Opinion
Health, Happiness and Good Luck in the Coming Year
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. T. S. Eliot If you feel that 2020 was drawn out, you are right. It was a leap year, giving us one more day (February 29). In addition to…
Read MoreAn opportunity for four Board volunteers
Oakmont Village Board Election in April 2021 I am going to write from my heart because I believe that what comes from the heart goes to the heart. I am very concerned about the current board direction and agenda. I feel I am not being heard as well as many of other Oakmonters. Perhaps I…
Read MoreOpen Letter to OVA Board
Oakmont Village Association Bylaws – Whats Next? In a Sept 14th article to the Oakmont Observer, I indicated that there could be some “unintended consequences” if Article XI of the OVA bylaws were changed to allow a reduced quorum threshold to change other bylaws. Some possible changes were included in that article. Since that 9/14…
Read MoreOakmont – What Is Next?
Kevin Hubred resigned as general manager of Oakmont in August, and Steve Spanier, President of the OVA Board of Directors, has given his notice of resignation for later this month of November. For the first time in the history of the village, the community finds itself without two members of the top leadership in both …
Read MoreA response to “Pondering the Central Area of Oakmont”, By Tom Kendrick and Marlena Cannon Tremont
I read with great interest this article in the September 15, 2020 issue of the Oakmont News. I read it with a broader perspective of what is a community and how we ALL can come to a consensus. Let me start with a definition of what a community is: “A common definition of community emerged…
Read MoreUnintended Consequences of Amending OVA Bylaws
“We want to hear from you, especially regarding the Phase 1 process for amending our bylaws.” Per the above, please consider the following as part of the OVA’s request for comments on the process for amending bylaws. Approving the 55 minor changes to the language and legal references as presented by the 2018 BRC should…
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