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January 2010
Bulky Items Removal Times
Every Saturday morning the City, for free, removes bulky items (stoves, tables, refrigerators, mattresses, etc.) left along Ohua Avenue. The City restricts leaving such items from Friday afternoon until early Saturday morning. Some have been putting out bulky items at other times during the week. The items are an eyesore and very offensive to our now complaining neighbors. The City is threatening fines. So please, restrict placing bulk items to late Friday and very early Saturday.
Pest Control & Keys
Your unit is scheduled for pest control service once every six weeks. For your protection a Security Officer accompanies the pest control operator to each unit. He ensures that every unit we can access is treated. Recently we’ve had Security record the status of our ability to enter units for pest control purposes. We are finding that we do not have keys for over 20% of the apartments.
Due to FDA regulations we are limited to using a slow acting but very effective bait to kill cockroaches. It is put in out of the way places that are likely to be visited by roaches if they are in your unit. No bait, no control. Roaches in an untreated unit can find their way to other units. That is bad for everybody.
Please: if you haven’t given Security keys to your unit do so now. It is in everybody’s interest.
Aloha Nui Loa
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Errata: Annual Meeting Mailout
There were two errors in the January 15, 2010 annual meeting notice mail out. The proxy form neglected to put brackets “[ ]” next to two names of persons soliciting proxies. The Annual Meeting Information page, under the “Election” heading included the names of two persons soliciting proxies but not running for election. These errors are corrected in the materials sent with this newsletter. We sincerely regret the errors.
Invalid Proxies
Because of the errors in the first proxy form, proxies submitted with those forms are not valid. You must submit another proxy using the corrected form for your voice to be heard at the annual meeting. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Renters, References, Credit Check
Occasionally the Banyan is visited by what the FBI calls Transient Crime Families (TCFs). They are scam artists, very good at taking advantage of others weaknesses. When offering to rent a unit they can be very charming and seemingly generous. Their glowing references usually are made by other TCFs. They deal almost exclusively in cash and that can be very attractive to some.
Recently we had one such visitation. Security recognized this group as a TCF early on but they uncharacteristically maintained a very low profile and gave us no cause to act.
We are told they paid one month rent cash up front and agreed to a three-month lease at a good rent. They had heart-rending excuses for not being able to pay the second month’s rent. Then they got nasty when asked for the third month’s. When given a termination date they went early but left behind squatters (that Security was able to hold for trespass arrest). They also left the unit trashed with thousands of dollars of damage.
The point of this article is that because TCFs change their names as often as some people change their socks and deal almost exclusively in cash, their credit seldom checks out. If a prospective renter has plausible reasons for not being able to come up with credit references, that should be a huge warning signal. Owner beware.
