Opinion

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…

Upwards of $60,000 in Damages to OVA for Not Waiting a Single Day

By Editorial Team / April 27, 2018 /

“Contractor shall be entitled to payment for Work rendered and unpaid through the date of termination of this Agreement, as may be applicable, and no other amounts shall be due to Contractor upon termination of this Agreement.”    [OVA/Siri Construction Agreement] With the recent release of the OVA settlement with Siri Grading and Paving, the…

The OVA BOD Reflects Years-long Narratives, Now it is Time for Action

By James Foreman / April 24, 2018 /

Starting well before the election of 2017, and running through the equally contentious 2018 election, hundreds of OVA members have been personally influenced by very strong reactionary rhetoric and opinion. A myriad of elaborate stories could be had on the golf course, in one of the recreation center’s hot tubs, at a Candidate’s meet and…

Press Freedom vs. Corporate Requirements

By Yvonne Frauenfelder / April 18, 2018 /

A little over a month ago, Wednesday, March 14, I met with Kevin Hubred, our general manager, Martin Hirsch, Association attorney, Vice President Greg Goodwin and James Foreman, immediate past chair of the Communications Committee, to talk about the future of the Oakmont News. The Board of Directors, on March 6, had given authority to Kevin to…