HOA's Legal Bills for Lawsuit Against Gus

The HOA's large legal bills for suing Gus Philpott (me) should begin showing up in the monthly financial statements.

Turner Padget would have put in considerable time inn December to prepare the lawsuit, interview Danny Trapp and prepare the Affidavit that he signed on December 30, 2024, and file the lawsuit and paperwork for a TRO.

January's Line 6500 (Legal/Professional) was only $530.

Were legal bills for those fees paid in January? You certainly don't get all that legal work from a top-floor, deep-carpet law firm for $530.

Were the bills delayed and not paid until February?

On April 1st the monthly financial statements for February 2025 will be distributed at the 6:30PM Board meeting. You can view them online (soon). Go to the HOA's website. Hover over RESIDENTS. Click on DOCUMENTS. Click on Financial Operating Results. Click on February 2025. Scroll down past the Balance Sheet to the Income/Expense Report, and then scroll on down to Line 6500.

Fasten your seatbelt.

More legal bills will follow for the February 11, 2025 Hearing. Prep work, document filed, court hearing, more billable time to write the order to be submitted to the judge. Two attorneys attended the Hearing. The judge either edited the submitted order or sent it back to the lawyers for re-writing, after he didn't give them everything they asked for.

Will those bills be paid in March and finally be revealed to the Members on May 6, 2025?

And then more legal bills will follow for the March 20, 2025 Hearing on my three Motions. One lawyer was in court for that.

Will these bills be paid in April and finally be revealed to the Members on June 3, 2025?

And then the really big bills will start accumulating as the HOA's law firm prepares for trial.

And all because I kept asking (politely) for the Board to comply with its own By-Laws.

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