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toddsmra

I am a board member of a large association and our finances have been able to survive these troubled times where we have been able to do all needed repairs and renovations to keep the property in good conditions and improving upon its looks from what the builder gave us.

I originally moved to my neighborhood due to the area and all the parks that come to find are all HOA owned. I did not know what a HOA was when I moved in. I got envolved to bring my operations background when I attended my first meetings and had some concerns. I find it fulfilling to help out in the community and try to make it a better place. Since than the HOA has increased services and property maintenances, decrease dues and staying financially stable. While we have had a few increases over the years it is still more than 15% less than what it was when I moved into my home in 2004. We post our monthly balance sheets on our website, meeting minutes and more. I know my fellow board members constantly meet with fellow residents and use the feedback to make decisions.

I have to agree with Justme and some other comments on here that there are a lot of well ran HOA's and when you have 3,000 there will also be some not so well run. There are also others that are struggling do to high foreclosures in the neighborhood at no fault of the board or management. I do caution anyone that wants to generalize as a few bad apples does not mean you should cut down the apple tree. Bad apples can be removed by the homeowners without sacrificing the tree.

Something needs to be done and a one sided conversation is not fair to all.

As prices start to increase on the strip and strong tradeshow rotation with ConExpo, CES and other big shows coming to Vegas now would be a good time for the downtown operators to re open their hotel rooms.

This gives the opportunity to capture the bargain hunting customers that will start to become more difficult to find on the strip.

Focus Group had pipe dreams and unfortunately their final land purchases were not wise business moves due to the costs per acre. I predicted this as I live near Kyle Canyon and was concern on the items they were requesting from density to other agreements with the city.

While it is dissapointing and will further hurt the housing market for a while it might allow better agreements to be made. Currently what I see is Kyle Canyon is significantly reducing its density. The question is the open space requirements and how much will be retained.

Hopefully further reduction in features to these master communities don't continue like the fight that is taking place at Mountains Edge.

This is very true and been proven for years that low taxes alone does not attract businesses. Educated work force, good public safety, and transportation are key parts too.

We need a state leader that recognizes this. While I agree that Charter Schools if ran correctly can make huge strides to making a better education system we at the same time can't take money away from the school systems with vouchers when the school systems have already been cut to the bone.

Properly fund education and than allow vouchers in certain cases to help diversify the education system and school choice.

Gov Elect Sandoval are you listening?