MONDAY FISHING JOKE:::::Even Trade

"I got a new fly rod and reel for my wife
...best trade I ever made."

I hope I don't have to explain this one.

WEB SITE FOR SALE

This web site is for sale!
Anyone interested in purchasing this web site please E-Mail me at lakeashtontalk@yahoo.com

Charity Show has been call off

I have decided to canceled the "Give Kids the World" charity show for Feb 15 and March 15. It is just to much stress to put on a show with new rules and regulations. Yes Margot Stevens, you can knock on my door and ask me, a so call "non-resident" to call the police if I see anyone digging up the road and somehow the police came over to my place looking for a AK47. How dumb can some people be? I will be calling up the entertainers sometimes today. The magic comedy of Erick Olson. Also Ruby Tuesday and Keith Colman who played all over Europe and also on many large ships and tell them Lake Ashton is too cheap to allow giving money to charity that they want part of the charity money. No way am I going to pay $325 for the hall for residents only when I can rent a hall for approx $150 to $200 and have everyone welcome to enjoy the show with no restrictions.
I don't enjoy police knocking on my door looking for a AK47 and having MY FRIEND answering the door. I was not at home at the time, I was at the clubhouse. I will be going down to the police station today. This whole thing has turn into a nightmare. No, I don't have a AK47. But I do have a 50 thousand Lb tank fully loaded in the garage.
I might add that I put in this request a month ago and Tricia Adams has that copy. This request was put in long before the CDD laid down the rules. Therefore it should have been accepted.

PS I hope the police don't come looking for the tank.
signature EDMUND W. KING

FEES

More and more condo owners and homeowners are going broke -- and many more to come. And for the owners who are still paying (or are still able to pay) the dues are increasing real fast! Yes, fees are going up and you must pay or be force out of your home. This is community living in Florida. Fees increased $300 last year here at Lake Ashton and I expect it to be increased up to $500 this year. See news article below. The CDD is looking at new ways to get more money in the funds.

FORECLOSER AND FEES

Article Courtesy of The St. Petersburg Times
By Mike Brassfield
Published January 11, 2009

CLEARWATER
Sitting in her small condo in one of Tampa Bay's biggest retirement communities as her hands tremble, a 75-year-old woman reads a letter threatening to put her out of her home. Like so many other Floridians, Ann Studen is facing foreclosure. But in her case, it has nothing to do with her mortgage. She's four months behind on her $280 monthly maintenance fees, and her condo board has put a lien on her $70,000 unit.

It happens more often than you might think. While no one tracks foreclosures prompted by homeowner boards and associations, there are a rising number of people in Studen's situation, according to civil court judges and condominium officials.

In a shaky economy, this is one more way that people are falling through the cracks.
"I have no place to go. Where could I go?" says Studen, her face contorting in anguish. She's out of savings, low on cash and running out of time.

Evicting her may seem cold and harsh. And while condominium experts say they sympathize, many are quick to defend the practice.

Their argument: Condominium associations have to take aggressive steps to collect unpaid fees so they can do things like mow the grass, clean the pool, service the elevators and keep the lights on in common areas. If some owners don't pay, their neighbors have to pay more to make up for it. Increased fees for all can mean more defaulters. It can spin out of control.

"We feel sorry for people like this lady, but you can look at it both ways," says Bill Raphan of the state Condominium Ombudsman's Office.

"The rest of the owners are bearing the burden.

Ann Studen, a 75-year-old resident of On Top of the World, could be evicted because she can’t afford the monthly fees. “I have no place to go,” she says. She has outlived her nest egg and gotten a part-time job. Her only comfort is her dog Mimi.

If you were paying $100 a month and 50 percent of the unit owners don't pay, you're going to pay $200 a month. Every time someone is delinquent, your piece of the pie gets bigger."

These days he's seeing condominiums, particularly in South Florida, where 50, 60, even 70 percent of the owners are defaulting on their maintenance fees or mortgages.

"It's a cascade effect, like an avalanche."

I AM NOT A RESIDENT

It disturbs me very much that Margot Stevens, a CDD member claims I am not a resident of Lake Ashton. I have lived here for 4 years, bought two homes here and sold one. My drivers license says I live here, my income tax records says I live here and Margot Stevens says I am not a resident, therefore I don't live here, tell this to the Feds Margot. What do you think I do travel miles every day to get here? This is the type of people that you vote for and this is the type of reply you get, they open their mouth before they think. What type of education does she have anyway? Please reply to this comment Margot and I'll be happy to publish it.

CDD MEETING

There were about 200 people at the 10am meeting and in the afternoon meeting at 2pm there were only 40. It is very disturbing to hear all the argument's, shouting back and forth, getting no where. There are approx 850 homes here about 1700 people. This adds up to about 11% of the people that care and 89% don't care. In the afternoon there were .02% of the Lake Ashton residents there. I guess no one wants to hear all the problems at Lake Ashton. Lots of people think there are none. Where are they coming from? Here are just a few problems of what they talked about. Charity Shows, Roads, $10,000 missing from Bingo before Paul took it over. Repairs at Clubhouse, Developer and his restaurant, Coffee money, Joe Hunter and Tricia Adams at Vienna Square, Residents and non-residents, Screening in the Lani at the restaurant, on and on and on etc.

BINGO

Again Paul Pontious tried to dominate the CDD meeting by wanting to help pay for a number of items in the clubhouse. Jeff Salvin got up and offered him his chair. He reply that its better to pay the money than to go ahead and take over paying the bills at the clubhouse. It seems he is taken over Joe Hunter Job at paying bills. After a heated debate it was agreed upon that Bingo must pay the CDD $200 for every Bingo night. It went from $100 to $300 or 10%. We must pay for all the repairs of the public roads or is it our roads!

Swiming Pool Injury

I was told today that someone was injury at the pool today at the Clubhouse. If someone has info on this could you please E-Mail me.

More Cost out of your pockets

Is your son or daughter getting married? Good place for them to get married is right here at Lake Ashton. Think-again The CDD may decide to tack on a cost of renting the club house. They charge $750.00 but since your a resident it will only be $325.00 Lake Ashton is completely getting out of control. Effectively this Monday Bingo will start paying $200 every time Bingo is Played. This means $200 less in your pockets. The money will be given to the CDD which in turn is to be used to pay for maintaining the roads etc. They say these are public roads yet we pay for maintaining them. Boy am I confuse.