Below is the text of a message that the president sent to the Lake Forest Board of Directors. 

Date:      10/23/2005

To:         Lake Forest Property Owners Association Board of Directors

From:     Mitch Davis

As per my last conversation with our attorney, the motion to remove me from the board failed because it failed to receive a majority vote of the all members who could vote by proxy or in person.  There were 748 votes cast of which 119 were for my removal.

There are three issues to consider here: 

1.      The vote failed to get the majority.

2.      Every single “cause” listed was untrue and there will be plenty of testimony to prove that.

3.      No reasonable person would think that a few disgruntled members could bring up an issue from the floor at the annual meeting that would change the structure of the association without the entire membership having an opportunity to vote on it.

If this were required to be resolved in court, there is no question but what the motion would be thrown out.  At the very least, a special meeting would be required for a vote of the entire membership.

However, for at least three years my family and I have been subjected to an unrelenting series of personal attacks.  When several of those who supported the restructuring of Lake Forest joined the board, the serious attacks began.  Month after month, after month, after month they or their supporters took turns at those of us on the board who did not agree.  When that measure lost last year, the attacks accelerated.  Then, week after week outrageous accusations were directed at my family and me that were without merit.  They wrote in the free paper using pseudonyms and more came to the meetings to continue the charges.  To put it mildly, I’ve had enough.

Lake Forest doesn’t need this and I can promise you that I don’t need it either.  So, I am resigning.  I firmly believe that anyone who would volunteer to serve Lake Forest, as all of you have done, have the best interests of the community at heart.  I wish you success and you have my prayers that you never have to go through what we have gone through for these last few years.

Mitch Davis