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Section 5: OPA Board Subject: Board Response to Tiffany Knupp Msg# 1177455
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The OPA Board of Directors was responding to the following post on Facebook:
I have been working with board members since August trying to get the votes for the renaming of the skate park that was verbally promised to me from the beginning. Lengthy discussions have lead to the conclusion that the vote will not happen due to the relationships with the Matt Ortt company. I know this is true, and so does the board. After working with the board I can honestly say as my personal opinion that this board is the most corrupt HOA board I have ever seen. It’s not just the stories I have heard but the actions of the board throughout their terms are unethical to say the least. Thank you again for putting the management company above a paying resident. I’m sorry I don’t have the funds to make a difference in your decision. On Monday November 14th I was asked to met with the OP Board President Doug Parks and Dr. Colette Horn. I was told that they will not pass the vote because “they don’t like change”…isn’t the point of your elected positions is to make changes… I was told nothing has ever been dedicated to an individual…as they also say two rooms in the community center have… I expressed again how we simply want to give back to our community and support the skate park for years to come. The HOA could care less about that section of the park and it shows. It’s an eye sore and they have absolutely no future plans to change it. They offered an “annual award” in Gavin’s memory. In the same breath asked that I make a public statement so that the media would back off. What is an award going to do in the long overdue improvements that the skate park needs? How is an award going to bring the skate community and families together? Your award will not shut us up. We will honor Gavin and make positive changes in our community but it will not be in OP. You as board members have tarnished our love for this neighborhood and our home. You have made me fight for this skatepark during the hardest months of my life. I’m tired. Point blank..it all comes back to the individuals that killed my son and the HOA that chooses to support them. If Gavin had died in any other way that park would have been remained by now. As a community we deserve better. We pay our dues and elect officials to represent us..not to represent their friends that take them on expensive trips, pay their food and alcohol bill and use that to sway votes. I am the furthest away from a political person and to be honest this has certainly shown me why. Please kindly take the meaningless award and shove it up your asses. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: For Immediate Release from OPA Nov. 16, 2022 OPA Board statement in response to recent social media post The following is a statement from the Ocean Pines Board of Directors: “This press release is being issued in response to a social media post by Mrs. Tiffany Knupp. At a meeting held on Monday afternoon with Mrs. Knupp and OPA Directors Colette Horn and Doug Parks, a discussion was had regarding the request for renaming the skate park. Mrs. Knupp held true to her desire for it to be renamed, but added that she had heard the Board was not in full agreement to support the request at this time. Directors Horn and Parks presented the idea of an annual award in Gavin Knupp’s name that would be presented each year at the annual meeting in the same manner as the annual Sam Wilkerson award. The Directors promoted the idea of a partnership with the foundation she and her team created, and that the foundation would drive the selection criteria and details for the award. Mrs. Knupp agreed that it was a good idea and supported the notion that as an annual award her son’s name and legacy would be preserved over time. At the conclusion of the meeting, she agreed that a motion for the annual award be put on the agenda for the upcoming board meeting, then hugged Director Horn and shook hands with Director Parks as she left. We felt that an agreement by all parties had been made at that point. “The concern is the content of the social media comments posted by Mrs. Knupp. Given the discussion at the aforementioned meeting, the Board is both surprised and dismayed with the comments she made. First and foremost, the business relationship that the Association has with the Matt Ortt company has nothing to do with a decision to rename the skate park. The Board takes exception with the patently false and defamatory statement that ‘…We pay our dues and elect official to represent us, not to represent their friends that take them on expensive trips, pay their food and alcohol bill and use that to sway votes…’ Nothing could be further from the truth, as the Matt Ortt company does not oppose the renaming of the skatepark and has informed Ocean Pines on more than one occasion. “The bulk of the remaining comments are opinion and while we may disagree with them, we recognize and respect these statements being made. With regard to the vile and disingenuous statement in the post ‘Please kindly take the meaningless award and shove it up your asses,’ the Board concludes that Mrs. Knupp is not interested in the award concept that she agreed to at the meeting on Monday. However, should she reconsider the issue at some point in the future, the Board is open to reconsider the idea of an annual award in her son’s name.” |
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