On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:07:39 -0800, "Pico Rico"
> wrote:

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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> > On 1/20/2013 11:58 AM, sf wrote:
> >> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:44:22 -0500, jmcquown >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 1/20/2013 11:33 AM, sf wrote:
> >>>> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:24:53 -0800, "Pico Rico"
> >>>> > wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I do have to wonder why the obsession over the club, though. Seems
> >>>>> quite an
> >>>>> oddity.
> >>>>
> >>>> She has to pay $800 annually for it whether she uses it or not, so
> >>>> she's trying to get her money's worth out of it this year and she was
> >>>> simply commenting on the chef's continuing obsession with kaiser
> >>>> rolls, coupled with her inability to digest the seeds on them. He
> >>>> seems pretty clueless for someone whose customers are mainly retirees.
> >>>>
> >>> Thanks, sf, and that's exactly my point. Given everyone I know here is
> >>> over 65 (and some are into their 80's) there doesn't seem to be much in
> >>> the way of options for sandwich breads. Maybe he serves them pablum or
> >>> cream of wheat and they just don't send email about it being a lunch
> >>> special. Heh.
> >>>
> >> Does your home owners association have a private google group? I'm
> >> wondering if you could bring up the topic there. If other people
> >> agree that he needs to start accommodating special diets, there's
> >> strength in numbers!
> >>
> >>
> > I have no idea. It never occurred to me to look. But the DIOA isn't
> > your stereotypical homeowners association. Apparently there have been
> > many lawsuits over the years, on both sides. No one seems to have ever
> > won.
> >
> > Jill
>
>
> One side certainly won this one.
>
> Federal judge dismisses drawn-out Dataw lawsuit
> From staff reports
>
>
> Published Thursday, October 28, 2010
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> A federal judge dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed three years ago against
> Dataw Island's club and owners association.
>
> U.S. District Court Judge C. Weston Houck ruled Sept. 30 to dismiss the
> suit, which alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, antitrust violations and
> other misconduct by two Dataw Island boards and some of their members,
> according to court records. The suit was filed in 2007 by former Dataw
> Island residents Robert Brandriff and Rick Davenport against the Dataw
> Island Club and Dataw Island Owners Association.
>
> "We are obviously very pleased with the federal ruling made by Judge Houck,"
> Ted Bartlett, general manager and chief operating officer of Dataw Island
> Club, said in a news release Thursday. "We are encouraged to get this matter
> behind us and to move forward to the benefit of the entire Dataw Island
> community."
>
> The former residents can appeal the decision in a state court but have not
> done so yet, the release said.
>
> The club and owners association are now seeking attorney fees, which were
> more than $1.3 million, and other costs of more than $100,000 from the
> former residents, according to court filings.
>
> "This has been a hotly contested litigated lawsuit, involving claims with
> little substance but an extremely high amount in controversy," reads the
> motion for sanctions against the former residents. The motion says there was
> "no legal basis for their antitrust claims."
>
> Brandriff and Davenport had sought class-action status for their suit. In
> it, the plaintiffs alleged, among other things, that club policies -- such
> as imposing assessments on owners association members to be used for the
> club -- benefited its members at the expense of property owners. It also
> claimed a violation of antitrust laws because club membership and
> assessments were a condition of property ownership, according to court
> records.
>
> Dataw Island is an 870-acre gated community on St. Helena Island.
>
>
> Read more he
> http://www.islandpacket.com/2010/10/...#storylink=cpy
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