SBT Cooperators for Mitchell Lama Meeting

  Last Wednesday night’s Southbridge Towers Cooperators for Mitchell Lama meeting crowded the community room, and once it began many questions were asked regarding reconstitution as a private co-op (better late than never). Paul Hovitz oversaw the meeting. A few responses to questions include: Residents that opt out and become renters are not subject to assessments, which would…

Investigation

The SBT Cooperators for Mitchell Lama and Shareholders Association initiated action contested the election results of privatization at Southbridge Towers immediately after the polls closed, and has engaged an attorney. This action forced DHCR to order that  “the voting machines and proxies be secured” for an in-depth review. A recent letter sent to all co-operators by Wally Dimson, the president of the BoD…

Last Minute Flyers

I have a big backlog of flyers on my desk mostly from privatizers (including a loony one I refer to as the Futurama Bottle Head Flyer), but I wanted to get these two posted online. No bottle heads here.  

Confidence Trick

There is no other way to describe the spate of last minute flyers coming our way. The one below tells us how simple this all is: “Either you want money or you don’t”. This reads as the not so smooth come-on of a con artist attempting to manipulate people with doubletalk. Privatization is not by any stretch…

You Want Guarantees?

If you have been paying attention you must have noticed that flyers at Southbridge Towers  are running about 10 to 1 pro-privatization. This does not mean that there is an overwhelming demand for privatization at SBT. What is happening here is the same as what is going on in politics nationwide, where money now equals free speech and the…