TR residents need consideration, respect

Letter to the editor

To the editor:
   The Committee for a Better Twin Rivers has assembled a package of letters that were exchanged between our attorney and the attorneys for the Twin River Homeowners Association. The documents can be seen in the Trust office during business hours. We will also attempt to make them available in the Twin Rivers library so that people who work during the week can see them on weekends and in the evenings.
   The first communication made was an attempt to come to an agreement without going to court. The TRHA refused to make any meaningful accommodations toward a settlement. The details are in the letters.
   At the Aug. 8 meeting, the board attorney made it sound like it is necessary to drop the suit in order for there to be a settlement. That is not true. In order to settle a case, there must be a case. The attorneys can work out an agreement, which the judge approves. The agreement becomes a contract. There does not have to be a trial.
   The results of any settlement should be indisputable and binding. There are certain basic conditions that are called for. The actions that led to the complaint must stop:
   • Residents should not have to fear derision and ostracism for expressing their views.
   • The community newspaper should be used properly, and the community room made available to residents of all persuasions.
   • Residents should be allowed to tape open meetings.
   • Candidates must be allowed to put up a reasonable number of signs in prominent places on common property during Board elections. The board cannot authorize the removal of those signs.
   • Members must be able to see documents explaining homeowner association expenditures.
   • A free alternate dispute resolution procedure must be in place to help resolve internal disputes.
   • There should be an open and rational process for the allocation of votes in elections.
   • The board must abide by standard procedures in using their powers and must heed the advice of the governmental agencies that oversee homeowner association governance.
   If both parties agree to the above, the people of Twin Rivers will be treated with the respect and consideration they deserve and will be given the rights that they are entitled to by the constitutions of the State of New Jersey and of the United States of America.
Bruce Fritzges
East Windsor
The writer is a member of the Committee for a Better Twin Rivers.