Even though Mr. Olszanowski does not live in Piney Orchard, he definitely has the best interests of the neighborhood in mind. He was at the landfill meeting and plans to fight anything in the future that will hurt home values and quality of life. He works in Piney Orchard, visits friends very often in Piney Orchard, and is a very personable and well respected person. My wife and I will be voting for him and encourage you to vote for him as well.

-A Piney Orchard resident

No, sir, I would vote for the best candidate. Would you feel better if a politician 'moved' to a state for the sole purpose of running for office in that state? Would I be upset if Derek had no stake in our community? Of course. But I believe he has more stake in our community than most people simply because if Piney Orchard becomes "Seven Oaks South", the housing values would fall, resulting in lower rental rates and a loss of revenue for Dolben. And out of curiosity, what exactly is Dolben doing to make Piney Orchard "Seven Oaks South"? Also, because I don't know, how many total votes are there in all of Piney Orchard? And yes, my wife and I will be agreeing on who to vote for and submitting one vote for our house.

I am not sure what Scott means by the term "Seven Oaks South." The folks in Seven Oaks are good people and good neighbors. In Piney Orchard, Dolben has only about 15 -16 percent of the votes (varies each year because delinquent owners can't vote). They have those votes because they are largest property owner in Piney Orchard -- not because of any conspiracy -- with 725 units assessed at $87.4 million and they paid $141,000 in annual POCA fees this year - Given Scott's support for new landfills in Odenton as a "good use of property", I would say that Derek, who has attended the meetings opposing the landfill and Kelly, who in addition to her strong record of service to the community has consistently supported all the POCA resolutions opposing the landfills, probably have about a 4,300 vote head start over Scott.

Holy crap, Scott. Is that true? Do you support the new landfills in Odenton?

It got awfully quiet in here, didn't it?

That's right Scott. I live on the East side of Piney Orchard near the proposed landfill, along with nearly 2,000 other Piney Orchard residents. No secret there. Residents have been donating their time and in-kind support in printing flyers, etc. and for the record, I have not submitted any requests for reimbursement for any of the several hundred dollars of expenses I have incurred in fighting the landfill, including large copy exhibits, maps, establishing a web site, and travel from current project site in NYC. Nor have we engaged the Association's legal counsel on this matter.

In contrast, according to our legal counsel, the cost to all POCA homeowners for our lawyer having to respond to all the harrassing formal and informal complaints and inquiries that you have raised against POCA since May 2011 -- all which have been found to be without merit and not resulted in any findings -- is about $3,250. Too bad, this money could be better spent to improve the community, rather than defending against your own personal vendettas against POCA Board members.

Scott-really dude get a life or move. I hope Piney Orchard plans to bill you for there legal fees. For someone so critical of POCA finances you sure have no problem running up the legal bill that your neighbors are now paying for. Your frivolity toward Mr. Andrade and POCA boarders on criminal harassment in my opinion.

"As a matter of fact, I do not have a problem with the Toalson landfill. There are no risks associated with this landfill."

Scott Dibiasio will not be getting my vote.

I have deleted a comment from David Young because it violates our terms of use against personal attacks. Many of these other comments come very close to crossing that line as well. Please keep the tone of everything civil, or I'll be forced to cut off the comment thread altogether.

Thanks!

Tim, please do not cut off the comment thread. I believe many Piney Orchard residents visit this site and it is important for them to learn more about the candidates running for the board. For instance, I had no idea that Mr. Dibiasio had no problem with the proposed landfill. I believe the vast majority of Piney Orchard residents strongly oppose this landfill and should now know not to vote for Mr. Dibiaisio.

I was also hoping Mr. Dibiasio would respond to his comment accusing Dolben of helping to make Piney Orchard "Seven Oaks South". I understand there is a fine line between keeping people informed and keeping these comments civilized, but I just hope the voters can learn important things like which candidates are for the landfill and which are against it.

Thank you for the good work - I come on this site every day to get true local news!

I too would also like to thank you for your good work,Tim. Since he is about "policies and principles", I would like to ask Scott what is the basis for his claim that POCA's Replacement Reserves are "excessive" and since he appears to disagree with the recommended funding levels of POCA's consultants, what amount would he propose our annual contribution to the Replacement Reserve fund in its budget be?

Mr. Lemke, I apologize to you for the violation. I will try to do better.

Let me see if I have the facts straight on this candidate.

Fact #1: This candidate admits he has never seen the reserve study yet he continuously states reserves are excessive.

Fact #2: This candidate is on the record for being in favor of both landfills.

Fact #3: At Meet the Candidates (my wife and I were there) the candidate did not know the day of the week the monthly meetings are held on. He had to be corrected by another candidate. He also said that he travels extensively and is unable to attend meetings.

