A clarification

I would just like to clarify the position I was taking when I initiated the online petition against the LVPOA’s decision to open Cody Park to the public during the AquaPalooza event.
The intent of the petition was not to change the LVPOA’s decision for this event, since I believe the agreement had already been made, but simply to attempt to effect changes to the LVPOA’s decision-making process in the future, with regards to issues such as this.
Further, I find no fault, on this issue, with the city of Lago Vista, the Lago Vista and Jonestown Area Chamber of Commerce or any of the vendors or attendees at LagoPalooza. Therefore, in no way, would I encourage support of a protest of the event or a boycott of its vendors and sponsors.
Leave the picket signs at home, support local business and enjoy the event!

Joe Marek,
Lago Vista

Pirates part 2

While reading the AquaPalooza promo magazine I saw, Cody Park is being advertised as a land destination (food, drink, restrooms) and noticed in the Sail-N-Ski ad people wearing winter coats. This must have been made back in the winter.
After checking the minutes archives at lvpoa.org, I read Dave Freeman (LVPOA president) announced in March to the board an agreement had been made to open Cody Park to AquaPalooza. Then in May, after members questioned about opening Cody to the public, the board held a mock vote on the matter they already had made an agreement on (contract).
Why did they keep it a secret? Perhaps they knew members would be upset. Something stinks. Maintaining a private organization is their purpose, not commercializing it.
Now they tried to screw up the Fourth! This board is not acting on behalf of its members, and has shown a dangerous conflict of interest. Freeman should be removed.
Check thepetitionsite.com and search for Cody Park AquaPalooza. The comments are especially good reading.
Aaargghhh!

Bill White,
Lago Vista

Group disagrees with
LVPOA actions

We believe LVPOA issues are a problem that will keep occurring. Does anyone want to get organized?
Are you aware that tonight the LVPOA Board will be looking into commercial use of the facilities, 2011 events and short-term renters?
We were happy with the LVPOA until they decided to take private money to fund commercial public interests. We believe the parks should remain as they were intended, as private parks for the homeowners.
We’d like to amend the bylaws to require a more than 60 percent majority vote for general public events, while currently allowed member items remain unaffected.
Is anyone willing to come to LagoPalooza and/or the LVPOA board meetings to inform them, and protest? (Laid back/polite Lago style) We could use their force against them simply by showing up in a polite mass to protest and inform. This would only work as a mass; is anyone willing to show up, inform and complain?
We hope people will inform those interfering with our parks of the facts first, then give them a chance to change quickly. But if needed, we can widely communicate what they are, such that those so inclined can boycott any organizers and vendors who—after being informed they are infringing on our preexisting rights to privacy—persist in taking our parks public regardless. We’d hope to make that a long term cost the organizers and vendors have to consider.  And we’d like a respect for homeowner rights to become a true benefit to those businesses that support homeowners. We believe those should be widely communicated as well so that those homeowners so inclined can support those businesses who support them. A business wanting support should be willing to provide support to homeowners and vice versa.
Whoever knows about the harm the event causes homeowners. The POA exists to provide those rights to us, and we already paid for those rights.
If we can get a group going, it can elect a leader, establish a strategy and establish long-term communications. But it has to start somewhere.
Please add keeplvpoaprivate@yahoo.com to your contacts and send us an e-mail so your spam filter won’t trap our messages. We do not have all the answers and we’re open to your ideas.

Brad Waite, Tracy Alexander,
Terri Hunt,
Lago Vista