President Ballweber also discloses $5k spent on legal fees in January to “go after” homeowner.
The Special Homeowner’s Meeting on January 14, 2026 resulted in a 34-9 vote to approve an increase in assessments by $35 per month. While it was difficult to count how many of those votes were proxies, when I arrived at the meeting, between Walker Flanary and Lora Ballweber, they had 10 proxies. I would estimate that more than 1/2 the votes were by proxy.
When I asked Lora Ballweber why she did not respond to a homeowner who had emailed in a Directed Proxy the day before, she refused to answer the question.
John Tunna suggested that the 2-year limit will result in insufficient funding of the reserves, and proposed forming a committee to figure out how to get our reserves up to adequate amounts. The Chair, Lora Ballweber would not allow a showing of hands at the meeting to determine if there was support in the room.
Between meetings I asked the Board members to explain why remote access would not be allowed. I brought up the fact that one homeowner was at home watching his kids tonight, and would like to use Zoom to participate. Walker Flanary got angry and pointed his finger at me screaming “If anyone wants to participate in a meeting, they can find a neighbor and give them a proxy!”
So, I called that homeowner and put him on speakerphone so he could hear these answers directly.
After Walker stormed out of the room, I approached Clay Jones and asked him to explain why remote access is not allowed. He calmly explained that the reason is because someone could record the meeting and put it on the Internet, and that it was a “private” meeting. When I asked him to cite where the authority to make a policy banning recordings arises in the governing documents, he claimed that it came “from the lawyer”.
The homeowner explained that he’s a member of other HOAs, and that Zoom meetings are normal and regular. He further explained that he saw nothing wrong with recording the meeting.
Then Jeff Ballweber approached me, and physically put his chest . . . against my face. He demanded I move out of his way instead of walking around me – claiming I was “blocking” his way. I told him not to touch me, but he kept getting literally in my face – and he’s about a foot taller.
Then, Lora Ballweber entered the picture, and she then said she was going to send the HOA Attorney to “go after me”, and threatened me with trying to assign $5,000 in legal fees that they had apparently just spent. I replied that they chose to spend them, and that asking questions doesn’t require spending that kind of money on the HOA attorney. But, clearly, the motive to “go after” was spilled, either inadvertantly, or with intention.
So, I proposed that the homeowner who was still on speakerphone attend the Board Meeting that was to begin at 730pm remain on the speakerphone so he could attend remotely. Walker Flanery then leaned over the table and dared me to hit him . . . to give pretext for some other action I’m sure he’s been dreaming about for years.
Again, while another homeowner is on speakerphone just asking to participate.
I pointed out that in between meetings, none of these Directors has any powers. And, two of them are literally screaming at me. So, Lora did the logical thing and said the Board Meeting was postponed as of 705pm, and would be rescheduled later. It’s pretty obvious that attempting to start the meeting 25 minutes was only to create pretext for being able to shout commands at me, when outside of a meeting it is nothing more than harassment and intimidation.
So, for those looking to find out what is happening with trash and yard waste services, I guess we will all have to wait.
As for the $5,000 in legal fees spent, the December financial report says there was $69 spent, so they must have gone on a spree in early January. But, this is the reason why we must do something to reign in a Board that can’t use good discretion.