Welcome to Nazi Europe ... Ask Khorshid

Spring 2018

Regular folks thinking about owning real estate here at McLean Hills Condominium should understand before it is too late they might not be worse off with property in Russia, China, or North Korea.

Very true because the law firm affiliated with the condo association is pro-business / pro-contractor / pro-corporation, not at all pro-individual-unit-owner, not at all "common-interest-community" oriented (and it's costing unit-owning association members a lot of money -- that's the main reason why their monthly dues have skyrocketed since the late 90s).

Stupid, self-interested board directors have for years been inclined to disrespect individual unit owner rights because they naively believe doing so will have no affect on them personally then run into the arms of anti-individual-unit-owner lawyers for backup (again, wasteful tainted legal backup paid for with precious individual unit owner monthly dues money).

Here no different from 1940s Europe under the Nazis.

Believe us ... Nobody knows this better than owner of 7833 Enola Street Unit Number 111 Mr. Shahram "Shawn" Khorshid.

7831 Enola St #Ta7 McLean Va 22102 SALE PENDING

The sale of 7831 Enola Street, Unit TA7, McLean, Virginia 22102 is pending.

See Fairfax Circuit Court Case:

No. CL - 2016 - 0013121,
No. CL - 2014 - 15552,
No. CL - 2013 - 13730.

Know what you're getting into by moving into this community.

[Current for Dec. 2017 - Jan. 2018]

ENOLA STREET MCLEAN VA 22102 FOR SALE

Avoid, period. And Vice President of McLean Hills Mr. Sanjeve Ambala, we do not need more corruption imported into the USA. America has enough of it already.

We are looking for one more feeling cheated unit-owning person to join us in mega-bucks class action against McLean Hills Condominium Association Directors...

...Number to call 703-357-0911.

P.S. Now the lawyers our association directors use are stealing from us. Running to them is not the answer.

1/1/2017

Your president wasn't afraid to keep up his unit with your dues. Why are you afraid to tell him he should do what he needs to do to help you sell yours?

Ditto

We sincerely recommend people invest elsewhere...

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Call us at 703-357-0911 before you buy.

Only 3 weeks ago (spring 2016) one unit went for just $570.00 more than its county assessed value. Since then (summer 2016) a second unit, apparently, has gone for a whopping $24,430.00 BELOW what the county says it is worth.

We can meet with callers on most Fridays.

People who are European-born-and-raised, however, should skip the call, skip a meeting, and simply skip this place because they are unlikely to find peace and happiness in such an atmosphere.

Living conditions are inhumane. The responses from those in charge are inhumane. Property value suffers.

The value of my own loss caused by those in charge started at approximately $185,000.00 and, more than two years on, hovers today at $250,000.00.

By the spring of 2017 the value of that loss will resemble $275,000.00. 

By spring 2018, it climbs to $300,000.00.

Somebody here needs to go to jail.

(Health advisory: People taking medications that suppress the immune system to help them stay alive are also taking risks by moving in because pipe problems at McLean Hills contaminate sections of the complex with dangerous germs especially harmful to them. Living spaces may be unsuitable for people undergoing treatment with chemotherapeutics!)

"Whoever started this blog has my admiration."

LIKE CHILDREN DOODLING IN THE SAND / Index fingers in the mulch 5 adult men sent us by incumbent directors Gilliland, Barrett, Rettinger and Warman poke and swirl, poke and swirl, poke and swirl all morning long at owner expense…

...like children doodling in the sand


[ 7831 & 7833 Enola Street at McLean Hills Condominium in September 2013 ]

Who harasses whom? President-of-board out-of-control and out-of-touch with reality. (Click on this picture of harassers "at work" and paid with your monthly dues to listen to your screaming board president, Daniel Gilliland, who believes co-owners harass vendors.) This year's election of new officers has moved to Nov. 21 from Oct. 17.

Re Cardinal Management chronic financial abuse at McLean Hills, association president sides with corrupt group / Jaded unit owner jacks up money damages

"My community association urgently needs an independent bookkeeper separate and distinct from Cardinal Management not a dictatorial board president who dips into dues to this time hire a lawyer to jade me even more on the matter."

