The Harbours Condominium Association held its Annual Meeting on November 16, 2017 to vote on the 2018 budget and to elect three Board members as normal for the upcoming calendar year. There was also an amendment proposal to allow electronic (online) voting in future elections.
This election for the first time was administered by the property management company currently employed, and the company did not allow mail-in votes with proxies, i.e., all proxy holders had to be in attendance. Ballots were only distributed at the start of the meeting.
Voter turnout was high with 75% of total units casting votes for the budget and 79% for the amendment. The budget passed by 90% of those casting votes. While well over 80% of owners voting were in favor of the amendment, it barely missed the threshold of two-thirds of all eligible units. That calculation worked out to 66.43%, meaning the amendment failed.
Two incumbents were reelected to the Board of Directors and one new director was elected from the membership. Included with those running for a Board position was Tom Pike, one of the Complainants in the lawsuit brought by the Indiana Office of the Attorney General (OAG). Mr. Pike finished last among the six candidates, garnering 10% of the total votes cast. No other Complainants or sympathizers ran.
The results of last year’s 2017 election were similar as far as the prospects for the OAG Complainants. (LINK) In that election, four Complainants ran and none were successful. Harbours elections continue to demonstrate the complete rejection of Complainants and their agendas by the membership. It should perhaps be considered progress that only one chose to run in the most recent election.
Harbours Lawsuit 
Make no mistake, Association members have grown weary of Complainants. Complainant, Thom Pike exemplifies the whole group of malcontents. Maybe they now understand that the pen “is” mightier than the sword. Let us all hope so.
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