Barony Place I/Barony Place II

I've been told that a RCSD deputy attended the September Board of Directors meeting. Normally, at least one is there to give a report to the Board and answer questions from the audience. Then that deputy (the CAT office) leaves.  It's my understanding that a deputy was hired, perhaps at $65/hour, to attend the meeting. Why? Did Noel Weatherbee, the new "president of the board" (who may have usurped the office through an improper procedure that is not allowed in the Governing Documents) might have ordered the service from RCSD. To my knowledge, the Board never entered into a new Special-Duty Agreement with RCSD. That would have required a contract and Board approval. None has been reported in published Minutes of any recent Board Meeting. Why would she do that? It is common knowledge that she doesn't like Mike Bryant. Is she "afraid" of Mike? Why? Because he doesn't agree with her? Has he ever threatened her? I suspect not. Popular language of the Far...

The Board just removed a long-time HOA resident and Member from all committees of the HOA. An email from the Board Secretary, Angelo Turley-Moore informed the Member that he has been removed from all committees. No reason was given. Recently the Board majority (Tanisha Holmes, William Hill, Noel Weatherbee, and Angelo Turley-Moore (all black)) reportedly voted to remove Brenda Bryant (white) as Board President. Weatherbee succeeded Brenda as Board President. It also removed Linda Potter (white) as Board Treasurer and replaced her with Tanisha Holmes. Earlier in the year the Board majority removed Jeff Lummel (white) as Board Vice-President and replaced him with Weatherbee. On Thursday the letter from the Board Secretary informed the Member, Mike Bryant (white), that the Board had removed him from all committees.  Why would the black majority on the Board be making these changes? How are those changes in the best interests of the Association? Boards have the authority to make such c...

The HOA will try to hold an election of three directions in less that 60 days. Why is there no Nominating Committee? One director, Angelo Turley-Moore, is apparently the chairman of the Nominating Committee? There are no members of this Committee. Was he even properly appointed? Did the Board vote to approve him as Chairman? Angelo seems to have aligned himself with William Hill, Tanisha Holmes, and Noel Weatherbee. These four are responsible for removing Jeff Lummel as Vice-President of the Board and for removing Brenda Bryant as Board President. And they did so at a "secret" workshop/pre-board meeting, not at a Regular or Special Board Meeting open to Members.  Hill, Holmes, and Weatherbee should not be elected by Voting Members in November. The Nominating Committee, chaired by Tanisha Holmes for the 2025 election, did a lousy job. They put forward several nominees who were soundly rejected by the Voting Members. They failed to nominate three solid homeowners, whom the Voti...

Homeowners, do you know who represents you in the HOA? It is not the Board of Directors. The Voting Member of your neighborhood is your legal representative, according to the Governing Documents of the HOA. For Barony Place (I and II), this is Tracy Manderino. Too many of the 28 neighborhoods are not represented, at all. The September 2026 Summit Scoop names the Voting Members of only ten (10) neighborhoods. This means that 18 neighborhoods have no representation. This is an injustice that has existed for many years. It was not until earlier this year that the current board began an effort to increase the number of legitimate Voting Member above one (Barony Place), about which I have been complaining for 4-5 years. If you live in one of the 10 neighborhoods with a Voting Member, urge your representative to correct this situation. The Board wants to take power away from the Voting Members. Do not allow this. The Board wants to change the Governing Documents. Do not allow this. The Votin...

Who ran last night's Board Meeting? Brenda Bryant, the legitimate Board President? Or Noel Weatherbee, the wannabe Board President? Did the Board explain what happened at last week's pre-board meeting ("workshop")? Did the Board explain that it is not supposed to take any actions (votes) at pre-board meetings?  Did the Board announce which four directors voted to oust Brenda? See Page 1 in the September 2026 Summit Scoop. Did the Board announce the name of the CPA who was retained to conduct the 2025 Annual Audit (which was due on 8/31/26)? Has one been retained? Why hasn't the Board ever commented on the cause of the $445,000 drop in Cash & Cash Equivalents in 2025, when Danny Trapp was Board President and William Hill was Treasurer? Why isn't anyone demanding an answer? Why hasn't the Board ever announced the total cost of suing Gus Philpott (me) in Circuit Court? The lawsuit was prohibited by the CC&Rs, because the Voting Members never approved ...

You are seeing Flock cameras all over Richland County, including in The Summit. Read this about use of Flock cameras in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This was posted on Facebook. Authenticity has not been verified. If this story is true, someone should call Sheriff Lott and ask him the same question about a heat map. "A police chief in Oshkosh, Wisconsin caught Flock lying to his city council, and killed the $8 billion surveillance company's contract less than a day after the council had approved it. Here's how it happened. The night before, Oshkosh's council was set to renew its deal with Flock Safety, the license plate camera company backed by a16z and Tiger Global. One council member asked the Flock rep a plain yes-or-no question. Does this system build a heat map of everywhere a specific car travels over time? Flock's rep said no. The council believed him and voted 5 to 2 to renew. By the next morning, Chief Dean Smith's own officers had told him that answer was fals...