Re Cardinal Management fixing of last fall’s vote go to CAI for a legal referral is tip from Consumer Affairs community association expert Michelle Thompson: McLean Hills condo owner tells the Mazzei brothers to pay her dues times three then leave in formal complaint to Fairfax County government officials

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M.T.: Have you contacted the Respondent about this complaint?

V.W.: Yes.

M.T.: What was the outcome?

V.W.: The Respondent called the police to the scene.

M.T.: What resolution would you consider to be mutually fair?

V.W.: The Respondent should pay what is owed [$7,716.00 then $870.00 on the            1st of each month beginning May 1, 2013] then free us of its bad service by
           terminating its contract.

The above is extracted from the below,

Contractors are boss, with property owners reduced to nothing more than unwanted guests on the very property they own, now calling the police on a whim to have owners arrested on their very own property and thinking they will always get away with it. The environment has become oppressive.

KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY HAS A BUYER: Newest lobby posting by local realtor zeros in on McLean Hills property owners who are ready to listen to offers

 

In Nov., Ms. Winters proposes a potential strategy.
Click flyer to read this agent’s email.

Flyers

are transplanted

onto the blogette from 

McLean Hills lobby bulletin boards

for the benefit of condo owners who live away,

travel often or for whatever reason might
miss the chance to view! 



In Dec., Ms. Blessman proposes a potential buyer.
Click flyer to learn more from this agent.

(Posted Dec. 2012)

WEICHERT WILL HELP SELL TO A DEVELOPER: Realtor in local office says condo owners association can opt for a partial sale

click for jan 2012 event brochure

Date:
September 8, 2012
From:
[Email address not for publication]
To:
[Email address not for publication]
Subject:
Re Tysons Corner East Side District (So. Mag. Subd.) property for sale…

Hi [Condo Owner],

Thank you for contacting me regarding selling your property. If you are not working with another Realtor, I would like to include a colleague or two from my Weichert office and sit down with you and possibly others from your complex, to develop a marketing plan to approach developers. What always makes this a difficult proposition is that there will be "hold-outs". Some developer should certainly want to buy a majority of units and then wait out the ones who don't want to sell now.

You probably got my name from my recently sold listing in The Colonies. Perhaps you came to one of my open houses there. My husband and I lived there in the mid-80's when we first married. We later rented out our unit for quite a while before selling it. Through the years I have listed and sold in The Colonies and in McLean Chase, as well as had dealings with The Regency and Encore condos. It's been disappointing to see that the Colonies have not been keeping up the grounds and making other capital improvements commensurate with the very high condo fee. I think there's a similar situation there with people hoping to now sell well since the Metro is almost done.
...

click for county plan 2011 edition


I look forward to hearing from you and having the opportunity of helping you and your like-minded neighbors. I have over 38 years' experience as a Realtor with Weichert. I would be able to assemble a top-notch team of Realtors to help in this endeavor.

Sincerely,

Maria P. Winters

Weichert Realtors
McLean Center Office
1355 Beverly Road

McLean, VA 22101

office 703-893-1500

home 540-822-4116

cell 703-618-8383

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These links, below, are added by this blogger and don't originate with the emailed message, above, of Ms. Winters:

http://www.cvent.com/events/tracking-tysons-what-s-new-what-s-next/event-summary-c681b6b7c60840c5983982cf32565948.aspx

{TYSONS CORNER The Next U.S. City}

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/comprehensiveplan/adoptedtext/2007-23.pdf

{The 187-Page "Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan, 2007 Edition, Tysons Corner Urban Center, Adopted June 22, 2010"}

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/comprehensiveplan/area2/tysons1.pdf

{The 117-Page "Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan, 2011 Edition, Tysons Corner Urban Center, Adopted June 22, 2010"}

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/tysons/comprehensiveplan/districts.htm

