Here's a letter the Globe didn't publish. Thought you might like to see it. There is a GRF meeting Tuesday, September 1 at 9:30 am. Go. Speak. Ask questions. GRF needs to be replaced as our Trustee and a REAL trustee put in place. PCM must go.

Letter to the Editor
August 24, 2009

Do you want to build a very expensive little house? GRF is planning on spending $550,000 on a new little gatehouse to replace the one at Gate 1 on El Toro, with our money. Younger, more affluent residents are being courted. Those dollars would be better spent on lighting, repairing cracks in the sidewalks, deteriorating pipes, and dry rot & termite damage, to name a few issues. Our lack of lighting is so dangerous. Residents fear walking into a coyote or a skunk in the dark or falling. Many have fallen on cracked and uneven sidewalks. Flooding in our manors is often disastrous for residents. Yes, the increase to us may only be pennies per manor, per month. However, don’t you feel that money would be better spent on OUR upgrades? Put a different style roof, new paint, and other gingerbread on it to change the look of the gatehouse. But $550,000 for one (1) gatehouse remodel?
Now, they’ve also begun talking about tearing down Clubhouse 2 again. The consultant, they hired in the past, did not advise doing that. They could just upgrade the main building, but have the old classrooms removed and replace them with new. Many of this elite group, want to create a “country club”. Can you afford that?
For some reason, GRF feels they are our “godfather” and know what is best and OUR MONEY IS THEIR MONEY! I don’t think so. Do you? Let them know! Go to their Meetings. They are the Board who sold the old administration building that has now morphed into the horror that is San Sebastian. Please act now!
Charlene Sydow