Fact #4: The candidate acknowledges the legal bill that he is forcing his neighbors to pay.

Fact #5: The candidate believes he is entitled to the name, address and email of all Piney Orchard residents.

Fact #6: The candidate has insulted the fine residents of Seven Oaks.

Combining these facts which this candidate is on the record as stating on this very website, I find him utterly unsuitable for any leadership role and a detriment to what the entire Odenton community stands for.

Scott still didn't answer the question. He has said that Reserve funds are "excessive" and that assessments, which actually were lowered each of the last four years, are "higher than necessary". So if not the amounts adopted unanimously by the Board, what should those two numbers be?

Apparently, Scott now admits that he made his criticisms without actually having reviewed the data in the studies on what needs to be replaced and when, and what the estimated replacement costs will be. As Mark Twain once said, "Get your facts first, then you can distort them how you please."

The reason why POCA is in a position now to be able to undertake this year's projects -- major structural replacements at the Community Center pool, replacing the 21-year old Community Center roof and HVAC systems, poolhouse restorations, sidewalk replacements, parking lot coatings, tree replacements and the major renovation of the Community Center pond with its pumps, waterfall and fountains is because they were planned for in advance and the Board set aside adequate funds for these purposes.

Finally, on transparency, every Member is mailed a copy of the budget each year with their bill. At the last three Annual Meetings, as Treasurer I provided Members with detailed briefings and charts on the budget and the five-year oulook on the Reserve replacements. The problem isn't transparency, it's that Scott hasn't been visible at POCA meetings for the last 7 years.

The comments, or questions, I have to the POCA is BOARD are:
1-why are we continuing to spend so much money of private police protection when it is the responsibility of the county to provide that protection and why isn't the Board taking a more proactive role is pushing the county to give us what we are entitled to? and,
2-With so many potential voters in Piney Orchard why aren't the Board Members looking at a redistricting plan that would give us all ONE state representative that would represent Piney Orchard instead of THREE? Is it because that one representative would have to answer to the voters and not those that control proxies for apartment units that they do not live in? Isn't this a direct conflict on what is best for the residents of Piney Orchard and should the by-laws be changed to allow resident homeowners a say?

Ron- under the new redistricting, all of Piney Orchard is now in District 21. This went into effect on Feb. 24. We reported on it when the plan was released.

http://odenton.patch.com/articles/more-odenton-in-district-21-omalley-redistricting

Actually Mr. Olzanowski called me that morning to let me know that he was going away on travel. He's been at the last three when you were not. In fact this is the only the 2nd Board meeting you have attended in my four years on the Board and I have not seen you at any of the Annual Meetings. Have you ever even bothered to vote in the 7 years you have lived here?

The residents of Piney Ridge had a legal matter to discuss with the Board and the law allows legal matters to be discussed in closed session.

Sorry you didn't find the meeting exciting. Maybe next time I will bring in someone to make balloon animals to keep you entertained while we do our work.

In my President's report I announced the dismissal of Ryland Group, et al v. POCA in mid-February, the filing of Ronald S Grossman v. POCA, and the denial of the Temporary Restraining Order in Grossman v. POCA by Judge Goetzke within hours of its service. The statement I read was directly from the required disclosure on pending litigation against the Association that we are required to make in our resale packages. Once again, you seem to be desperately trying to find something -- anything -- to complain about without being able to back it up. Hopefully, most people are wise to it by now.

Scott- I cannot help but wonder what a better place the community, and this world would be if people like yourself took all of their negative energy and complaints...and turned it into something positive. I guess that's why we have heroes and villians, so I thank you for keeping the good guys busy.

Scott you really need to learn what the heck you are talking about. There is an annual operating budget, replacements (which are funded from the long-term Replacement Reserve fund), and New Capital Improvements (which are new capital items that would be added from current budget). For 2012, the Board did not include any New Capital Improvements in the annual budget given the decrease in revenue resulting from the 2011 property revaluation. The projects approved at this month's meeting were a combination of maintenance and repairs (which are annually budgeted operating expenses) and Reserve replacements (some of which were deferred from previous years, some scheduled for this year, and some where accelerated deterioration was discovered necessitating replacement earlier than planned) which are paid out of the Reserve fund set aside for future major repairs and replacements of components of common property. The funding for these major repairs and replacements is based on outside expert estimates of the remaining useful lives of these components, estimates of their replacement cost, and consideration of amounts previously accumulated in the Replacement Reserve Fund. Actual replacement cost expenditures and useful life does sometimes vary from the estimates, which is why a full on-site Reserve Study is conducted every 5 years with an administrative update conducted in the middle of that period. A new study will be done late this year reflecting current conditions/changes.