In my opinion, we should not embark upon a $100k living shoreline if there are less expensive options for maintaining the integrity of the dock landing (i.e. extending the landing 8 foot and let nature take its course).My opinion is based upon the fact that the $100k expenditure would have to come from the reserve fund.This would reduce the reserve...

Budget Blundering Results in an Unnecessary and Irresponsible Annual Dues Increase At the 2023 TIPOA annual meeting VP and acting Secretary Cliff Sowell took questions from the floor about the 2024 budget and the Board mandated annual dues increase. Myself and several others directly challenged certain budget items and the alleged need to increase ...

 ELECT FRESH CANDIDATES ON SATURDAY The current Board decided to move the Vote for New Board Members right ahead of the Financial Report thereby moving the Financial Reports and the approval of the 2024 Budget AFTER MEMBERS HAVE PLACED THEIR VOTES FOR THE 2024 BOARD. You have to ask yourself WHY? Well, now you have been asked to place your vot...

This blog has been created for your suggestions or comments to Fresh Candidates - Please Read:  "The beauty of Tolomato Island extends beyond the live oaks, the moss, the pond, and its many styles of homes to the people.  The people of Tolomato are smart and caring and unusually successful.  Leaders would be wise ...

Lot's of people have been asking about the voting procedures.  Please see below an email thread with Susan.  Do they have a new set of voting procedures or are they winging it?  Everyone will receive the voting procedures at the same time, when we send them out through the website. On Fri, Nov 24, 2023, 2:31 PM <jimandginny@scenta...

On the day before Thanksgiving at 7:30 in the evening, the Board sent, via email, a revised agenda for the 12/2 Annual Membership Meeting.  I have supplied a link at the end in the event you missed the "last-minute" communication. The time (3:30 to 5:30) has not changed. The Board did rearrange the agenda items. The Board decided move the vote...

I am so tired of hearing about the developers vision and desire to preserve green spaces and natural quiet.  Let's ignore the slick marketing for a moment and look at the developer's actions.  I happen to know the developer personally and his family well.  I used to hang out with his sister all the time.  The deve...

To view the '24 Board Candidates click here. The '24 TIPOA Board Election Campaigning Has Begun!  Please take some time and review the Candidate Profiles that have been posted below.   There are several easy ways to vote. 1) Vote in person at the Annual Meeting on Saturday, December 2, 2023, 3:30 sharp, @ the Lion's Club, 905 E....

Level the Playing Field The Board told us that the dollar value of delinquent accounts is concentrated in a handful of properties. Purchases of these distressed properties result in TIPOA recovering these accounts and replaces the accounts with paying home owners, thus purchases of distressed properties should be encouraged. Purchases of these dist...

To Tolomato Property Owners, I was asked to prepare an introduction for a letter to be presented at the June 19th, 2023 Board meeting. The letter was addressed to the current Board with the intent to hopefully engage the Board in open discussion with many who live here; the following is an excerpt from that introduction. Good evening, I h...

Candidates Anderson, Brenton, Bigham, Bagwell and Rowe WANT to maintain the pond as a special amenity!!! Rumors are swirling that they will not maintain the pond.  THAT is NOT true.  Go on the website and ASK the candidates themselves instead of listening to the divisive, negative campaigns and rumors being spread by others...

The November 6, 2023 Tolomato Owwer's newsletter appropriately notes that the Board is in error when the Board stated that "several members have requested" that a financial audit be performed. A "proposal" for an "operational" audit was presented to the board at the June 2023 board meeting (see attached). I authored and presented the audit pro...

Editorial Panel (EP) – We received this email, written on October 23, at 10 PM. We have purposely posted it without identifying the author. The author can of course add their identity to this post. Whenever the Editorial Panel or Special Interest Group (SIG) responds to an email or FAKE news, we risk alienating someone. To let either pass without c...

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(The TIPOA Board "Notice of Concern" email is available below for review or download.) TO: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. October 16, 2023  Subject: RE: Important Clarification by Board of Directors I am a member of tolomatoowners.org. To the best of my knowledge, no member of this group has ever implied that tolomatoowners.org is an official TIPOA s...

I have recently been made aware of a letter Ms. Julia Vaughn read to the board at the June 20, 2023 meeting; the letter is flawed in many respects. First, it is based on the false premise that "a small number" of residents have concerns about the current Tolomato Board. In fact, there are a great many people in the community who are concerned about...

There will be a vote on a new water impact at Savannah Square.  I am against adding more impact units.   Why?   First our water bill is $4,200 per month.  For what, to water plants that don't need it (i.e. grasses, palmetos, etc.) If your landscaping includes the right plants, they should not have to be watered.  I say...

Just the facts.  Do you believe this Board is serving the community?  If not, volunteer to serve or vote for new Board members.  Request to TIPOA Board Here is a flyer for an end of summer picnic that the Social Committee would like to have approved by the Board for the community. If approved please use the TIPOA email list to share ...