Barry Goldstein

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Barry Goldstein

"Integrity is not what you say in front of others to influence them; it's what you say behind closed doors that affects them"

Professional Experience:

Self-Employed Insurance & Financial Consultant

Managing Member & Founder of Barry V. Goldstein & Associates, LLC in 2001

(Corporation remains active with son, Brian Goldstein, as current Managing Member)

Former Government Bond Broker to Primary Dealers

Affiliations:

Former Member of Sun City Anthem Finance Committee

Immediate Past President of the Sun City Anthem Poker Club

Board Member of the Sun City Anthem Horse Racing Club

Member of:

Sun City Anthem Current Events Club

Sun City Anthem Mah Jongg Club

Sun Anthem Computer Club
What people have to say about Barry Goldstein:

As both a business associate and friend of Barry Goldstein, I highly recommend him for any position in which he would be given the opportunity to help service the citizens of the Sun City Anthem community.

I have known Barry Goldstein for nearly 25 years.  In his capacity as our benefit and investment consultant, he has helped offer our employees a wide range of benefits for which they have always been extremely grateful. Barry has helped everyone in our company, from our Chairman/CEO to the clerk in the Mailroom, and always with a positive outcome.  

Over the years, I have known Barry to be knowledgeable, dedicated and trustworthy.  He has always been a gentleman and great guy who has consistently demonstrated his desire to help me and our employees.  My gratitude towards him is at the highest level.

I sincerely believe that Barry Goldstein would be a welcomed addition to any group requiring the knowledge and experience that he has to offer.

Michael J. Rosamilia

Senior Vice President 

Chief Financial Officer

Kensington Publishing Corp.

New York City, NY

Got a question for Barry Goldstein?
Send it to:

scanewtraditions@gmail.com

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Buddy Greenfield Compliance Question Response:

I can tell you I personally received one. To me they seem to be knit picking about minor issues mostly. They threatened to fine me because of a hanging planter with artificial flowers, hanging from my front porch overhang. They claim this can have a negative effect on the value of my home and the community. In the 5 plus years the planter was there, the value of my home has doubled. I would think they would adjust this rule due to the need to conserve water. I believe this is more about the need to micro manage our lives. Hopefully we will be elected and more sensible rules will be adopted.

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Diane R. Restaurant Question Response:

Diane, first let me say we are in favor of a food service that does not get long term outrageous, unsustainable subsidies. With that said, we have a number of homeowners in our community with a wealth of experience in the food industry. It is my intention to invite these homeowners to add their input to the process, and help with our decision. Some of these homeowners have already submitted ideas that have been ignored by the previous board. Thank you for this question.

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Mel Verly  Compensation Question Response:

Question 1

It is the promise from the New Tradition Team to review all operating expenses of Sun City Anthem.

Question 2

We can only decide these issues after reviewing a number of documents that have not been made public to the homeowners.

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Frank Lewis Restaurant Alternatives Question Response:

Frank, our team has taken the position that we encourage homeowners to share their expertise and ideas. With that said, your idea is one of the most interesting I have heard so far. It would be interesting to hear what you recommend as the next step in the process.

Thanks,

Barry

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Dan Anderson Foundation Assisting Seniors Question Response:

Dan, to start with, I would allow the Foundation Assisting Seniors to advertise in the Spirit Magazine. I would also allow them to have fundraisers on Sun City property. They used to run popular Bingo events on Sundays every 3 months. If we gain control of the board, I have in mind a few other changes we can make to help them.

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John Restaurant Question Response:

John, since I have not had previous experience in the food industry, I would look to the members of our community, that have the expertise with this issue, for a solution. That being said, we have had input from members of our community that we would probably have to provide short term rent relief, maybe six to nine months. I am not in favor of excessive unsustainable open ended subsidies.

Thank you for your question,

Barry

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Joyce response to GM(COO) contract:

Joyce, many decisions of the board defy logic. The SCA New Tradition Team believe in making common sense decisions for our association. We are not able to give any details about her contract, unless we are elected with a majority of the board, we won't be able to review it and make a determination about it.

