I have heard over the past few months, that there are a few individuals in the neighborhood who seem to be interested in determining who writes the “blog” on Timberwoodparksa . I’ve even seen some really interesting comments from people who I neither know personally nor know me personally as a result of re-posting of the TimberwoodBlog on other social media sites.
For those of you who don’t know, which I believe is a rather small percentage of owners in the neighborhood, the owner and manager of the Timberwoodparksa web page as well as the blog is Cindy Griffin. I have been providing the web page and the information contained on it for approximately 5 years to the neighborhood, at my own expense, as a means to answer the many, many questions the neighborhood, property owners, contractors, builders, realtors, new potential buyers, etc. always ask as a result of them not being able to find answers easily and readily when they needed them. Because I continue to receive so many requests for information and help after turnover occurred and even today, it was easier to funnel answers through a web page that carried a great many of their questions on the site, but also gave them an opportunity to ask and receive an answer to the questions even if only to refer them to our property management office or the board.
The board, who has indicated blogs and social media sources that have been posting factual information to the neighborhood should not be trusted because you don’t know who the author is has known and still knows to this day that I run this web page and the blog and have since day one of its inception. Ask timberwoodnews@gmail.com (Karen O’Neil) how many emails I have forwarded to the board from this website and blog for their follow-up and /or response. From requests for homeowner approval packets for improvement projects, to complaints from property owners about violations, to homeowners who have been waiting for 5 weeks without response from either Spectrum or the board for approval of an improvement project, or someone who needed to do a transfer of ownership because they were selling their lot or home, or someone who had a question about how to get a gate card to the park, etc. they have received many, many requests forwarded from this website. So, nothing could be further from the truth than that there is some personal agenda in play here – fact: I have been advocating on behalf of property owners in our neighborhood and getting answers for their questions and concerns wherever possible for years now.
Further, check with the board and they should be able to tell you that I assisted with ideas — at their request — on how to rein in the overcrowding and over attendance at the Halloween event of non-Timberwood residents by providing guidance from the time that I was on the board as to how we managed the event with off duty sheriff’s deputies to control traffic and entrance to the park and wristbands and coins which we used at the time to manage the same event (we didn’t have controlled gate card system then…lots of cards existed that weren’t for property owners). I am not working against the board but rather advocating on behalf of all property owners.
Anyone who gets the blog does so because they subscribed to it. If the blog gets re-posted on other social media sites, I do not control that, the individual who posts it does. The web page and all the detail provided on the web page were developed to provide ease of access for basic questions that are repeatedly asked over and over. It continues to evolve based on what I see and hear are neighbor’s needs and what will hopefully help make life in Timberwood Park more enjoyable as a result.
So for those of you who wish to send personal attacks to me, please remember this: You don’t have to agree with anything on the website or blog. You don’t have to read it. The comments posted on other social media sites reposting the blog do so for a conversation to take place. Not to torpedo a specific individual or throw personal attacks toward someone you don’t know.
So please stop the comments reflective of some agenda you think is in play. I have no interest in running for office. I did my fair share to bring this great neighborhood an opportunity at self-governance on a budget of $25,000 a year for 5 years with a voluntary association (and actually if I think about it we started with far less as I think we had about a 100 members when we started @ $25.00 per member annually). While we didn’t have much money, we still managed to put on the social events like Music in the Park, Picnic in the Park and so much more but you are correct to state that we couldn’t make improvements to our amenities—there was no money available to do so. We also managed to get the neighborhood to turnover – allowing for the place we are now at being able to make improvements and enhancements to our neighborhood common areas and provide amenities which property owners would like to see in their neighborhood going forward.
I love living here too. I want to continue to see the best for my neighborhood and as such will continue to advocate on behalf of it. My interest in providing information to the neighborhood now is to do just that, provide information! It’s up to you what you do with the information you receive.