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HOA BOARD PRESIDENT, DAVID A. McGRATH, SUED FOR THEFT, CONSPIRACY, DESTRUCTION OF BUSINESS - [SUPERIOR COURT CASE# BC441922] !!


David A. McGrath
        The laughing man on the picture, David McGrath, (an avid gambler and "thanks to HOA election fraud" a current HOA Board President) knows that the wheels of justice move slowly.... and that is what he counting on as, one can infer, he proceeds along with his next scam... or should we say a "Concept"?

       After waiting for emplyees to leave THE MUST restaurant, under the cover of darkness, at about 2:45a.m. on July 4th, 2010 David McGrath broke in and entered, without permission, into popular Down Town Wine Bar & Restaurant called THE MUST. According to too many online and TV reports (click on the link above and the KTLA link below) and Court Filed documents, David McGrath came with a moving truck and took away everything he could from inside the thriving business; tables, chairs, food, wine even napkins and china!!! What a daring crook!?!  David deliberately ransacked and destroyed a thriving business owned by two female owners. David also ruined 18 jobs that literally fed that many families!!! 

          In your opinion, is the person who does such horrible thing the person we can trust with our money?  And what about his two supporters, Jan and Brian, who keep David on the Board of Directors? Can we trust this "3-some" on the HOA Board with our joint equity, which for the reason known to them they spread throughout numerous secretly opened HOA accounts, without ANY notice to members?

         This Down Town LA saga is fueled by CONSPIRACY, FRAUD, CONVERSION and THEFT, which we also believe is what is going on here at The Cross Creek Village HOA. We believe this to be true based on THE HARD FACTS that David's lawyer Raymond Szu received over $93,000 from HOA, while his other man, Ron Culver, the Architect receiving over $100,000 for drawings we did NOT need, while HIS preferred contractor, H.A.S. Construction, received over $300,000 based on the invoices padded with funny "supervision fees" and other over the market "bloatware" WE DON'T NEED! 

Ironically, after so many warnings we heard about him at our HOA, David A McGrath, is sued elsewhere under the UNLIMITED JURISDICTION OF THE SUPERIOR COURT [ Case# BC441922 ] also for CONVERSION, THEFT (Penal Code § 496), TRESPASS, NEGLIGENCE, CONSPIRACY, N.I.E.A., and more. 
LAWSUIT: The paragraph 29 of the complaint reads as follows:
29. In taking, wrongfully possessing, and detaining the property described above, the New-Tenant Does' (David A. McGrath) conduct was willful and was intended to cause injury to R City in that New-Tenant Does took R City'S property secretly, at night over a holiday weekend with full knowledge of the impact that such removal would have on R City's business and the welfare of its principals and employees. R City is therefore entitled to an award of exemplary damages.

STAY TUNED AS DAVID'S FRAUD AND THEFT CAUSED COURT SAGA UNFOLDS! As one of the readers wrote in LA Blog, "This script is only beginning as the new summer blockbuster Monster movie starts. Starring David McGrath!" 
     "This story is huge because it has drama, injustice, and one heck of a fabulous villain...click here to read the article.."

Click here for KTLA's TV coverage describing David's Act ... Watch this video and see what David did under disguise of darkens during the Independence day holiday weekend. This is the type of behaviour HOA General Manager, Mark Montgomery, was warning us repeatedly about when he said, loud and clear, David's dishonest and illegal acts are causing substantial damage to our HOA. Please note that at the time when "robbery" was reported reporters did not know David's name and that David McGrath is the perpetrator. To hide his involvement, David deceptively gave police fake name to avoid  criminal charges for grand theft, conversion, etc, which instead got filed against Julie Rico, David A. McGrath's alleged partner and co conspirator in this awful "scam".

The Homeowners at Cross Creek Village was forewarned about David's lying in his Election BIO, about his lack of moral and his declared intentions to bring in all his vendors and collect kickbacks.... now just think, if David is capable of braking in and destroying a women-owned businesses in the middle of the night for the sake of making money, what is David going to do at Cross Creek Village HOA after he and Jan Meldola opened number of new accounts and commingled founds without any records in the HOA Board Meeting minutes?

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  In the above stated lawsuit David is represented by his personal and (also) HOA lawyer Raymond Szu (click on the link!) Since this is truly inappropriate, one of our great homeowners asked, will perfidious Jan Meldola, HOA treasurer and one of David's two supporters, write HOA checks to Raymond Szu for work done on David's case but camouflaged as service done to HOA?   Think for a moment,... in your opinion, what is David likely to do with the access to our HOA money when no one is watching and at the time when Jan Meldola, his next door neighbour, is admitting to writing checks at her own unit using QuickBooks, which goes against all Accounting Safeguards?

 Comment #2:     "David's adventures as the unpopular president of his homeowners association reminds me, that Julie Rico (co-defendant) has at last found her soul mate. It would make a good movie, ala The Grifters."

 Obviously, DAVID'S BAD REPUTATION is growing and is stretching wide from Inglewood, CA to Down Town Los Angeles, where David's recent villain acts will clearly NOT be tolerated!

LAWSUIT UPDATE: On October 29, 2010 Judge Rico issued a Writ of Possession against David McGrath directing County Sheriff to seize from David about $100,000 worth of possessions he robed from two female owners in the middle of the night and whose business David in cold blood ransacked during July 4th National Holiday.


