"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 1/20/2013 1:07 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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
>>
>>
> Proves my point. No one who has gone up against the DIOA has *ever* won.
> Dismissal of a suit filed against them basically means Dataw won. They
> dragged it out in court for years, with a fat wallet and a battery of
> lawyers. More evidence of greed in action.
>
> Jill

Proves your point - not! You are a crackpot. Most people who win in court
have, well WON!

What you are describing and complaining about is very common. Move on or
move out.