DOCUMENT THREATS FROM DAVID McGRATH'S GROUP... [MEET JAN MELDOLA - HOA TREASURER!]

Jan Meldola

The Government is duly investigating David A McGrath and his patsies' Brian and Meldola's illegal acts of abuse and discrimination in housing. The Government is keeping the CCV HOA and The HOA Board President David (see the "laughing man" above), under watch because reportedly David and Brian Martin conspired with Jan Meldola, (women stuck in floaters to the right), to deny rights, slander with flayers and harass employees and honest residents who protested their swindling machinations at this 532 units condo complex in Playa Del Rey, CA.  This group also conspired to omit disclosing important financial information, which the law requires. Especially the information about their gross overpayment of contractors!

THREATS AND HARASSMENT: To silence protest this group of three improperly used HOA fines and other means of harassment and repression of certain HOA Board candidates during and prior to election, to corruptly retain control of the HOA Board of Directors.  - Look at that happy smile above… the single life is great once you conspire against your neighbors and you believe that you can play by your own set of rules to disadvantage of others!

Based on reliable sources at the CCV HOA, David, Jan and Brian have also conspired to fire DMS Janitorial company and hire David's Buddy for the job, after female DMS Employee reported David was sexually harassing her to our manager.  In doing so they have acted above the scope of their authority given by The HOA Governing Documents and will for that reason and more be personally liable for legal cost, etc. 

If anyone at Cross Creek Village hears even a "whisper of a threat" (inside joke for lawyers) from DAVID or his CHEERERS, Brian Martin and Jan Meldola, regarding public comments made on discussed matters, know that the law protects those engaged in public debate. It's called SLAPP, and it could break DAVID'S GROUP if he and his pesky supporters get frisky again.

 Brian Martin

If found guilty, we should insist that Brian Martin, Jan Meldola and David McGrath pay fine out of their own pockets, instead of burdening HOA with cost of their bad and abusive acts.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: If Brian Martin and Jan Meldola don't like Public Comments, about the disservices their group has done to our community by following David's path, they are welcome to pack up their cheer skirt and pom poms and resign today, along with David. It simply isn't necessary to endure the losses ahead!

Email us at CCVAlliance@gmail.com  if you're threatened in any or are in any way exposed to unfair or disparate treatment.

WHY WOULD THE HOA PAY 2X THE MARKET COST FOR SHODDY PATCHUP WORK ON POSTS AND BEAMS? - LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS!

The lack of the accountability is shocking in this case of waist!  

We are unhappy to see design modification Ron Culver made on our Cross Creek Village HOA"F/A Staircase". His design fetures unecessary enclosures of two sides, reduced amount of daylight on the steps and "SLAPDASH" patch up work done on our ratted beams and posts, for which we need to pay two times (2X) the market cost!

Doing this in god times is ridiculous. Doing this in this economy borders criminal and warrants the FRAUD INVESTIGATION.
Do we have the right to protest? ABSOLUTELY, it’s our money being wasted!  We want to know why is the Board silent about such shoddy work? Click on ALL the pictures below to believe your eyes. Review the pictures to confirm what quality of work we'll get for whooping $56,000 for construction, after Ron Culver took $19,000 for design. The project will cost us in the end about $75,000 in time when the necessary restoration work could have been done foir $30,000 or $45,000 cheaper if the Board did not refus three separate and credible $30,000 bids!  

<=== LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF THE OVERPAID WORK !!!!

THE COMMON PRACTICE: approved list of vendors for EVERY JOB  OVER $2,500.00 TO AVOID THE KNOWN  "REFERRAL KICKBACK" FRAUD SCHEME, which seems to be chronically going on in this complex (click above to read the article).  Prudent HOA Board avoids soliciting and accepting bids from related vendors and those with conflicts of interest (e.a. Architect should not be allowed to bring in his choice of contractors).

As a result of not following this common business practice a job that could have been finished for only $30,000 will be paid $80,000.00. In this (or any other)economy this is fiscally very irresponsible and we demand some answers!   

THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT STAIRCASE "F/A" JOB : It was reported recently that  David McGrath took initiative and brought in yet ANOTHER of his preferred vendors, Architect Ron Culver. To avoid appearing as someone who is making money bringing in his contractors, David reportedly suggested his vendor Architect should be allowed to manage other construction vendors and projects.  - How convenient! - Let  the vendor you brought in handle all the large construction work and just seat back, relax and wait for the share of the overage.  If this is not true, why was the $26,000 higher bid selected for this quality of work?  Why is David McGrath actively HARASSING everyone who speaks up about this wasteful practice? - David McGrath is welcomed to provide his feedback.  In the mean time, while we awaiting David's comments, he rumor and the logic has it that David  made arrangement with Ron Culver to bring in ccontractors he chooses for as long as he gets in the end his cut of the collected overage.  

THE CONSEQUENCES: Because the CCV Board solicited no "2nd Opinion" about Ron Culver's "design" which called for keeping vs. removing the unnecessary "moment frame" installed to support staircase when the wood was bad,  $20,000 more was spent for construction and $19,000 was spent on Ron Culver's creation of "design" that cost more to complete.

Instead of looking for an easy way to return the staircase to its original look and condition, which would also match the rest of the HOA's staircases, Ron Culver, in our opinion, took advantage of the HOA by presenting the (1) alliteration of the original look, and (2) about $39,000  higher cost for this project as best solution. To us, this sounds as self motivated decision. Such approach made Ron Culver more money on expense of the homeowners whos interest should be protected by the Board of Directors. Since their decision cost HOA $39,000 more, which is a pure waste of founds, we must conclude that this Board has failed our trust test by failing to utilized these $39,000 for other overdue projects!

DUTY OF CARE: The HOA has the legal obligation to maintain the common area. The Board Members has duty of care to select the best company for the job at the most reasonable price. This was not done by the current Board and we want to know WHY? To protect our interest, we the homeowners now kindly demand Board's FULL EXPLANATION!

SUCH GROSS OVER PAYMENT of $46,000 ($20K design + $26K construction overpayment) could have paid a yearly salary of an employee or could have been spent MUCH better TO FIX OTHER OVERDUE PROJECTS!  

LET'S BE REAL! WOULD YOU SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY IN SUCH MANNER?  Lets suppose you have three bids to remodel your unit for about $30,000; Would you pay $56,000 to complete the job?

Since no one is stupid when it comes to money, there is only one logical explanation. Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that MAJOR OVERPAYMENT increases the chance that kickbacks are and will be involved in this transaction. - But if this is NOT true, we would REALLY like to learn why is the BOARD of educated people approving misguided, double the market bid  in time when the Board had three (3) other available bids at about 1/2 of what David’s vendor Ron Culver and David got HOA Board to approve! Again, David's Replay is welcomed!

A NEWSLETTER signed by David McGrath was posted in MARCH 2010 throughout the complex. It suggests he should be given a credit for "good management" and savings, which is in our opinion NOT DUE. The misinformation supports the rational behind it and counts on the idea that homeowners can be played and that homeowners will buy anything that mentions "saving" because they are either stupid, too busy or both. [Damaged wood will be patched and painted to look as it was replaced]

It exploits the fact that homeowners are apathetic and plain out naive to understand WHY would someone who represents himself falsely as “fighter for savings” want to overpay a simple project like this WHOOPING $26,000, after he let his vendor take $19,000 first for unnecessary design work?

Let's review the FACTS, Readers' Comments and what else is David NOT telling us:

OVERPAYMENT OF  50% ++ IS DUE TO RUDE ELIMINATION OF DUE COMPETITION. 

According to a report received from a resident who was present at the March 1, 2010 Board Meeting, David McGrath and Ron Culver harassed a member who brought in three bids for the same job, at about the half of the cost Ron Culver's contractor was about to take from us. The bids member brought was to replace ALL EFFECTED BEAMS AND POSTS at about $30,000. Ron Culver took away form the Board all competitively received bids and selected the company that wants whooping $56,000, we was informed, for a patch up work shown above.  Do you think this is KOSHER?

It was reported that Ron Culver charge CCV HOA $6,898.00 for Architectural/Design Work on January 15, 2010. Then on the same date he also got another check in the amount of $4,110.00 for more of the DESIGN WORK (two smaller invoices are harder to spot, which points even more that such billing is a SCAM) then on February 10, 2010 he get himself another $7,890.00 check, for a combined value of whooping $18,898.00 - ALL with David’s, Brian Martin's and Jen Meldola's Approval! 

BUT WAIT, DID DAVID IN THE MID TIME ALSO GOT SOME OF OUR MONEY DIRECTLY?

- On February 09, 2010 David McGrath got himself $1,196.00 check. We want to see the invoices ASAP!

