In America, our judicial systems presume someone is innocent until proven guilty. That is the prevailing system – except in Berkley Court.
At Berkley Court, the sad reality is that the current (unelected) Board of Directors believes it KNOWS everything and that everyone is guilty, and they do not have to prove anything.
Let’s take an example to see why this matters. In the below email, the property manager has denied a home owner’s request to fix the sheet rock damaged by the supplier that the (unelected) Board contracted.
Why?
Because the (unelected) Board president, an individual who has never met the home owner nor been in the unit with the home owner’s knowledge, said so.
When the homeowner asked, the property manager could not answer the question as to how anyone on the Board lawfully claims to know the happenings within an individual’s unit. He cannot provide any evidence to substantiate the claim.
A few possibilities as to how this knowledge has come to be then emerges:
- The (unelected) Board is illegally trespassing, breaking and entering into people’s homes, to put surveillance equipment to get its “knowledge”
- The (unelected) Board or property management company is lying, and does not want to get repairs fixed in this unit for their own reasons (e.g., harassment and retaliation of a home owner it does not like), and knows it can get away with its mendacity
How does this matter?
The current (unelected) Board’s belief that it knows all leads to flawed decisions and biased judgements that impact Berkley Court residents in a very real manner.
- The unelected Board will not repair property of certain home owners, even if it is the HOA responsibility to do so
- The unelected Board refuses to acknowledge or comply with Texas law and regulations in how it manages the property and related administrative affairs – creating unsafe environments for all residents and raising risk and costs for home owners in the long run
- The unelected Board alleges violations and then fines homeowners selectively and incessantly, and moving to foreclose on home owners who are unable to pay the sudden sums of penalties levied
The list goes on and on…
Homeowners – we ask that you not sit by and allow this to continue to happen any longer. You may not have experienced it yet, but it may be you sooner or later.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Martin Niemöller (1892–1984), Lutheran pastor in Germany