Saxon, in case you haven't figured it out....

You already won. In case you missed it, Larry has quit, and he isn't coming back. (Excuse me for altering it slightly Larry, as I wanted to highlight the one sentence.)

His post was:

Larry Tidman said...
TO READERS OF Coach14's BLOG, THIS WILL BE A LONG COMMENT. IT WILL BE MY ONLY COMMENT AS I NO LONGER WANT TO ADDRESS THE SAME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS OVER & OVER AS I HAVE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

TO Saxon Harding

Please pay attention as I am going to address your concerns for the last time. I know that I am likely wasting my time with you, but I have a lot of time on my one hand while I am recovering from my surgery.

There was never any contract and I never said there was. That was made quite clear to Karen Taylor at Dixon Management, when she asked about "outstanding contracts or arrangements" for services when Dixon Management took over the property management of Costello Gardens.She was told about the landscaping, snow removal and the arrangement that I had for the garbage service and how it had started.

What you keep referring to as a contract is an 'arrangement' that was made between the Owners Committee and Moose Contracting to provide garbage services to Costello Gardens, When Moose Contracting bailed, the other board member that you continue to mention and myself (after speaking to Stan Caniff of the Regional Group about "any problems if we do this") took over the 'arrangement', which I continued until this year. If Karen Taylor told you that there was a contract, then you better talk to her which I am sure you will, but I never said there was a contract! I am being to think that you substituted the word arrangement for the word contract.

Yes Saxon Harding, I am a subcontractor, I do a lot of subcontract work for general contractors, so what. I think that you tried to imply that I was a subcontractor of Dixon Management, to further your "conflict of interest" agenda. Just to prove how uninformed you are, I can also be a contractor, if I am the one who is contracted directly to perform the work. I can then give some of the work within the contact to another contractor, who becomes a subcontractor. As most of the work that I do is for contractors who hire me to perform certain types of work. I am generally a subcontractor.

As for the list of your questions regarding me and my company, nature of my work etc, as I have told you and more than once, it is none of your business! As for your interpetation of numbers and amounts paid and not paid..... look at Coach14's post, "Simple mathematics & Rate increases", there is a comment posted by a reader that explains everything quite clearly and in an easy to understand manner. Hopefully even you could understand it if you took time to read it. It is all from the Audited Financial Statement for year end, January 31st, 2007 thay was issued to all of us from Marcil Lavalee, Chartered Accountants. Who is right you or the Chartered Accountants ? My company, my business and my status are none of your business. As you have been told and more than once, "It's on a need to know basis and you don't need to know" I am tempted to use stronger wording but, in this case I will let common sense prevail.

As far as my company doing work for the board, the only questions that would be relevant would be as to "whether the work was being done in a proper manner consistent with the requirements of the job and in a timely effective manner". From the mess that I saw after the 6th of March, 2009, it looks like the questions above were answered. Although I should point out that there seems to be some owners who took it upon themselves to get out and clean up the mess on our pad. Their actions speak louder than your words. Time to take pictures, no time to help clean up! It is myself who is on the board and my company who was doing the work for the board.

You have no need or any special status to ask any questions about my company, my status with the company or otherwise. Again it is none of your business! I am not hiding anything, the Chartered Accountants, Marcil Lavallee and Nelligan O'Brien Payne the lawyers that looked into your claims of "conflict of interest" in 2007 were more than satisfied with levels of disclosure with regards to a company owned by a board member performing work for the Association. I have been up front and look what did happen.

To address your comments as to what we need or don't need for garbage service, I thought that there was a Garbage Committee "struck " at the AGM to do whatever they needed to do, investigate what owners wanted, ways to save money, how to improve the service etc...But nothing has been done by this committee to this point in time. I was of the understanding that this is what you wanted and lobbied for along with owners opinions being heard. I am still waiting along with the other owners for all this research, so we can put this garbage issue to a vote and move on. Rest assured Saxon Harding, that any new garbage service, abbreviated or however defined will not include my involvement in any way shape or form. I ceased proving my services on March 6th, 2009 I am proud of what I did for 8 plus years cleaning up Costello Gardens and most residents that live here know that what I actually did regarding garbage and cleanup outweighed what I was paid.

I gave health reasons for ceasing my garbage services, I lied!, the reason was you, I finally got to the point that I was tired of picking up other people's shit and sick and tired of having having you shit, slander, defame and otherwise on me for doing it. My health was a minor factor.

In closing, good luck with your garbage project. As far as I am concerned, I believe that your personal vendetta and your actions need to be accounted for. To act like you have and say what you have said about me and others is extremely rude and beligerant to say the least!!!




Back to me (coach14):

So Saxon, you got your way, and there is no garbage service. And you proceeded to alienate a whole lot of people in the process. So I would suggest your plan of action should be the following:

1. Post a final blog apologizing to Larry, the Board for the pain in the butt you have been and to me for falsely accusing me of threatening you based on nothing but an assumption.

2. Log off

3. Venture outside your house and pick up the garbage in the street by your garbage pad. Its your job now.


Any other posting you do on the issue shows your true colors, and that it was NEVER about the garbage.