- On February 10, 2010 David McGrath AGAIN got himself another $1,491.00 check, and then he got himself another checks, for $149.00, which we demand to see records why he took OUR MONEY.

As far as records are concerned, WE THE MEMBERS HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO INSPECT records and this Board is denying us this right! They using the same tricks the previous Board USED TO HIDE BINO & NEDA FIROUZ SCAM!

Let see what our readers think about:

1. [ " Dear CCV Alliance, thank you for all the inputs…. Are they for real? What kind of Monkey Business this is? A full set of plans for a custom home cost $5,000.00 or less! Here we have a staircase that needs no plans for repair we need to do, and we are paying that guy Ron Culver almost $20K... that screams SCAM all the way to the penitentiary]

2. [ "I think this is only thanks to greed of the vendor and the "Trojan horse" we have on the HOA board. Why do we need Architect to bring in contractor?"]

3. [ "This is a SCAM worst then one we endured with BINO and NEDA FIROUZ! BINO used to charge us no more then $44,000 and that was WAY TO MUCH... in this economy this should be less then $30,000! - That guy David McGrath is a CROOK!]

4. [This guy is apparently ripping us off and this Board is not working for us but for their own pockets]!

5. [ People who requested to see records of what was paid was turned off by HOA new manager and was advised to call David McGrath.

The people have spoken…the truth cannot be silenced! This incompetent misappropriation of our funds is hurting us all and we need to START ACTING to prevent more losses!

Did we benefit from allegedly useful “moratoriums of spending” on maintenance? The answer is NO! The 15 acre complex needs CONSTANT MAINTENANCE. Every dollar you “save” today, by deferring the maintenance, will cost you 3 or more down the line. [Click to enlarge the picture to the right.] Dilapidation of real property works like a cavity or gingivitis in your tooth; if you don't FIX it today the filling will be larger down the line and you might even lose your tooth down the road. The same works for HOA "politicians", WHEN YOU SEE THEY LIE TO YOU, REPLACE THEM ASAP !

*All CCV Member's Comments are welcome! Click to learn more about FRAUD IN HOA.

OUST NEDA FIROUZ – RESIDENTS PETITION THE HOA BOARD AT CCV!

NEDA FIROUZ is NOT the Property Manager we need to lead us through these difficult times, said a resident who Neda Fioruz ignored in the course of her normal duty while pretending to be on the phone for half an hour!! In only two days OVER THIRTY RESDENTS SIGNED PETITION TO REMOVE NEDA FIROUZ as manager due to her scams with contractors and Neda's rude and disparate treatment of residents.

The petition is still circulation and the Board Recall is set for March 31, 2009. The residents of Cross Creek Village sincerely hope that disloyal manager NEDA FIROUZ, and her Board cohorts named in the Recall Petition will have comm,on sense to resigned to avoid further damages to the association.

The question remains, why was she hired here against the common sence and warning provided by previous employer:

1.  Neda Firouz was asked to obtain competitive bids but failed to do so.
2.  Neda Firouz abruptly quit but left no report regarding the status of the association’s affairs.
3.  It appeared that Ms. Neda Firouz did not deposit certain checks and did not record bills for many weeks  if not months.
4.  After Ms. Neda Firouz left it was discovered that the SBA loan had not been paid for three months.
5.  In April 2005, Farmers Insurance Company sent Neda Firouz a reimbursement check for $20,512.69. This check was not deposited into the account it was supposed to be deposited into.
6.  Neda Firouz failed to give a homeowner a receipt for a check in the sum of $8,0000.00

HOA MANAGER SENTENCED FOR FRAUD !

Northern Virginia man sentenced to prison for misappropriating homeowners association funds Date published: 2/7/2009 BY ELLEN BILTZ AND DAN TELVOCK Ellen Biltz: 540/374-5424 Email: ebiltz@freelancestar.com Six years ago, Jeffrey S. Koger was a successful business owner and the manager of more than 100 homeowners associations throughout the state, including several in the Fredericksburg area.
But yesterday, Koger, 39, was sentenced to serve 66 months in prison on federal convictions for wire fraud and tax evasion. He was also ordered to pay $2 million in restitution to those hurt by his business practices.

The money he took went to fund two other businesses, Tri-Fitness in Annandale and Jordan's 8, a restaurant in Washington. He also purchased personal items such as a Corvette and made a down payment on a house in New Mexico.

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