{The Webpage "Tysons Comprehensive Plan Districts"}

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/tysons

{TRANSFORMING TYSONS An Overview}

click for transforming tysons an overview

UPDATE

McLean Hills property owners should expect new tax in 2013!

https://www.box.com/s/768tm4xr69jp0p96d5hn
{Message from Supervisor Smyth warns McLean Hills property owners should expect new tax in 2013}

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CARDINAL-REFERRED ‘DOMINION TOWING’ BUSINESS PRACTICES DON’T INCLUDE RECEIPTS FOR McLEAN HILLS VICTIMS: Vague signage, spaces, pricing make condo parking lot feel like heaven to predatory tow trucks



Only Cardinal Management Group Inc
knows how many thousands of dollars
in owner monthly dues were wasted
on bad signs: Should the McLean Hills
Condominium Association give Cardinal
a THIRD chance to get the signs right?

 A McLean Hills visitor writes-in about his recent experience as a guest...

Date: Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Subject: McLean Hills Predatory Towing
From: rluera@gmail.com
To: MHBlogette@live.com

Hi MH Blogger,

Thought you might enjoy this letter I sent to Cardinal Management about the predatory towing practices at McLean Hills.

To Cardinal Management Group, Inc.,

I’ll relate to you here an incident at one of your properties that left me feeling like a victim, rather than a guest. I’ll give you the benefit of assuming that Cardinal Management employs contract towing companies with the intent of removing uninvited cars taking advantage of open spaces, rather than an attempt to generate revenue from the misfortunes of the unwitting guests of its tenants.

At 3pm on the afternoon of Saturday, 30 June 2012, I arrived at Cardinal Management Company’s McLean Hills Condominiums. I observed the towing warning sign, which indicates that parking is allowed only for residents and their guests. I was a guest of a tenant in the complex, and possessed a written invitation to a birthday party at McLean Hills Condominiums. Prior to parking, I scanned the area for indications of resident vs. visitor parking and found no indications. There were several open spaces in the parking lot. I parked my car near the pool area and walked my child into the condo area to drop him off at the party.

At 3:15 the pool lifeguard told the party parents that someone’s car was being towed. I went to investigate and found my car being towed by Dominion Towing. The driver had red hair and tattoos down his arms. He was polite, but insisted that he be paid $50 to release my car. My host paid $20 and I paid the remaining $30 and the tow truck driver released my car. Afterward, I drove around the entire parking lot looking for a visitor space and found no clearly marked visitor spaces. I was later told that the visitor spaces were designated by yellow parking lines and the resident spaces by white spaces. This is not a clear system of marking the spaces.

What I did find on my drive around the lot however, was the tow truck driver hooking up to another car and pulling it away. This was less than 10 minutes after my tow, so the driver could not have waited more than that to tow this car. I believe that Dominion Towing engages in predatory towing practices on your parking lots. Further, I feel like a victim of predatory towing practices for three reasons: the car was parked for about 15 minutes, there were several other open parking spaces in the area, and the driver did not provide a receipt for the “drop fee” he charged me, despite this being a requirement of Fairfax County Law.

I later attempted to secure a refund from Dominion Towing, but to no avail. Thus, I appeal to Cardinal Management Company’s sense of justice and fair play and ask that you refund $50 ($30 to me and $20 to my host) and consider speaking with Dominion Towing about upright business practices and the potential damage they can do to the Cardinal brand.

Thank you for your consideration.

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File a complaint...

Virginia Board of Towing and Recovery Operators
C/O Department of Motor Vehicles
Post Office Box 27412
Richmond, Virginia 23269-0001
Office 804-367-0714
Fax 804-367-0718
Email BTRO@btro.virginia.gov
http://www.btro.vi.virginia.gov/fileacomplaint.shtml

MAZZEI MONEY SHOULD PAY FOR MAZZEI MISTAKES! Cardinal inaction destroys county property

Dear Mr. McNeal…You must know TA3 is ruined…Cardinal is once again negligent by inaction; it--not the association--should pay, for once.

