Tony Thompson's rebuttal to Dave West

Attention Mr. West, Secretary of Highroads POA                             May 17, 2014

In response to your letter of May 5 or 6, I would like to say I appreciate your speedy response
and professionalism. However, you evidently have a hunger for mentioning law suits. Where I come
from, the voice of the people is a voice to be listened to not threatened for. I assure you, that petition
I wrote abides by every aspect of our bylaws. I saw no mention in the bylaws that the name of the
person who draws up the petition needs to be noted nor do I recall ever seeing the name of the author
on any petition I have signed. I believe the important issue here is the number of signatures of property
owners who agree with the petition. They are the people who elected you and your fellow board
members into office believing you would listen to their needs and abide by majority wishes. You now
suggest that, in following the directions of the Bylaws, people signing a petition of this nature may be
sued by Mr. Kelley!! Oh Mr. West, you have disappointed me. Over two dozen signatures are on that
petition asking for nothing more than a meeting and you are denying them that right!

As for the wording of the petition being invalid because it is not consistent with Bylaws Article
IV, Section 3, (you stated “the petition…asks for the removal of Mr. Kelley from the office of Treasurer”)
I believe you need to read the petition once again, for the only mention it makes of removing Mr. Kelley
from his Treasurer position is in the first paragraph as follows:

“If Mr. Kelley is successfully terminated from his position as a Director, we hope that, by
membership vote, a replacement for his vacated position is elected as soon as possible and that the
new board gives serious consideration to the termination of Mr. Kelley as Treasurer of this POA”.

This specifically acknowledges that only the Board of Directors can terminate an officer. Either
you did not read this petition or you are purposely misinterpreting the facts. The sole purpose of this
petition was to request a special meeting be held to allow the members of this POA to decide by voting
if they felt Mr. Kelley should remain on the Board of Directors. It follows every step laid out in Article
III, Section 8 to the letter. In attempting to single me out as the author and suggest law suits may ensue
is not the way to respond to a request by the people. You responded to Ms. Johnson’s question “what
gives you the right to initiate a law suit without the consent of our members” by reciting a bunch of
codes and wordy phrases but you never mentioned the rights of the people. The people who pay dues
for the purpose of maintenance and other costs explained to us when we purchased our land. Do they
not have a right to know what law suits you have in mind and what costs will be involved? There are no
guarantees of success with law suits and therefore it is a gamble of our money! Does that not give us a
right to vote?

Your outlandish refusal to listen to the wants of our members makes it obvious to me that
further efforts to be heard will only result in more misinterpretations and untruths. I am a busy man
Mr. West and have no time for such foolishness. I do hope that fellow members will take an interest in
our conversations and see you for the person you are. I urge any fellow members reading this letter to
share it with others, along with Mr. West’s excuses and explanations of why he doesn’t have to listen to
the members or ask for their votes.

Respectfully Submitted By: Tony Thompson, Lot 231