Post by Poor Richard on Jan 9, 2022 19:16:29 GMT -7
January 8th, 2022 - Will The GLA be Dissolved?
Tomorrow, January 10th, 2022 at 4 PM the 6th District Court in Livingston will conduct a hearing regarding the fate of the Glastonbury Landowner's Association (GLA). The GLA was assigned the duties of managing the business of the housing development known as Glastonbury from 1998 to the present. By all accounts, it has failed miserably over the past two years. Annual elections were canceled in 2020 and 2021. Minutes have not been released to landowners since July 2020. Monthly meetings have not been held and the finances are a deep, dark secret that Treasurer McAlister refuses to shed light upon despite repeated director requests for bank statements and invoices.
Three directors, McAlister, Sedlak and Ladewig are suing the board and asking the court to dissolve the current GLA and replace it with two non-profit corporations; GLA-South and GLA-North. The answer to that request will be addressed at the January 10th hearing.
An answer may come quickly. The GLA board and the individual litigants have agreed to dissolution and the creation of two new corporations. The Mediation was successful and the attorneys on both sides agree that they have a workable deal. All that is needed is for a judge to approve and sign the paperwork.
According to Court Clerk Molly Bradberry, "quite a number" of Glastonbury landowners have sent in letters both for and against the dissolution. That may hinder a quick court decision. The judge may have questions for both attorneys. However, it is not clear if the GLA attorney, Ryan Jackson, will be present. He quit the case several weeks ago. He further demanded that the entire GLA board ask him in writing if they wanted any more of his services. A meeting was ordered by past president Newman Brozovsky but only 4 directors attended. Thus a quorum could not be reached and no business could be conducted. Nonetheless, Brozovsky sent Jackson a letter and asked him to continue representing the GLA. A response was not received by the GLA board. Brozovsky still has access to all GLA bank accounts.
The hearing may also result in a rejection of the Mediation Settlement. Director Mizzi voted for the Settlement Agreement and then in violation of it, actively worked against it by asking landowners to oppose the agreement. Director Ladewig has read at least one of the letters a landowner sent to the court and then sent a strongly worded email to the writer berating her and her husband. Both directors have thus used their positions of power to interfere in the legal process. The court may find that behavior as grounds for turning down the Settlement agreement. If that happens the Dissolution litigants may continue with their lawsuit and ask for a trial. The Forums estimates that the Dissolution lawsuit has already cost both sides over $50,000.00. A trial would raise that amount to $100,000.00 or more and continue the current board dysfunction for another 6 to 18 months.
When a decision is rendered by the court we will post the news.
An answer may come quickly. The GLA board and the individual litigants have agreed to dissolution and the creation of two new corporations. The Mediation was successful and the attorneys on both sides agree that they have a workable deal. All that is needed is for a judge to approve and sign the paperwork.
According to Court Clerk Molly Bradberry, "quite a number" of Glastonbury landowners have sent in letters both for and against the dissolution. That may hinder a quick court decision. The judge may have questions for both attorneys. However, it is not clear if the GLA attorney, Ryan Jackson, will be present. He quit the case several weeks ago. He further demanded that the entire GLA board ask him in writing if they wanted any more of his services. A meeting was ordered by past president Newman Brozovsky but only 4 directors attended. Thus a quorum could not be reached and no business could be conducted. Nonetheless, Brozovsky sent Jackson a letter and asked him to continue representing the GLA. A response was not received by the GLA board. Brozovsky still has access to all GLA bank accounts.
The hearing may also result in a rejection of the Mediation Settlement. Director Mizzi voted for the Settlement Agreement and then in violation of it, actively worked against it by asking landowners to oppose the agreement. Director Ladewig has read at least one of the letters a landowner sent to the court and then sent a strongly worded email to the writer berating her and her husband. Both directors have thus used their positions of power to interfere in the legal process. The court may find that behavior as grounds for turning down the Settlement agreement. If that happens the Dissolution litigants may continue with their lawsuit and ask for a trial. The Forums estimates that the Dissolution lawsuit has already cost both sides over $50,000.00. A trial would raise that amount to $100,000.00 or more and continue the current board dysfunction for another 6 to 18 months.
When a decision is rendered by the court we will post the news.