MIKE KLEIN, HOA CO-PRESIDENT AND LEGAL LIAISON

Dear Neighbors,
I want to introduce myself. My name is Mike Klein,  and I am the co-president of the HOA board and the legal liaison. I want to share my thoughts. I am writing to you personally as a community member and as a homeowner who has lived in Bell Canyon for many years.  The Recall Candidates sent a letter to the community stating, "No more lawsuits" We can all agree we do not want lawsuits, but then you have to ask yourself why they commented when they never said anything about this before?

 Eric Wolf and Lisa Riccomini strongly support this group of candidates. Eric and Lisa, ex-board members, are the ones who oversaw all the multi-million-dollar lawsuits. I found the Candidate's letter calling for an end to lawsuits inconsistent with Eric and Lisa's years of suits. Worse, these candidates said nothing during these board members' years of getting Bell Canyon into its legal quagmire. Why didn't these candidates petition for a recall then, or even proclaim "no more lawsuits" when their key supporters ran the board? Their friends left the current board with 12 lawsuits?

 Futher, the new board eliminated all 12 lawsuits during their first year. It wasn't easy, but hard work, creativity, and skilled negotiations by competent board members made it happen. Also, our community has had no new costly lawsuits since we have been on the board.

 We have filed lawsuits against Eric Wolf and the two lawyers to recoup your money. Are the recall candidates trying to help their friends against the financial clawback that could return money to the community? That's what I suspect. Are these candidates all hypocrites? Are they so committed to their buddies to get them out of an 8.6 million dollar jam? Why don't they all take up a collection rather than stick it to our community? Why would two law firms take this case on contingency if there is nothing there? We have been taken advantage of, and one day this will go down in the annals of HOA history as to what not to do on a HOA board.

 We released the forensic accounting audit to the community, which is pretty shocking. If these candidates get elected, they will likely cancel the suits, thus eliminating the community's opportunity to claw back fuds, costing each homeowner thousands.

 But do they even care? Has the Wolfpack ever cared about this community? Save me their preaching from on high when these recall candidates sat back when our community was virtually pillaged of all of our money. This recall is a scam.

 If they prevailed, we would open a Pandora's Box with Irreparable harm. It could harm our community for years to come. It could trigger Recalls every 2 months. Based on Judge Walsh, the previous board "breached their fiduciary duty, and did not act in good faith." That ruling became the call to action to recall the board led by Eric and Lisa. Since then, as displayed in the forensic audit, additional corruption has been identified. It must be clear that anything specific past board members are associated with requires a deeper look, and their association with these Recall candidates is unsettling.

These Recall candidates are running on the guise of saving the fire department.

 We appreciate the volunteers but NOT their leadership. Their leadership has taken our community's name and has put us all in financial jeopardy. Volunteers should be allowed to volunteer without being under the thumb of Eric Wolf and the other tainted players. The Ventura County Battalion Chief and other certified firefighter leaders explained last week that they are not a fire department and they are not recognized. Why does the "leadership" of the fire department have to have donations of over $500,000 from our community? Troubling.

 I find the recall of the Candidate's association with Eric Wolf, Lisa Riccomini, and Richard Levy a problem. I believe they are not independent. Some led the BCA, CSD, and now two not-for-profit organisations. In each case, bad decisions were made, increasing legal fees were incurred, and community division and chaos followed. 

From now on, we genuinely need independent people who will not feel their "friends" are more important than the community. We must demand that letters that have gone out to the community are no longer littered with lies. Most Bell Canyon residents elected "the new board" for a Fresh Start, and got it.

We have accomplished enormous goals to date. We made promises and kept them. With constant misinformation and letters intended to distract and discredit, the recall group has tried to make our daily efforts to improve the community for you as hard as possible. It's been nonstop, but as you can see, with your help, we will continue to make great strides regardless of their noise.

 Our goal is for Bell Canyon to be the amazing community it once was. I have no doubt we will accomplish that goal and much more. Vote NO on the recall.

 Thank you for listening, and thank you for being such great Neighbors.

Mike Klein 818 203-4888