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Copy via electronic mail to...
( https://www.box.com/s/352e4ef33ded2a85a9bf )

Daniel Gilliland, President,
McLean Hills Condominium Association,

7700 Leesburg Pike, Suite 402B, Falls Church, VA 22043,

Tel 703 448 9121, Fax 703 893 6485,

daniel.gilliland@gillilandcpa.com

Thomas Mazzei, Don Mazzei & Patrick Mazzei, Principals,

Cardinal Management Group Corporation,

4330 Prince William Parkway, Suite 201, Woodbridge, VA 22192,

Tel 703 569 5797, Fax 703 866 3156,

cardinal@cardinalmanagementgroup.com

Jack McNeal, Housing Services Specialist II,

Department of Housing / Homeownership Division,

3700 Pender Drive, Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22030,

Tel 703 246 5153, Fax 703 246 5089,

jack.mcneal@fairfaxcounty.gov

(Posted August 3, 2012)
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Gilliland board siphons off $1,872.14 from owner monthly dues for Mazzei preferred subsidiary T D & D Unlimited questionable maintenance activity at Cardinal managed community of McLean Hills: Obscure wall of decaying bricks gets expensive bath

One day last October, a small section of brick wall in an exterior stairwell of the basement at 7831 Enola Street got a very expensive bath. A T D & D Unlimited front man stood unsuper-vised in the well from early morning to late after-noon that day with a wand aimed at a patch of brick the size of three patios, shooting smelly water. The brick is lining a deep alleyway that leads to the meter room in 7829 only a Dominion Power emloyee would travel, once a decade. Gilliland board members and Mazzei property managers authorized this brick job and doled out $1,872.14 from condo fees paid to the association by people like me for T D & D, a Mazzei preferred subsidiary and front company.

Most people never see the brick.

Residents and visitors don’t see the brick.

The brick’s not visible from the sidewalk above.

So who cares if the brick there looks dirty?

McLean Hills is full of dirty brick on its most exposed, most public walls never more beautifully displayed than now thanks to the Brown Construction Services unconstructive ripping out in 2011 of decorative hedges and handsome shrubbery, established and paid for with my monthly dues just in the mid-90s, and the Peter's Landscaping more recent and still on-going aggressive, indiscriminate, and unauthorized slaughter of so many existing, often native and good-enough, trees and greenery (some of it also put in during the 90s landscape project which for those times was considered lavish) that take the focus off dirty brick.

Do these surfaces ever get a bath?

Why were nearly $2,000.00 in owner monthly dues dedicated for bathing -- with a “pwr washr” treatment (see the ledger if the Mazzei trio will give it to you) -- of a teeny-tiny section of brick no bigger in area than a condo dining room that nobody except perhaps a utility worker once a year even notices?

What is the thinking behind such a stupid and insulting misapplication of SEVEN MONTHS WORTH ( !!! ) of my dues?

This 21-year resident of McLean Hills has a ton of good reasons to justify the Nescafe jar; her $1872 brick-job posting is just the tip of the iceberg and the prelude to a blogette series on nonfeasance, concurrent negligence, and misappropriation of unit owner assessments by Gilliland board members and Mazzei property managers.

~V. Wyvell, community idiot-at-large, this Sunday morning, July 22

T D & D Unlimited is one front company condo associations must avoid at all cost

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Under consideration by the McLean Hills Condo Association Board of Directors headed up by Dan Gilliland is a “Maintenance Program” contract submitted in April by James Hawkins, who represents the Thomas Mazzei, Don Mazzei, Darryl Payne Cardinal Management Group Corporation as property manager for the co-op.

The proposal is prepared by T D & D Unlimited.

T D & D Unlimited, however, is a mere front company the board must avoid at all cost.

What’s a “front company”?

A front company is a shell company used to shield another company from scrutiny or liability. Such a company can serve to protect a parent company against negative publicity from mishaps and may also be used to conceal illegal activities.

T D & D Unlimited needs to be banned from the property immediately; it is sporadically providing McLean Hills with a variety of questionable, seemingly unnecessary and of inferior quality, property repairs. A recent review of available records, and those records are sparse, has suggested T D & D Unlimited is mostly a power washer service. Its "type of business" is unclear, its rates hefty.

