Recreation Centers of Sun City West Governing Board President Tim Hurley, Treasurer Dick Rhoades and Director Jack Leary survived a Dec. 11 Recall Election.
A near-record 9,338 total weighted votes were cast. (Weighted votes refers to total number of votes cast, including those by members owning more than one property. It compares to total number of voters, which came in at 9,036). The turnout was about 36 percent.
Hurley was retained by a 55.9 to 44.1 percent margin of weighted votes (5,194 to 4,092).
Leary was retained by a 55.1 to 44.9 percent margin (5,114 to 4,175).
Rhoades was retained 56.6 percent to 43.4 percent (5,251 to 4,027).
With the recall’s failure, the Directors will continue to finish out their terms. The Association will still have its regular Governing Board Directors Election in March. Petitions for candidates in that election must be turned in by Jan. 2.
Check suncitywest.com/2023recall for information about the Dec. 11 recall.
Keep an eye on suncitywest.com/2024election for details about the March election.
Great!
Glad to hear it!
Citizens have spoken. The retained votes were a little over 50%. I think the teaching point is that, just under 50% of votes cast, feel the recall effort was justified. It seems prudent to me for the Board of Directors take time to evaluate what just happened, and make necessary adjustments. That can only enhance the common good.
I agree with Mr. Meador, if the board does not address the issues brought forth by the citizens bringing the recall, it will only cause more ill will. I would like to see the board address those issues brought by the recall effort so that “all” of us may move forward. It is our money that they are dealing with and we should be comfortable how that money is being used.
Did you read the responses under the 2023 board recall. I thought they addressed the issues quite well. Those responses included Sun City West comparison to Sun City, raising of our member dues, etc. Not everyone saw these. They were at the very bottom of the page.
Exactly Susan C.
I did read how the issues were addressed, and I then decided to vote the way I did. All the issues were addressed and explained in detail. I became familiar of how the yearly membership is charged and why it is different from Sun City. Also, I was amazed to read that there was an issue in reference to the pay of Sun City West employees. That was also addressed, and I understood how the pay has to follolw Maricopa minimum wage, beyond that being explained, it is hard for any businessd to find workers now, and a lot of the workers have to put up with patrons’ dissatisfactions. It is not an easy job, and I would not want to do that. Being a retired teacher, I remember people saying how easy it is being a teacher, so my answer used to be, “If you think it is that easy, you should become one.”
Good call Wilburn. How was the vote count watched? Would republicans agree vote was good or fraud? The entire place needs an adjustment. People quit and old candidates are reappointed. Job would have interest but who wants to gather sign ups to run or stand outside and beg. Whoever led the charge to throw these people out did a poor job. They never called me to explain their point. Sun City runs a better ship, amazed less expensive too. I remember when they poured cement around lawn bowling in 2003, no rec Ctr watched over the job, there were more cracks in cement when done than before and rock salt was thrown on cement. You brush cement to keep it from being slippery when it rains since no snow. No one puts rock salt on cement.
I absolutely agree with Mr. Meador. Please BOD and others, this is time for some self-reflection.
Well said.
Recalling a board member is always an uphill battle. With that in mind, I think any rejoicing by the retained board members is a poor idea. If almost 50% of the voters were unhappy with me, I would be doing some self examination. There must be reasons that so many residents are dissatisfied. It is plainly evident there are a lot of unhappy residents.
Congrats to Tim, Jack & Dick, three of the best directors on our board. With hopes that all directors carefully consider some of the criticisms levied against them, I offer congratulations in the wake of a challenge which offered no alternatives.
I agree with Mr. Burns, the alternatives they used or compared to didnt quite work. It seems like the recall board lacked the knowledge in some areas. Like the process and procedures that were used to update the RR&Ps.
What is concerning to me is 44 percent of voting members choosing to vote for the recall. Replacing 2/3 of the board members is normally never a good idea. That in itself could be diasterous and I do not like the idea of by-passing our board election process. The recall of 3 board members all at once is a way to by-pass the election process. Also, I dislike when people refer to all male board members as an issue by itself.
The overall result was what I expected. But I will tell you this…before I retired I was a school principal. If 45% of my parent community or faculty voted against me when no person was a competing candidate, I’d be pretty worried about how I was perceived by my constituents. A 45% failure rating is no pat on the back.
Now we just hope communications between these Directors and the community will improve. I feel that was the major reason for the recall procedure.
Like many others here, I think the fact that almost half of the voters wanted to remove the three board members speaks to a problem and the board members should take note and figure out what changes need to be made.