Donna Mantin, LCAM 34445, former property manager at Jade Winds, sent out an email to some Jade Winds owners (including me) on 8 January 2015 announcing her purported unit ownership at Jade Winds.
The full email message is below for your review, consideration, and enjoyment.
I will follow up soon with a complete rebuttal to this hubris and the so-called FACTS listed below.
Start of message below line.
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Dear Neighbor,
I wanted to wish all of you a very happy and joyful
New Year.
I wanted you to know that I am now a unit owner at
Jade Winds and I am very excited, as well as dedicated to be able to help us
reach a common goal towards the financial stability, quality of life, and
safety for all of us.
I have received several questions and concerns from
many of you, and I would like to clarify some of it.
Many lies and innuendoes have been said and written
about past board members and myself.
The people who created those lies, manufactured and
twisted the truth, were only motivated by their own agenda and dangerous
goals. Their self-serving goals will ultimately destroy Jade Winds,
a community that the previous board and I have been working tirelessly to
protect and make better.
I have been the property manager at Jade Winds working
for First Service Residential since 2009. When the Board of Directors decided
to terminate First Service Residential, in early October, I could no longer
stay and continue as your property manager.
FACT:
Once my employer First Service Residential was
terminated, I was no longer working for Jade Winds, therefore, any
misunderstanding or confusion that I had been removed from my position by Jade
Winds board is incorrect, and any board meeting held to vote to “remove” me was
a sham and a lie.
Now, that I am a unit owner and personally invested, I
am determined to investigate that everything is done properly according to
Florida law. I am determined to spend every moment in defending our rights as
unit owners, and make sure that we are protected and informed of every move and
decision the board makes and why.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the
previous board and myself, our property values at Jade Winds has declined by
more than 15%, although throughout South Florida it has risen by 16.2%.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the
previous board and myself, documents have been removed from the office, late at
night, and we should all be fearful that our personal information has been
compromised.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the
previous board and myself, we can no longer come home and be assured that our
assigned parking spaces are available.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the
previous board and myself, garbage is not being picked up on a regular basis,
and rats are roaming about.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the
previous board and myself, parties are being held poolside, late into the
night, with complete disregard for the Miami-Dade County rules concerning
alcohol consumption, and the Rules and Regulations of Jade Winds. When
something happens during one of these parties, it will be all of our liability,
and we will lose the license, which allows us to operate and have pools.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the
previous board and myself, the buildings are no longer clean, trash sits for
days in our stairwells, dirt and urine is in the elevators, and there is
graffiti on our walls.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the previous
board and myself, some mailboxes have been vandalized, that warranted an
investigation by the Federal Government.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the
previous board and myself, the management office is withholding our paperwork,
which by law is mandatory.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the
previous board and myself, there was no State mandated Budget meeting, which
according to our by-laws must be held in early November. We have not received
our 2015 coupon books which should have been mailed in December, and we still
do not know how much of an increase will take place.
FACT:
On September 26, 2014 the State of FL Division of
Business and Professional Regulations ordered the Association to “re-notice the
2014 annual meeting and election to be held 75 days from the order”, which
means the mandated special election should have taken place by December 11,
2014 and no later. We are now in violation of this court order, and can be held
in contempt of court which is a very serious violation.
FACT:
In the past 3 months since the departure of the
previous board and myself, several unsafe structure and code violations against
the Association have not been addressed nor cured. Therefore, we will have to
pay fines up to $10,000 per violation, which will cost us more than $150,000 in
fines and penalties.
Jade Winds has been served with unsafe structure
warnings, by the unsafe structure Board of the regulatory and economic division
of Miami Dade County, by ignoring these warnings, the regulatory agency will
demand us to vacate our apartments leaving us homeless.
A decision was made to have our Comcast cable
eliminated, forcing us to pay approximately $65.00 more every month .When was
this decision made, and by whom?. There was no properly called Board meeting,
and the Board cannot make any decisions without giving the unit owners a chance
to attend the meeting. The cable service that we always had was
always included in our maintenance payment, If they removed the cable service ,
the cable costs should be deducted from our maintenance fees.
They are not allowed to keep our money for cable if
they are not providing us with cable.
In addition to the cable service which we pay in our
maintenance, we also pay towards the use of the tower. Since we
cannot use the tower, that money needs to be deducted from out maintenance and
refunded back to us.
I want to take this opportunity to apologize for my
quick departure, since I know many of you wanted to wish me well and say
goodbye. I am now here as your neighbor and am looking forward to seeing
you and talking to you again.
Since I am now your neighbor and a unit owner, I would
love to help with any questions, problems or concerns you might have. I
am a licensed CAM, and have been a certified and registered property
manager for over 33 years as well as an experienced member of BOD
acting as president and treasurer. I am well versed and knowledgeable in
condominium laws, rules and regulations, by-laws, 40 year-recertification,
structural and electrical work, county codes and regulations and on and on and
on.
I know that by joining together we can make Jade Winds
a place it once was, and together, we can secure our future.
Once again, I hope you and your loved ones had a
joyous holiday, and if I can help you with anything, or if you would like me to
be your advocate, I can be reached at 786-361-6150 anytime.
Yours truly,
Donna
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| Donna Mantin--Chutzpah personified! photo taken on January, 9, 2015 at Bamboo I Jade Winds |
