Farewell warning

[Sharon]

As we mentioned before, this website was set up to allow the community to share thoughts and ideas.  It is not to publicize personal rifts and condemnations between neighbors or to verbally  assault others from behind the safety of your computer.   Personal issues should be handled with respectful personal contact.  However, if you feel a need to publicize your concerns, do it at the monthly board meetings . 

I debated a bit whether to send this or not, given the fact that we have sold our unit and no longer belong to the VV community. However, for that very reason I felt the need to respond.  During the sales process and recently since then, several people have asked me how the VV neighborhood really is because they have looked at the messages on this discussion group.  My response is that many of the contentious messages were fueled by elevated emotions and heated opinions during the battle over the covenants rewrite.  However, I assured them that since that issue is resolved, and with several new members on the board, I believe the neighborhood will return to the close-knit community it once was.

But I want you all to know that potential buyers are looking at this information in deciding if VV is a welcoming and safe community to live in.  Some very good people may be deterred from purchasing after reading the animosity in some of these messages if they perceive this is the nature of the entire community rather than that of a few individuals. This will have direct impact on the nature of new owners as well as overall property values.  For the sake of the community, I urge the few of you with these contentious relations to work together to personally resolve them, so Victoria Village can remain the friendly and secure neighborhood where we purchased a home nearly 15 years ago because it was an excellent place for a single mom to raise our granddaughter.  

With that I will say "adieu" and wish you all the best now and in the years to come.   --- Sharon Younie