So as a lot of you know I moved back in May. And last nite my building had its first condo association meeting. It was nice to put names with the faces I see all the time. The purpose of the meeting was to elect board members for our association. It was a bit like running for student council in HS, but without the popularity aspect – cuz none of us know each other… The candidates had to make speeches and tell what experiences in their life prepared them for sitting on the condo board, but no one really had any experiences that had. It was kinda like hey, I live here. That qualifies me. The end. But before we voted, the guy from the management company says that our votes are weighted by our ownership shares – or something like that – basically that those people with larger units had more of a say… which sucks. You paid more for your place, so my vote doesn’t count? Buy a house and THE MAN still tries to bring you down…. (shaking head)
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 We ended up electing three members to the board… Oh wait, did I mention that only three candidates showed up and there were only three spots? Not that I’m knocking anyone because I didn’t even apply. I commend those folks for being willing to give up their time to help us. The best part of the meeting was when the representative from the management company asked if we had any questions for the candidates. Nobody really asked about ideas for the community or you know, how they’ll work with everyone (even us worthless folks who own 1BR units) to make sure we all have a say… No one wanted to know that kind of stuff… The questions were more like, “Hey, if I vote for you, will you make it so we can get DIRECTV so I can get NFL Sunday Ticket?” and “What are you going to do about the water pressure?” I almost laughed out loud… I mean, I’m a football fan too, but I don’t know if that was the right type of question… And I wish we had better water pressure too — my last apartment had what my friend and hilarious comedian, Lamar Williams would call “civil rights hose” water pressure (Lamar, you’re hilarious and probably not reading this blog at all) — but again, not the right time. The meeting was over pretty quickly though… and as it turns out, one of the guys on the new board actually has the DIRECTV hook up, so you know it’s true what they say… There’s no such thing as a stupid question…
