Harshfield comments on recent POA board meeting edits

If you view the work session on YouTube you will notice it is not a complete airing of the meeting held May 2, 2012 at The Woodlands.  Approximately 30 to 45 minutes of the meeting was edited and withheld from the Property Owners of Hot Springs Village and the general public..   Why did the board make a conscious decision to edit the video and audio of the meeting?  Why is it misrepresented on their web site as a complete representation of Wednesday's planning session, when it clearly is not? 

Many property owners and employees went to the microphone and expressed their grievances to the board and called into question their policies, procedures, and in some cases their integrity.  It was the first sign of an informed public demanding answers I have seen since moving to Hot Springs Village five years ago.  The room was overflowing with as many as 30 to 40 people standing throughout the meeting due to inadequate seating.

It gave me hope this board and its department heads just might be held accountable to the property owners for a change.  If you weren't able to attend the meeting, I guess the board prefers to keep you in the dark about such matters.  You should call, e-mail, or write a letter to your board and find out why you don't deserve to know the contents of the planning session.  I did.

Dan Harshfield