Open Budget Meeting: November 12, 2011

Board Meetings are becoming more popular than ever.
Join the fun!
Lively discussions, intellectual debates, monumental decisions.
The featured subject will be your money and how to spend it in 2012.
Each of us contributes $4020 for the management and upkeep of 900 Marshy Cove and the surrounds.
Where does that money go?
Come to the Board Meeting on November 12 and your questions will be answered.

Open Budget Meeting
November 12, 2011
10:00 AM
411 Muse St.
Cambridge, MD

Go to the Comanco web site beforehand to review the budget.
http://login.comancoinc.com/

You will need an account number and your self-assigned password.

need a login, call Comanco (410)721-7171

send your comments to mc900@comcast.net

see you there!

Parking Policy - Letters to the Editor

A reader writes:

Why has the condo association suddenly become the parking police? This is crazy. We've never had anyone park in our space and we've never parked in anyone elses. There's is no reason to blow this so far out of porportion. The person who had a car in their space should have left a note for the owner of the car asking them to move it and not park there again. The condo association should not have even become involved. And, now you want to make people have passes to park outside? Are you going to have designated visitor parking? Talk about a tempest in a teapot. Someone really needs to let this go.
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Dear reader,
Here's the background. (My story telling may not be 100% correct,; but, illustrates the nature of past problems.)

At the last Condo Board meeting, Several incidents were discussed.
In one case a person came home, found someone in their space, and left a polite note.
The person did not move their car and left a nasty note for the rightful owner. Ouch!

In another case, someone parked a car in 900 Marshy.
The car sat for weeks in someone else's space.
The car was towed and the car owner was never located.
Perhaps the car was abandoned?

These spaces are private property and designated in our leases.
I trust that the enforcement of this policy will be with reasonable limits.
We, (via the board,) can always adjust the policy.

You're right, in that very few conflicts have occurred in our building.
In the other condo there seems to be more trouble.
I believe that Comanco is trying to be ready for the eventual.

Thanks for your comment,
Thanks for reading the blog.

Send your commnts to mc900@comcast.net

New Parking Policy

A new parking policy will be coming into effect soon.

Two parking tags will be given to each unit for your parking space. The tag will have a number corresponding to your deeded parking space. If a car is discovered in a space without the proper tag, a notice will be posted on the vehicle. . if not moved within 24 hours, it will be towed at the owners expense.

I hope that there are enough spaces outside to accommodate all of the current violators. I confess that I use someone else's space. Their unit is for sale so for now I get away with it. It is just so nice to park in a sheltered garage.

If you have an agreement with another resident to use their space, be sure to get a parking tag for that space.
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Should the condo board consider an adjustment in the policy?
Rather than making towing automatic, why not wait until there is a compliant?


What do think? Have an opinion? send it to mc900@comcast.net
I will post your comments unless you say not to post them.
As always, names and personal references are always omitted.

Bed Bugs! Serious Stuff!

WARNING: Don't read this before going to bed.

Over the past few years, Bed Bugs seems to have returned as house hold pests.

Ugly little buggers for sure. Nasty too! Read the following from Wikipedia

In the developed world, bed bugs were largely eradicated as pests in the early 1940s, but have increased in prevalence since about 1995. Because infestation of human habitats has been on the increase, bed bug bites and related conditions have been on the rise as well. The exact causes of this resurgence remain unclear; it is variously ascribed to greater foreign travel, more frequent exchange of second-hand furnishings among homes, a greater focus on control of other pests resulting in neglect of bed bug countermeasures, and increasing resistance to pesticides. Bed bugs have been known as human parasites for thousands of years.
The name "bed bug" is derived from the insect's preferred habitat of houses and especially beds or other areas where people sleep. Bed bugs, though not strictly nocturnal, are mainly active at night and are capable of feeding unnoticed on their hosts (people.) They have however been known by a variety of names, including wall louse, mahogany flat, crimson rambler, heavy dragoon, chinche and redcoat

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We understand that bed bugs have been discovered at 900 Marshy Cove. Please note their presence has nothing to do with cleanliness. They like humans especially, their blood. Uuggh! The advisories say that you need to call a professional to exterminate these critters. Using insecticides can be harmful to people and usually drive the bugs in to crevasses until the poison wears off. Heat treatment is to be the preferred method of extermination. Freezing or heating will kill them. Many exterminators use dogs to sniff-out the nasties where they hide. Dogs quickly discover their distinct scent. Destroying a mattress will not eliminate them either as they often hide in other places that are warm and cozy.

How do you know that you have a problem? Unexplained rashes, blood smears on sheets, and bug molts, are signs of their presence. Since they anesthetize your skin before they bite, victims feel nothing. Get help early as these guys can grow in population quickly. They do not go away after they have found a cooperative host. Don't be a cooperate host.

OK, now that the hair is standing up on my back, may I wish you a pleasant evening.

Sleep tight and don't let the ----------------!

Send your comments and questions to MC900@comcast.net