Block Captains?

BLOCK CAPTAINS?

Except for the few privileged friends of the board, no one else heard of this until the December 2025 meeting agenda was emailed to homeowners on December 12, 2025.

Apparently, this was of great concern to homeowners, and rightly so, as many owners contacted the property manager, Christina, assuming this would mean these people would “police” their neighbors for violations. During the December board meeting, the board claimed this was not the case. They claimed these people would only “encourage” their neighbors to sign up for electronic voting.

HOWEVER ... The major concern about this is that the board has already begun to unofficially decide who to give this “title” to, as they mentioned one of their supporters/friends, by name, during the meeting, would be assigned as a ‘block captain’. The board hadn't even gone through the process of formally announcing this concept, nor the process of formally asking for volunteers before "assigning" at least one of their friends to this dubious position. History has shown that the board selectively picks only their friends and supporters to be on any committee.

I feel that this maneuver is extremely prejudicial and unfair to any candidate who will run against incumbent board members, as it opens up the possibility and likelihood of these board-friendly appointed “block captains” to solicit votes in favor of board members, as has been the case so far in previous elections, coupled with their underhanded tactics of misinformation, disparaging comments and outright lies they have been known to spread about people who disagree with the board.

If these board appointed “block captains” or similar roles are being used to favor certain candidates, discourage opposition, or intimidate voters, this could raise issues under 720.306 and 720.3065 because those provisions are intended to ensure fair, impartial, and transparent elections. This maneuver is inconsistent with the intent and requirements of Florida Statutes Chapter 720, as it has the potential to be highly prejudicial to candidates challenging incumbent board members. It also creates the opportunity for board-appointed, board-aligned “block captains” to improperly influence elections by soliciting votes for incumbents and disparaging opposing candidates -- practices that undermine fair, impartial, and independent HOA elections.

Furthermore, the board cannot guarantee these board-appointed friends of theirs will remain impartial. The possibility and likelihood remain.

This maneuver by the board has the potential to be an election violation, as it undermines the integrity of a fair election and may establish grounds to contest all future elections. I strongly object to this concept of "block captains," as I feel there are nefarious reasons behind it.

Two things come to mind:

• The board is not as innocent as they try to appear.

• I wasn't born yesterday!
  

I will be consulting with an attorney on this.