A member of the management team was informed by Mr. Olson that I posted on the forum that members were given free tickets to the New Years Eve Celebration at the Yacht Club, approximately 30% to be exact with the accusation. I was also told that “this was not a fight I was going to win and by posting on the forum I only make light of the fact that I am just a disgruntled ex-employee.” I was also told that I need to stop posting on the forum, stop talking to Joe Reynolds and stay out of all OP Amenities until this all dies down.

It appears to me that OPA administration is out of control. You, to my knowledge, have never posted anything on this forum about the Yacht Club.

However, unknown to you or to the individual who called you today, there were others who actually overheard the telephone conversation you disclose.

You did not mention Pudge Ruppert as the individual who called you. However, for those who might be skeptical of your comments (and something you did not know until now), this afternoon a woman called me, a lady who I believe is of impecable integrity and honesty. She said she had been at the Country Club today playing cards. While there, she overheard a telephone conversation. She said Pudge Ruppert was across the room at a table with a "young lady." Based on other information I believe this was the new public relations hire. The woman who called me said she heard Mr. Ruppert shouting into his cell phone, "... and don't talk to Joe Reynolds any more. My job is on the line."

The audacity to call you and make such demands is bad enough, but to possibly do so in the presence of a brand new public relations person (not to mention people playing cards at the County Club), is absolutely beyond belief.

If there is no truth to the notion that there were a large number of comp tickets given out at the New Years celebration, as Tom Olson has officially and formally stated today (ONE comp according to Olson),  why would anyone be so upset?