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One of the most cited arguments made for supporting The Meadows Country Club is that our property values will plummet without TMCC. This view results from misquoting the supporting information, and straw man arguments (inferring anyone against subsidizing TMCC wants to cover the courses with condos). It has recently come up in a Facebook discussion…

In our last post we wrote about how MUCH MCA Homeowners are subsidizing The Meadows Country Club. In this post we’ll write about how MANY benefit from this. The best way to view this is by household (not number of members) because:1. We pay MCA assessments by household, not by person, 2. Family members pay…

In a recent post we provided an analogy of the lease of MCA’s sports complex assets to The Meadows Country Club. If you haven’t read that please click the link and give it a read. It will be good context for this post. This analysis reflects changes from the MCA’s recent announcement that it would…

We get asked this question from time to time and it is a good question. Our goal is to help MCA Homeowners understand the MCA’s ownership of the sports and dining complex which it purchased from The Meadows Country Club in 2018. We found that any attempts to have a rational, constructive discussion about MCA’s…

A video of the meeting is not yet available but when one is we will add a link here. Our comments below only cover certain items we think are noteworthy. We don’t recall if it was ever formally explained at a prior Board meeting, but the Aviva Liasson (Jerry Lazar, who is an MCA resident…

Reminder of the upcoming MCA Board meeting next week. It will be at the Meadows Community Lifestyle and Wellness Facility, and probably via Zoom as well. Make sure it is in your calendars to attend. MCA’s recent practice is to send out an email about 48 hours before the meeting with a Zoom link. (48…

I you are interested in understanding the MCA’s restrictions, you need to review the Declaration of Maintenance Covenants and Restrictions on the Commons for The Meadows that are posted on the MCA website. Sounds simple enough, but you actually need to read the 1976 document (looks like it was typewritten, then photocopied a number of…

Yesterday at the Assembly of Property Owners meeting there were two items on the agenda: 1. Presentation from the MCA Treasurer on the draft 2025 budget. It is not yet approved by the MCA Board and will be posted with extensive details when it has been approved. Link to video of presentation.2. Presentations from each…

One of the aspects of MCA Homeowners’ subsidy of TMCC that some have trouble getting their mind around is the value of the assets which TMCC got for $10/year and now pays about net $15,000/year (we think!). Here is a way to think about it. “Ted McCarthy” (TMcC) owns a used car that isn’t in…

We, and many MCA Homeowners, are advocating for the MCA to hire an independent golf industry expert to help the MCA understand its options for its sports complex assets (golf courses, tennis, fitness, and dining facilities). An example of one would be National Golf Foundation. What are the upsides to taking this approach? What are…