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AMY SMITH has served as a Shady Maple Community Association board member for several years and was recently elected to also serve on the Pleasantville City Council. Shady Maple and Pleasantville have argued for several years about whether the association or the city is responsible for 5 miles of roads and sidewalks that surround and enter the community. Nothing in the association's documents explicitly state that they should be the association's responsibility, but the association has been maintaining and repairing them since it was developed 10 years ago. Pleasantville has rebuffed previous efforts to transfer responsibility, and now the association is considering legal action.

​Can Amy Smith adequately serve as an association board member and a city council member, especially with legal action a possibility? Should she step down from her association role?

​Tell us what you think. Leave your response below​​. Selected responses will be featured in the next issue of Common Ground. Responses may be edited for length and clarity.


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  • Can Amy Smith adequately serve as an association board member and a city council member, especially with legal action a possibility? Should she step down from her association role?
  • Should Maxwell North create an internship program for the board president’s son? Could doing so create some conflicts of interest?
  • Should the Sunny Hill board consider Timothy Swanson for the community manager position? Can he be a trusted manager despite his past?
  • Does Roger need to come to grips with his role as a voting member of the board and cast his vote? Does Stone Valley need to find a new board president?
  • Are the odds unfairly stacked against Rachel Michaels in the Memorial Parkway election? Is it improper for Robert Bishop to actively support a candidate?
  • Is it time for Willow Gates to permit video doorbells? Can the board develop common sense restrictions that work for both the association and owners?
  • Should Aspen Run open its fitness center to the public? Or should it find another use for the room? What does the board need to consider here?
  • Should Saintsbury Square approve the charitable event? How can it offer support to event organizers, as well as Baby Samantha and her family?
  • Should Ville de Vista politely ask the owner what's going on or involve the police? Should the board create a rule that bans residents from sleeping in their cars on association property?
  • Should Downingtown Community Association be concerned about volunteers doing the landscaping work? How can it capture the volunteers’ enthusiasm but not risk shoddy work or injuries while it’s being performed?
  • Should Stars Hollow residents worry about a Keebler family takeover? Should association bylaws prevent multiple family members from serving on the same board?
  • How should City View approach its documents' overhaul? Should it bundle the items together into one big vote or separate them into smaller votes over time?
  • Was it ethical for Duke to be the only Golden Ranch board candidate promoting his campaign on social media? Should associations have strict rules for how board candidates can promote themselves and their positions?
  • Should Evergreen Hills let kids be kids or put a stop to the snowball fights?
  • Is Center Square smart to attend these planning commission hearings? Has the board president overstepped his authority by commenting on the project?