The West Ranch Beacon has uncovered more facts into the Stevenson Ranch HOA recall petition. As you have read here, the recall petition was filed by Keith Pritsker, a property owner of The Arts, and David Harvey a resident of the Diamondhead Condominium complex.

Earlier this year The Arts sub association, which Pritsker is the delegate of to the master association, became embroiled in a dispute over The Arts corner monument (pictured above). At issue was the fact that the monument was apparently not constructed within the architectural guidelines of the Stevenson Ranch Community Association (HOA). The size of the lettering and the materials used were not in keeping with the design aesthetics of the community.

As was reported on David Harvey, he apparently has had problems with The Stevenson Ranch Community Association over the past several months. The HOA minutes indicate that Mr. Harvey was called to an HOA hearing, a week before he signed the recall petition, for making threatening statements to a private HOA security officer and the contracted security company.

It is clear that both Pritsker and Harvey have had their issues with the Stevenson Ranch HOA this year. For those who attend the regular HOA meetings it appears obvious why these two individuals have spearheaded the recall of the entire HOA board. This is an action that apparently has caused confusion and anger among the master associations delegates which echoes Pritsker’s tenure on the HOA Board. It is worth noting that neither Pritsker or Harvey have attended a meaningful number of Stevenson Ranch Community Association HOA meetings over the past several years.

However, Mr. Pritsker was on the master association board up until November 2001. He was partly responsible for the hiring of the previous property manager, The Management Company, in Stevenson Ranch. He was also involved with the community fence painting project which started, no surprise, with his own neighborhood of The Arts.

The Management Company, while Pritsker was on the board, entered into a painting contract with a painter but did not use the associations painting contract as written by the HOA attorney. The painter hired under this contract did a terrible job and actually caused damage to the fences. Apparently, the painter was paid for fence lines that were not even painted! The painting contractor was fired in late 2001 and was not paid for the remaining work.

After Pritsker left the Stevenson Ranch Community Association board in 2001 The Management Company was terminated. The association’s books were left in a shambles which required the new management company to hire an extra full time person to straighten out the accounts receivable. Ultimately the association had to write off tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid receivables and appointed a committee to oversee the association’s finances.

Now, Keith Pritsker is running for a board seat on the Stevenson Ranch Community Association board. It is no wonder why some of the delegates are angered by the recall petition. There is much more to this story than meets the eye.