T D & D Unlimited billed the association $10,238.75 for service (some of it untitled) delivered over a period of 4 months, which includes May 2012, April 2012, October 2011, and September 2011. That record of debits, as explained above, is sparse; that record of debits is incomplete because association access to association financials, and association inspection of association financials, is currently blocked by order of Thomas Mazzei, Don Mazzei, and Darryl Payne, the principals and the executives of Cardinal Management Group Corporation. Unit owners at McLean Hills are requesting consecutive, monthly records from January 1, 2011, to the present. Unit owners at McLean Hills are waiting for full compliance with their request for financial records from the manager and the Mazzei brothers who employ him.

Not even the Gilliland board is acting to satisfy the request of owners to check the ledgers and the documents in support of the ledgers.

Some unit owners are licensed accountants and bookkeepers simply wishing to see where monthly dues are going.

Our next unit owners meeting with the board (members Dan G., Tim B., Michael R., Tyler W., and Bob A.), the Minute-By-Minute recorder (at $380.00 a pop), and the CMG representative (manager James H.), who is perhaps by now feeling some pressure from Thomas Mazzei, Don Mazzei, and Darryl Payne to finally snag the McLean Hill Condominium Association in a contract with front company T D & D Unlimited, is on Thursday, July 19th at 7:30 p.m., 7809 1/2 Enola Street.

~Veronique Wyvell, resident owner

Note that, in January, manager Hawkins -- as agent for Thomas, Don, and Darryl -- presents the McLean Hills Board of Directors with this T D & D Unlimited "ponding water" bid and contract with price tag of $1,595.

Anybody care to submit his or her own proposal for what might be going on here? Leave a comment...


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NO CONTRACT, NO DUES

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Dear fellow owners… This isn’t complicated!

You are surrounded by neglect, and you keep mailing him your monthly dues. What in the world is the matter with all of you? Waiting for ALL the doors to fall off or something? (Check out 7841.)

Who’s “him?”

Him is Mazzei, that’s Don Mazzei of Cardinal Management “Group” Corporation. (“Cardinal” is the “group” you pay to fix doors that hang funny.)

The urgency is for us to find a person or an entity separate and distinct from the Don Mazzei Cardinal Management “Group” Corporation that we can trust will handle and control our money competently and honestly. The person or entity receiving our monthly dues should have nothing to do whatsoever with the day-to-day maintenance of our property or its overall management. Anybody who doesn’t see a problem with this quirky setup is outright dumb.

And the person or entity in charge of the day-to-day maintenance of our property or its overall management should have nothing to do with Cardinal Management “Group,” Inc.

Just take a good look at the bad condition of our property and imagine it after ANOTHER 16 years with Don Mazzei’s crappy “group.” And to think we could have finished with him and his CM “Group” over 4 years ago! In fact, we are finished with him and CMG presently -- in a formal sense -- because the contract was not renewed at that time.

READ HIS LETTER!!

He is using a bullshit management/maintenance “group” as his front for the purpose of pilfering from you. This “group” is nothing but a racket. It’s leader nothing but your basic liar, cheat, and thief.

Then you’ll want to give him a raise in October. (When have your monthly dues not gone up?)

What will it take for all of you owners to finally kick him off your property? Or call the police when you see a CMG rep trespassing here.

Does it occur to any of you that when association finances are properly cared for -- when a well-designed maintenance/management program and budget (containing provisions for upgrades and improvements in addition to routine repairs and unavoidable replacements) are in place -- the need for a "special assessment" EVER is usually moot.

This recent, SURPRISE demand for a special assessment FOR ROUTINE REPAIRS & ROUTINE REPLACEMENTS is just more evidence that Mazzei is stealing my money and the money of my neighbors. THE SUDDEN DEMAND FOR A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT SHOULDN’T HAVE SURPRISED ANYONE. Clearly your money is ROUTINELY going into Don Mazzei’s pocket, not your co-op. LOOK AROUND EVERYBODY, IS YOUR MONEY GOING BACK INTO YOUR PROPERTY? NOPE!

