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HALSEY WHO?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 30, 2015
In
this week’s blog we talked again about the rise in condo and
HOA crime. It’s
escalating and people are tired of it.
The number of responses to the blog and “hits” were
overwhelming. In
fact,
JanisLentz
said:
Help
is on the way! The proposed FL House and Senate versions of HOA
Reform 2015 bills… will grant authority to DBPR (finally) to
prosecute those who violate the financial provisions of HOA
statutes in FL.
It
turns out that Janis is wrong.
As
we know, when HOA members are the victim of wrongdoing in their
community, they don’t have the DBPR to turn to for help. Condo
members have that ability. HOA
members are forced to pay for a lawyer.
As a result, CCFJ and I have
worked hard drafting corrective legislation which finally brings
needed relief to HOA members for the grand total of $2.00 per
year per home. As
promised, Senator Hays filed the bill.
As promised, Representative
Mike La Rosa filed a companion bill in
Florida
’s House.
Here’s
the problem: Halsey Bashears, a member of Florida’s
House from Moniticello, Florida, and representing the 7th
District, which includes Calhoun, Gulf, Lafayette, Leon,
Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties (all of
which probably contain a handful of HOAs) is saying he does not
have the time to hear the bill in the Business and Professional
Regulation Committee for which he Chairs and sets the agenda.
That’s right --- the bill cannot even get a hearing because
he’s the Chairman and he alone sets the agenda. Mr.
Bashear’s resume clearly shows he has experience in
agriculture and farming – but apparently no experience in
housing, condo or H.O.A. matters. Yet, he is the one
blocking help for all of you.
So…..if
you’re upset about it. Contact him. Here
is his phone number: 850-717-5007. Tell him you are calling
as a resident of a HOA and you respectfully request that he
schedule House Bill 1263 by Representative LaRosa for a
fair hearing in the Business and Professional Regulation
Committee. In the meantime, I will try to get him on this show
so he can tell all of you why he has not scheduled HB 1263
for a hearing.
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About
HOA & Condo Blog
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Eric
Glazer graduated from the University of Miami School of
Law in 1992 after receiving a B.A. from NYU. He has
practiced community
association
law for more than 2
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decades
and is the owner of Glazer and Associates, P.A. a seven eight
attorney law firm with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and
Naples.
The
firm also has satellite offices in Tampa and Fort Myers.
Since 2009, Eric has been the host of Condo Craze and
HOAs, a weekly one hour radio show on 850 WFTL.
See:
www.condocrazeandhoas.com.
He
is the first attorney in the State of Florida that designed a
course that certifies condominium residents as eligible to serve
on a condominium Board of Directors and has now certified more
than 8,000 Floridians all across the state. He is certified as a
Circuit Court Mediator by The Florida Supreme Court and has
mediated dozens of disputes between associations and unit
owners. Eric also devotes significant time to advancing
legislation in the best interest of Florida community
association members.
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