Recent decisions, events, issues, and discussions. New posts go here first so neighbors can catch up without digging through old campaign pages. Older write-ups stay in the archive.
Congratulations to Scott Magner, Virginia Smith, and Christina Kline, who were seated in the annual election. Thank you to every neighbor who returned a ballot, and to everyone who supported the effort for change this fall.
Full disclosure: Sunni Spoon was a candidate in both the recall replacement race and the October 21 annual election. Ballot-share figures below come from an unofficial owner review. Announced vote totals follow the inspector’s official results.
Votes vs ballots
Each annual ballot had three votes and could stack them on one candidate. Blue bars are cumulative votes as announced. Orange bars are ballots that named that candidate at least once.
Blue bars are cumulative votes as announced. Orange bars are ballots that named that candidate at least once (unofficial owner review).
44ballots named Spoon
22ballots named Kline
73%of 82 ballots included Magner, Smith, or Spoon
2026 annual director race — ballots with any vote (unofficial review) vs announced cumulative votes
Candidate
Ballots
Share
Votes (announced)
Smith
48
59%
51
Magner
45
55%
54
Spoon
44
54%
46
Kline
22
27%
51
Cruz
16
20%
22
Kline appeared on 22 of 82 ballots (27%) but received 51 votes because about 15 ballots stacked two or three votes on that one candidate. Smith, Magner, and Spoon each appeared on more than half of the ballots.
The full post continues with ballot support across both races, the recall’s cumulative-voting shield, turnout, and the governing-document reforms owners can push next.
84 ballots. A majority voted to remove four directors. They remained in office under the bylaws’ cumulative-voting protection. The October 21 annual election followed.
