have never served on the Board, but my husband did. His term seemed relatively smooth and everyone got along....until Bill was elected. As I was leaving our office after that zoom meeting severalyears ago, the board was going into executive session, I heard Bill dropping F-bombs and things just went down hill from there.
Berating fellow board members, yelling at neighbors and just not presenting himself as an honorable human being. Many Board members quit due to his lack of respect and unprofessional behavior, to the point where he had to be removed because he was so toxic. So I beg everyone to keep this in mind when they are casting their vote this time. He may appear the "concerned citizen" but he is really a wolf in sheep's clothing. I don't want to see our neighborhood fall for his antics a second time.”
“Bill, there is no secrecy. I've served on the board, as have others. Those who serve on the board are our neighbors who give of their time to help. They are not the enemy and never have been. You have already served before and were voted out because of your beligerant behavior. Everyone is afraid to say it, but I'm not. (I'm also moving soon, and I don't want to see everyone quit the board again because of your lack of professionalism. I care about my friends and neighbors.). You have cleaned up your previous comments and posts in this forum and have suddenly reappeared as a
"hero" for the underdog. I don't understand why you are interested in a board position when you screamed at fellow board members, screamed at people at the pool, refused to cooperate during board meetings, etc.
For those who are voting, we have enough strife in our country as it is. We need board members who can cooperate with others. I'm "taking one for the team" by posting this because people are afraid of your retaliation.”
There are pages and pages of this stuff, all from the same 4 women. Pretty much every one of the ‘crimes’ they accuse me of is untrue, but … after the first few, I just said “this is obviously a coordinated attack effort, I’m not going to play this game.” But they still continued to pile on.
FWIW, I’m not sure how much being attacked like this is hurting my chances of winning (2 open positions, 5 candidates). I won’t be terribly unhappy if I lose. But the Board really has been operating under a cloak of secrecy, and it would be a good thing to shine some light there.
Unsurprisingly, this kind of rhetoric has a chilling effect on other members: nobody wants to speak up for fear of being targeted.
[0] there’s a fairly long history of this stuff, I suspect it would be easy to show malice.
HOA Board ex-President
Austin, Texas USA
“You can’t put too much water in a nuclear reactor”
Austin, Texas USA
“You can’t put too much water in a nuclear reactor”