Marone: Sun City residents must be part of solution
Posted Friday, July 15, 2022 11:00 am
After
reading last week’s Independent it’s become apparent that, at least to me, the
Recreation Centers of Sun City has got us right where they want us. Especially
when you read that out of more than 38,000 residents only just more than 1,700
voted to elect their members of the board. So what does that mean? Does that
mean 36,300 don’t care what happens in Sun City? Are they simply living the
good life fat, dumb and happy, paying their assessment and letting somebody
else take care of things? I believe most have at least some concern!
Then
you read other opinion letters and read that some residents are calling others
“complainers” who may simply have a different opinion. Funny thing is the
gentleman who’s calling these people complainers is, in fact, being a
complainer himself! And are they really complainers, or are they simply people
who care?
Let’s
get real; mostly everybody who lives in Sun City loves Sun City or else they
wouldn’t be living here. What some of the complainers, as they’re being called,
don’t like is the fact that the members rarely learn what’s going on and how
our money is being spent until it’s a done-deal!
How
many know that since 2008 the RCSC has run-up a $24,537,844 dollar deficit in
golf? That issue has only recently been openly discussed because of the
“complainers!” Should everybody who lives in Sun City subsidize golf? Certainly
we should, just as we subsidize every other amenity in Sun City whether we use
it or not. Golf is a big draw to Sun City. The question is; should those living
in Surprise, Glendale and Peoria pay less for golf than a Sun City resident?
Then
we discuss just how do we, the members, change things. First, you need to get
involved. Second, the RCSC could take a few lessons from Sun City West on
transparency. Third, amend the bylaws. There isn’t one thing a member can do
that would challenge or be in opposition to the RCSC or board without first
having to get the approval of the board or RCSC itself to do so! That’s a
rigged system, my friends.
So instead of everybody
bucking-heads and fighting amongst ourselves, we should be joining arms. The
fight isn’t against one another; the real fight is for us to gain back our
respect from the board and management and regain the ability to once again
become the co-governed community that we were originally established as.
Pay attention, get
involved! If you don’t, they’ve got us right where they want us. They call all
the shots and we just sheepishly obey!
Sun City
3 comments:
Just as many of you reading the above article for the first time have learned, that since 2008 golf has run a deficit of over $24 million dollars, how surprising was it when you found out that the RCSC's computer equipment and software is so outdated that it will now cost about $1.5 million for the upgrade? And that's considering we can even get them in a timely manner with the current issues with the supply-chain?
And...no longer a need to wonder why the RCSC can't provide additional security systems throughout the facilities! The current system can't handle it!
And you wonder why the Advocates are so concerned about transparency and co-governance? Who's watching the cookie jar? Proper oversight and minimal upgrades could have maintained the system throughout the years. Now all that money we saved by doing nothing has finally caught up to us? We have to fix it and at a much higher cost!
Why must we always find out about these things after the fact?
Amen. Well said Tom. Keep it up. Sooner or later the populace understand that the gadflies have a point and that's when revolt starts
I agree Marco, Tom said it about as clearly as can be said. It is time for RCSC members to step up and take ownership. People keep chiding me to run, my preference is for new blood. We need intelligent members willing to open minded and not simply bowing to the dictates of the management team. We've lost sight of management running the day to day operations and the elected board members looking out for the best interest of the membership.
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