Findings
$2,920 paid to the Board President for repairs the Declaration puts on owners
Between 24 June and 17 July the Association paid Julian Esses five checks: for a toilet in his unit, and for a ceiling and air-conditioning service in his father’s townhouse. Article XXIII of the Declaration makes all three the owner’s expense. On 28 September the Board approved the payments after the fact, with two directors voting in favor. This is what owners were told at the meeting, and what the records show.
6 October 2026
Findings
Reporting from the record-
2 Oct 2026
ParkingThe $1,200 the Association says I never paid for my leased parking space
Rakesh Sarna, Julián Esses and Robert Zimmerman told owners I had no parking agreement and had never paid. I have a signed lease and prepaid $1,200 for the space. It is one line in the financial report management sends every director each month. They accused me needlessly, because they don't read it. What else aren't they reading?
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25 Sept 2026
PaymentsYour maintenance paid to unclog the Board President's toilet
Five checks totaling $2,920, none of the invoices issued to the Association, and an approval log showing the payee approving his own payment. Every figure from the Association's own production of 15 September.
Meetings
What was actually saidPerspectives
How this is supposed to work-
6 Oct 2026
PaymentsWhat the agenda should have said about the President's payments
Florida law sets out how a board approves money paid to one of its own directors. This is what that looks like for the five payments to the Board President, and what happened instead.
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Perspective
10 minYou Vetted the Building. Did You Vet the Five People Who Can Spend Your Money?
A board can sign contracts that bind you, borrow against your building and levy assessments you have to pay. You get one vote a year for the people who decide all of it. What that actually means, and what you can do about it.
Guides
Start here-
Guide
25 minThe Owner's Guide to Association Records Requests
You have a legal right to inspect the Association's records, and you do not have to explain why. All 21 statutory categories, what is excluded, the deadlines the Association must meet, what happens when it misses them, and a model request letter you can copy and send today.
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Guide
12 minWhat Is the Job of the Board?
The Board's authority comes from the Bylaws and Florida law, and so do its limits. What must be decided collectively, what an officer can and cannot do alone, and why owner questions are part of the governance process rather than an obstacle to it.