Opinion

Concerns after Cannabis Permit Meeting

By Lynda Oneto / May 29, 2018 /

I am concerned that our Oakmont community will not be well served by a Cannabis establishment – why not? Unsafe for all Oakmont residents ‣ Access to Dispensary requires U-turn at White Oak and Oakmont Drive Intersection is hub of our community –three banks, a market, a restaurant, three real estate offices, medical, dental and…

Are there two Oakmonts?

By Yvonne Frauenfelder / May 14, 2018 /

Is there an Oakmont West and an Oakmont East?  Geographically the community looks as one Village; houses running in a straight or curved line, leading up and down little hills, tied together in a similar architectural style, broken up with green bands that are our two 18 hole golf courses. The image is one of…

Suggested Alternative for Drainage Cost Sharing

By Bruce Bon / May 13, 2018 /

Bruce Bon, 2018-05-10 The OVA Board is seeking community input, due by May 20th, on the issue of the Oakmont Golf Club (OGC) for a June 5th “informational event,” a presentation on the topic of financial support from OVA to the OGC. I have submitted (HERE and below) both questions and suggestions for cooperation for…

OVA & Golf Club Informational Meeting – My Inputs to the Process

By Bruce Bon / May 7, 2018 /

“Please provide your suggestion(s), no later than May 20, via Email or in writing, 6637 Oakmont Drive – AskOVA@oakmontvillage.com” ~ Steve Spanier, OVA Suggested Alternative for Central Land Purchase from OGC PHOTO: Yellow outline is just a crude boundary of the proposed property to be purchased, in order to illustrate the concept. Bruce Bon, 2018-05-02 Description:…

Moving Past Outrage in Oakmont

By Bruce Bon / May 4, 2018 /

It is undeniable that people here in our community have done outrageous things over the past couple of years: The leadership of the 2016 Oakmont Village Association (OVA) Board of DIrectors was responsible for ground being broken for the controversial $400,000 plus central pickleball courts, one day before a new Board was elected on a…

Oakmont Communications: Risk Management or Institutionalized Amnesia?

By Michael Connolly / April 29, 2018 /

The Communications Committee (CC) named at the April 17, 2018  board meeting is comprised of the same members who resigned in a fit of pique in August of 2017.  A story they wrote and published on the OVA website told only a disgruntled OVA employee’s version of events that led to her resignation.  This raised…