Mike Dorman's Abuse And Disrespect for Rules

This is a chronological recap of the events and 11 emails (with photos) sent to the community, the board, property manager, Kristine Diaz, and Mike Dormant (board president) beginning with Jim Young’s first email on November 4, 2024 and spanning until September 2025 when our board president finally got around to being in near-full compliance with the ARC guidelines regarding two overgrown bushes, hedges in front of his house that had grown to over 9 feet (surpassing the roof), a ghostly, more than ¾ dead tree and a filthy driveway. To this day, the two overgrown and unkempt bushes on Mike Dorman’s front lawn remain out of compliance.

A Chronological Timeline & Candid Recap

Before November 2024 – The Double Standard Is Already in Place
For months—likely years—the board president, Mike Dormat, failed to maintain his property in accordance with ARC and Rules & Regulations requirements. His driveway and sidewalk were blackened with mold and dirt, hedges exceeded the 4-foot height limit, a tree in his front yard was visibly dead or dying, and a large bush near the driveway was overgrown to more than 13 feet, and a second bush on the other side of his lawn was also more than 12 feet and untrimmed.

At the same time, the association—through the office manager, Kristine Diaz—was actively issuing violations and fines to other homeowners for far less severe or identical infractions. This established the underlying issue: rules existed, enforcement existed, but it was selective.

November 4, 2024 – Public Exposure of Board President Privilege
On November 4, 2024, the condition of Mike Dormat’s property (6333 Winding Brook Way) was formally and publicly called out through an email from Jim Young with supporting photographs taken on October 31, 2024.

The message in the email was direct:

• The board president (Mike Dorman) was violating the same rules he enforced against others.

• Kristine was ignoring the board president's violations while aggressively targeting non-board homeowners, especially those homeowners who were not favored by the board.

• This was not an oversight—it was preferential treatment and selective enforcement.

The expectation was simple: the board president should be a model homeowner. Instead, he looked like the worst example in the community.

November–December 2024 – Minimal Compliance, Maximum Arrogance

• Following the initial public exposure, Mike cleaned his driveway—but that was it.

• The dead tree remained.

• The hedges were still too tall.

• The two overgrown bushes on the front lawn remained in violation.
  

This partial compliance sent a clear message: “I’ll do the bare minimum to quiet things down, but I won’t actually follow the rules.”
Kristine Diaz, who also received the emails (with photos) regarding the deplorable condition of Mike’s haunted and abandoned-looking house, remained silent and inactive, despite driving past his property regularly while inspecting other homes in the community for similar violations.

• No violation issued to the president.

• No enforcement of rules on the president.

• No explanation.

• No answers.

• No accountability.

December 14, 2024 – Pattern Becomes Undeniable
By mid-December, photos confirmed:

• The dead tree was untouched.

• Bushes remained over the 4-foot limit (closer to 5 feet).

• The property still met the definition of a Visual Nuisance under Section 4 of the Rules.

At the same time:

• Homeowners continued receiving threatening letters for minor or temporary issues (e.g., weather-delayed house painting).

• Questions about reserve fund transfers done without homeowner knowledge or vote remained unanswered.

• The board refused to clarify transparency concerns raised publicly about the Bluestream contract.

This wasn’t incompetence. It was evasion and stonewalling.

August 2023 (For Context) – Weaponized Enforcement
Kristine previously bragged about issuing 53 violations—numbers not seen since Associa briefly managed the community in 2015 and enforced rules evenly. That even enforcement angered board members and their friends, who were no longer immune and led to the termination of the contract with Associa.

Fast-forward to March 2025:

• Violations are again high—but only for people who aren’t friends of the board.

• The lesson is obvious: enforcement is not about compliance; it’s about control.

March 23, 2025 – Open Defiance

• The dead tree was still there.

• Hedges had grown to roughly 6 feet.

• Bushes remained non-compliant.
  

At this point, ignorance was no longer plausible. This was deliberate defiance by the board president, with full knowledge and protection from the board and property manager, Kristine Diaz.

Calling this hypocrisy is generous. It was entitlement and SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT.

May 9, 2025 – Escalation and Documentation

• Bushes had grown to 7 feet.

• The dead tree still stood.

• The property had been an eyesore for over a year.
  

Three photo sets documented the timeline in this email of May 9:

• November 2024 (forced driveway cleanup)

• March 2025 (6-foot hedges)

• May 2025 (7-foot hedges, dead tree unchanged)

The conclusion was unavoidable: rules did not apply to Mike Dorman.

May 16, 2025 – Embarrassment Finally Works

• Only after sustained public pressure and 9 emails calling him out, did Mike finally cut the hedges down below 4 feet.

• This was not voluntary compliance—it was compliance through embarrassment.

• The dead tree still remained.

May 30, 2025 – Near Final Cleanup After Seven Months

• By May 30, 2025—A full seven months after first being called out—Mike finally made his property presentable, except for the dead tree. Only part of it was cut/trimmed.

• Not because it was the right thing to do.

• Not because he respected the rules or the homeowners.

• But because public exposure left him no choice.

September 2025 – 11 Months After Public Exposure

• The dead tree in the front yard was finally cut down

• Only the stump remained.

Throughout this entire period:

• The board knew.

• Kristine Diaz, property manager knew.

• No internal enforcement occurred.

• Other homeowners continued receiving similar violations.

• Mike failed to resign from the board despite numerous requests and being publicly exposed.

What This Timeline Proves:

1. Selective enforcement was real, sustained, and intentional.

2. The board president openly violated rules without consequence.

3. Management enabled and protected those violations.

4. All other board members enabled, remained silent, were complicit, and protected their fellow board member.

5. Compliance only occurred after prolonged public pressure.

6. Transparency, integrity, and equal enforcement were absent.

This was not a misunderstanding.
This was abuse of authority, favoritism, and collusion.

Final Candid Assessment

• Mike Dorman was not a leader—he was an example of everything wrong with the board.

• Kristine Diaz was not neutral—she was complicit.

• The rest of the board (Joann Orlando, Marianne Regan, Jon Gutmacher, Anita Brown, Jess Kaufman, Kathy Thrasher) were not unaware—they were protective, complicit, NOT TRANSPARENT or FORTHCOMING, and represent everything that is wrong with the board.
  

No community deserves leadership that enforces rules on others while exempting itself. That isn’t governance— It’s corruption dressed up as authority.

The damage wasn’t just an ugly yard.
It was the total destruction of trust and respect by a broken system and board that continually failed the homeowners.