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

All board members, beginning with the president, Dan Gilliland, need to be removed at the annual meeting in October 2012 for ignoring the Don Mazzei Cardinal Management “Group” Corporation bail out offer that is now over 4 years old, FOR NOT FIRING THE SOB AND HIS BS ‘GROUP’ IN 2008, FOR NOT SAFE-GUARDING ASSOCIATION MONEY WHEN THEY HAD A CHANCE, FOR SUPPORTING NOT US BUT THIS LIAR, CHEATER, AND THIEF: DON J. MAZZEI.

Yes indeed, Mazzei lies, cheats, and steals.

Yes indeed, CMG is crap.

I am refusing a 17th year of exploitation at the hands of CMG and Mazzei.

I am one owner who will be withholding monthly dues after July 31st.

I am cutting Don Mazzei off!

Currently, I am seeking an owner who will agree to serve as a proper Treasurer and receiver/tracker of my/your/our monthly dues (familiarity with QuickBook and that kind of thing is required). Call me please at 703-748-0072.

I can assure you that our “Group” is bigger than his “Group.”



Mazzei is hardly a "Group."

(Posted July 5, 2012)

~ ~ ~ For Immediate Release ~ ~ ~ June 15, 2012 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $5000 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT Coming Soon ~ ~ ~

>>> Newest item on McLean Hills Condominium lobby bulletin boards is this flyer informing association members of an impending Special Assessment per unit owner of $5000.00. Read all about it. The flyer is posted here for your convenience with room just below it for your comments, concerns, thoughts, feelings, or other intervention deemed appropriate…

(Posted June 15, 2012)

THIS IS A WEED! The Flyer . . .

(Posted June 12, 2012)

Handyman

Bulletin Boards

The MHblogette is currently inviting fellow residents to submit their requests for a second round of flyers to replace those that were posted originally with an orange tag on lobby bulletin boards in mid and late June 2010 to communicate the creation of The McLean Hills Blogette (Photo #10 on left) then prematurely removed (Photos #11 & #12 top).

...

Meanwhile, McLean Hills Condominium residents in buildings with a missing flyer can still view an original at 7833 Enola Street where one remains intact (on 7/9).

On-Site Manager

Mailboxes

Mold

Brick

Condo Association Meetings

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The board, the manager, and interested unit owners meet on the third Thursday of every month at 7809 1/2 Enola Street (7:30 pm). Renters are always invited.

Handrails Metal

Windows/Doors

Quality Control / Oversight

Destruction of Property

Meeting Minutes

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18 March 2010 MHC Meeting Minutes (Issued & Distributed 7/15/10)

15 April 2010 MHC Meeting Minutes (Issued & Distributed 8/19/10)

20 May 2010 MHC Meeting Minutes (Not Issued & Not Distributed)

17 June 2010 MHC Meeting Minutes (Issued & Distributed 8/19/10)

15 July 2010 MHC Meeting Minutes (Issued & Distributed 9/9/10)

19 August 2010 MHC Meeting Minutes (Issued & Distributed 11/23/10)

Security

Insurance

Board of Directors

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Daniel G. Gilliland, President*
McLean Hills Condominium Association

Gilliland & Associates, PC
Certified Public Accountants
7700 Leesburg Pike, #402B
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
Tel: (703) 448-9121
Fax: (703) 893-6485
http://www.gillilandcpa.com/

*Mr. Gilliland has stepped down but only after signing an affidavit in bad faith that would do us in. He was never on our side.

Downspouts

Signs

Motorcycles/Bikes

Condo Fees

Structure External

Structure Internal

Colors

Janitor Service

Phonebooks

Storage Rooms

Car Washing

Cash Reserves

Annual Budget

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2010-2011 MHC Budget
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2009-2010 MHC Budget
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AC/Furnace

Tot Lot

Trash/Dumpster

Balconies/Patios

Bugs

Carpets/Floors

Lobbies

Noise

Crime Corner

Lighting