Willow Meadows Civic Club

Late Friday afternoon, January 4, 2013, a female resident in the 4800 block of Willowbend Blvd, just to our south, was successfully solicited by two young women for funds to support the Westbury Women’s Softball Team and the Wounded Warrior Project.  While these organizations would seem to be worthwhile, these young women are part of yet another scam, the likes of which plagues our area and many other neighborhoods, nationwide, on an all too regular basis.

If these scammers or their male counterparts (they come here by the van full) were soliciting a male resident for funds, the pitch would be on behalf of some men’s or youth team.  The young male scammer that WM Security Patrol’s Officer Ham arrested in April of 2011 made such a pitch (unsuccessfully) to me.

Here are the election results for 2013.

President: Emory Glover
Vice President: Dan Oko
Secretary: Julia Floyd
Treasurer: Phuong Vo
At-Large Position 1: Stephen Polnaszek
At-Large Position 2: Lawrence Saenz
At-Large Position 3: Steven Paletz
At-Large Position 4: John Mooney
At-Large Position 5: James Kadlick
At-Large Position 6: Joey Canahuati
At-Large Position 7: Howard Lindsay
At-Large Position 8: Erich Wolz

Dues Increase: Pass (177 for, 51 against)
2013 Operating Budget: Pass (207 for, 25 against)
Special Budget: Pass (130 for, 89 against)
Bylaws Amendment: Pass (195 for, 33 against)

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