This is what one reader had to say: "....but don't forget the compelling story of Chef David McGrath's ambitious step forward. From grinding out discount surf-and-turf specials at the racetrack casino, he's now poaching eggs and mixing applesauce in pancake batter. What an exciting career move!"
Do you believe that David brought in all his vendors to work for HOA because he likes the HOA or because he likes the kickbacks that comes with vendors who loves to be paid OVER THE MARKET?
As always, Your Comments are welcomed!

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.

"HOA GRAVY TRAIN" - TRADING EGO GRATIFICATION FOR MONEY...

Every grammar school student will tell you that fiduciary (e.a. agent, board member,etc) is obliged to not pay more for the job when he uses other people’s money then when he uses his own. The word "FIDUCIARY" itself comes originally from the Latin fides, meaning faith, and fiducia, trust. A fiduciary is expected to be extremely loyal to the person(s) to whom she owes the duty. He/she must not put his personal interests before the duty, and must not profit from his position as a fiduciary, unless the principal consents. Yet, some ‘clever” Board members and “industry specialist” flouts the law and do exactly the opposite when they conspire to tap the HOA “Gravy Train” by overcharging the projects so they can share the overcharged amount. [Read below the article about the CCV Building F / A Staircase job at double the market price, OUUUCH!]
* Dictionary.com defines "Gravy Train" thusly:
 
This is in contrary to fiduciary legal standards. If this sounds as one of the Cross Creek Village HOA dramas it is because this concept applies and is equally used in all HOA's. How it works? Huh, when was the last time you heard of one rattlesnake biting another; apparently you always have one "know all" person on the Board of Directors who gives the initiatives, (because she/he planes to take “bonuses” from preferred vendors he/she brings in), but in order to have the majority approve his/hers desired action, he/she lavishesp those semi-pasive and pasive Board Members in “ego gratifying” compliments, which makes unpaid "Board Members" feel important so they support any intiative the, complicit in fraud, Board Member suggests!    

Click on the link above to read the American Homeowners Resource Center article which will help you understand how the "experts" fleace HOA by using Board Members with so called "Alpha Dog" mentality. This may also help you understand better why and how CCV end up paying 2X the market cost for the Staircase "F/A" Project.

DAVID A. McGRATH EMPLOYS FRIENDS IN VIOLATION OF CCV POLICY !!

David A. McGrath.... AGAIN! A credible new report came from the source close to CCV office alleging David A. McGrath is up to his old tricks and has LIED AGAIN to CCV homeowners in November 2009 Newsletter, where he said:

“Effective immediately, I have instituted a moratorium on spending; exceptions are allowed for life safety issues and emergencies.”

THIS IS NOT TRUE!  Right at that time, David engaged HOA in a unecessary new lawsuit, which cost the association a ton of money, thanks to his personal vendettas.   -  "Inasmuch that David defies all of us, and is abusing the office (e.g. by hiring and signing contracts with friends in violation of CCV Policy and Bylaws, without countersignature of the Board's Secretary), David McGrath lacks the authority to “institute” anything without the Board's approval. " - Says received Report!

To circumvent our Bylaws, David acts perfidiously Behind the back of the Board and has stepped up check writing to an attorney (Raymond Szu) with whom, we heard, David made a deal to have him support his vendettas at homeowner's $$$. "This is inappropriate David McGrath, you must STOP abusing the office . STOP bringing in and overpaying your friend janitor ...what's his name, Chris?", David  was recently admonished in public.  - In November and December alone David aranged the payments to Raymond Szu, in the $14,000 range, asking him to file costly motions, which is the same type of  squandering Pat Smith was doing with Adrian J Adams, Esq !!!- IF we are to recover, we cannot have dishonest Board Members bringing buddies to work here, and that’s what David is seemingly doing by overpaying friends to get them to share some profit with him.

These are the checks (miss)used for that purpose:

                    Check #            0003142         $3,645.00
                    Check #            0003145         $2,000.00
                    Check #            0003200         $7,987.50
                                                             ---------------------
                                                                 $13, 632. 50

Fact that these checks were issued without proper Board approval duly raises very serious concerns.  Why is HOA treasurer going along with this inaproriate act? If this is true, the Board have lost control of our money and is letting check holders write the checks to whoever and whenever they wish, without deliberating underlining issues and voting to legitimize each of the new expenditures, which is the legal standard.

We urge the Board to STOP DAVID'S ABUSE and investigate his habit of hiring friends as vendors and check writing practice to same people, which in order to get on our payroll, David allegedly missrepresented as "Cheep" to the Board of directors !!!  

We like to thank Mark Montgomery for his efforts to keep the public informed. Mark, we like your blue font, keep the messages comming. Please email the alliance the check numbers and amounts paid to David's vendor Chris (janitor)!!.  - David and the Board treasurer could not be reach for comments. Nevertheless, both of them are invited to post  here or send email to explain this alarming behavior!

It is interesting how people have double standards and are not even ashamed about that. Several months ago our treasurer was very adamant about firing Dana, our office assistant because she was less then truthful … OK , the lady lies so what? You are seating on the Board with the big liar and you are not bother with that… please explain, dear Lady Treasurer, why do you have “double standards”?

Mark is right! David and his cosigner could and should be held responsible to return our money to the association's bank account, if in fact, it is determine that payments they initiated did not come with proper approval of the Board of Directors and that is what we were informed.