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  • How golf courses make (or lose) money

    We’ve had a few comments that readers don’t understand all the financial details we’re sharing or why we say that the golf courses should be run as semi-private. That’s great feedback, so we’ll try to help you out here. As always, if readers see any inaccuracies, please let us know and we will fix them. …

  • Where do we need to be & how do we get there?

    If there are any inaccuracies in this post, let us know at  ForTheMeadows@SarasotaMeadows.com and we’ll fix it. Where would we like to be MCA Homeowners want to minimize what they pay to keep their greenspace. Ideally this is keeping all the courses open and we should continue to work towards that outcome until all reasonable…

  • MCA is REDUCING Transparency on $600,000 subsidy

    If there are any inaccuracies in this post, let us know at ForTheMeadows@SarasotaMeadows.com and we’ll fix it. At the recent HOA Assembly meeting on November 15 2023, the MCA Treasurer announced a change in how the $600,000 Renaissance Access Plan (“RAP”) payment(subsidy) to TMCC will be shown in MCA’s budget and presumably the MCA’s financial…

  • Are the Renaissance Access benefits worth $600,000?

    Here’s what we MCA homeowners get for $600,000. And remember this is for access to OUR $10 million of assets that we lease to TMCC for $10/year. (yes, there are operating costs but TMCC generated $5.1 million of revenue in 2021 off our asset for $10!). Note that this access is only available to homeowners…

  • A Brief History of TMCC’s financial results

    Reminder: This info is directly from TMCC’s Form 990 submissions to the IRS so it is precisely the info TMCC and more recently MCA has kept from the eyes of MCA homeowners. This blog is intended to provide some “color” to the numbers we recently posted and help you understand the sequence of events. If…

  • TMCC Financial Results See the Light of Day

    For many years, the financials of TMCC have been closely guarded info.  NOT. ANY. MORE. TMCC’S budget updates (which included almost no numbers) included this statement: “The financial reports of the Meadows Country Club are not published, but available for review at the Club’s offices if a member chooses to do so. The financial reports are considered…

  • This website is alive and kicking!

    We’re rebooting the SarasotaMeadows.com website which Joe Moore created in his efforts to be elected to the Meadows Community Association (MCA) last year. Despite Joe’s and Ken Ludwig’s great efforts it was not to be. After so much energy (and money) expended, Joe has taken a step back and we’ve taken over managing the website.…

  • Do Meadows Homeowners Need TMCC?

    NOTE: This post was created by Joe Moore during his 2023 MCA Board member campaign. Since Meadows homeowners own the property that The Meadows Country Club (TMCC) lease, doesn’t it make sense that we understand who we are doing business with and why? I think it does so and I would like to share an…

  • The Renaissance Card, Benefit or Waste of Money?

    NOTE: This post was created by Joe Moore during his 2023 MCA Board member campaign. The Renaissance Card got it’s beginning in June, 2019 when Jan Lazar (MCA Board Treasurer) wrote a proposal entitled, “Community Membership Plan”. which mentioned a “Community Membership Card that would allow all owners and residents of the community to access…

  • Lets learn from the experience of others

    NOTE: This post was created by Joe Moore during his 2023 MCA Board member campaign. I received this letter from a friend and I thought it was worth sharing: Greetings: We have sold our home and we are moving back home to be closer to our kids. We’ll miss the weather and our Friends but…