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‘Member/People Power’ vs. ‘Board Power’
In a recent Nextdoor post, Malka Osserman applied a quote from Noam Chomsky to her critique of User Groups: “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. That gives people the sense that there’s free thinking going…
Read MoreTears and more Tears
As part of my Oakmont Forum series in the Kenwood Press, I wrote these words 20 years ago. They retain their validity to these days. Especially in view of Oakmont’s plan for the Renewal of our Downtown. While the CAC only is slated for Rehabilitation, it will have to be paid for with our moneys.…
Read MoreThe 2024 OVA Board of Director’s election is critical to our Future Financial Well Being
I was a member of the Bylaws Revision Committee (BRC). We presented our revisions to the Board of Directors in May, 2019. We recommended that the OVA Board vote on only one by law at first, so that a majority would be achieved with a lower quorum threshold. We recommended Town Hall meetings to educate…
Read MoreFireside Conversation with OVA Board Candidates
The Community Education & Transparency Committee invites the Oakmont community to join them this upcoming Friday, March 15 at 2:30 at the Berger for refreshments and casual conversation with the candidates running in the upcoming Oakmont Board of Directors election. From 3:00 to 4:30 there will be facilitated discussion. The 2024 Board candidates will be…
Read MoreMy 2024 Endorsements for the OVA Board
I endorse Matt Oliver, Heidi Klyn and Jerry Gladstone for the 2024 Oakmont Village Association Board of Directors. I will explain why below. These are my personal endorsements and are not those of The Oakmont Observer, which will not have any official endorsements. Author’s note: When I took the job of Editor of The Oakmont…
Read MoreCentral Oakmont – A Decade in the Making
As we delve into Oakmont’s community dynamics and weigh our options for board candidates, each with their own vision, including the ambitious expansion of Central Oakmont as outlined in the 2030 Project List*, it’s essential to draw upon the valuable insights from the 2015 ‘Voices of Oakmont‘ survey. This extensive effort aimed to capture the myriad…
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