Thanks, for your question.

Barry

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Sam Association Attorney Presence Question Response:

Sam, it is not necessary to have the attorney present at the Board meeting.
The attorney is an advisor to the Board, not the person setting policy in our community.
At least at last night's meeting they did not have armed guards as they have had in the past.
The Association attorney was present to validate a FLAWED program, using INVALID REASONING.
I have a problem with attorneys who pick and choose which NRS 116 rules they uniformly enforce. 
Remember, they did not get the percentage of vote of votes necessary to move forward with the Liberty Center law suit, but chose to circumvent that rule.
How about the statue that says all contracts entered into by the association MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO UNIT OWNERS UPON REQUEST?
Believe me, this NOT the way the New Tradition Team would govern our community. 
We will put "fun" back in Sun City Anthem.
Thanks for your question.
Barry
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Lee Clarification of Utilizing Residence Expertise Response:

We support the creation of a data bank with information of homeowners interested in volunteering their expertise for the benefit of the community. Whether it is legal, IT, construction, insurance, investments, restaurants etc.people interested in being on an advisory team, used to help maintain a high quality of life style in our community.

Thanks for you question.
Barry

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Susan Inquiry regarding $85,000 Removal Election Expense:

Susan, homeowners have a right to disagree with the board of directors. NRS 116 explains what the options available to homeowners. One of the options is to call for a recall of a board member. It takes 715 signatures on a petition for a recall to begin. The only people that have the power to engage an outside firm to handle the recall election is the board. The people that signed the petition held no power over the purse strings. It is my position this could have been handled in house by the election committee.Thanks for your question.

Barry

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Brian Ehlers Response to Returning Administrative Operations of SCA Clubs to Their Members:

 Brian, this is an important issue, as a number of our Club members have been concerned about the lack of sensitivity from management regarding some club issues.

Let's be reminded, this is not an assisted living community, but an active adult community.

Before switching to self management, The Community Lifestyle Committee had oversight of the clubs; and if issues arose, the Board would get involved.

At least a decision was being determined by our peers.

Now it seems all the clubs are lumped into the same time slots, causing issues at Anthem Center regarding parking, tables and chairs.

I would want to review all new rules and regulations with an eye towards removing some of the unnecessary ones.

Again let me say that our residents are successful people that have retired here to have fun and be left to the quiet enjoyment of our lives, not be treated like children.

Thank you for your question.

Barry
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Joe Response to C.O.O. Monetary Authorization Limit

 Joe, this is not an easy question to answer. First, I would need to review her "contract " to see the terms included. Originally there was a discussion to authorize her the ability to sign a contract up to $25,000. I do not have information regarding what amount other communities allow their GM to commit them to. I can assure you if elected to the board I would research what other communities do, and act appropriately.

Barry

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Jackie response to Board meetings.

Jackie, I absolutely believe we can improve the efficiency and interest in Board meetings.
First let me say that I would reinstate board workshops, held a few days before the actual board meeting.

These used to be informative and allowed input from homeowners, on important decisions.

I believe we can shorten the length of meetings by eliminating self serving management and financial reports.

We can streamline the report on income and expenses, as the full report is posted on the website and can be made available in written form on request.

I would also limit board member comments to the same time allotted for homeowners to speak.

If a board member needs more time, they can use another board members allotment, similar to what they do in Congress.

I would have more meetings at night, especially as daylight lasts longer, so working members of our community can attend.

I would also investigate live streaming of the meeting, as we are in the 21st century, and meetings are streamed worldwide these days.

It is my belief that meetings could be cut down to one hour or one hour fifteen minutes.

Thanks for your question,

Barry
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Michael Response to Board Addressing Issues of Resident Concerns

 Michael, the two issues you refer to were maintenance issues.
The board should be notified immediately about those type of issues.
As far as prioritizing them, all issues are important and I do not like to play "what if" games.

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James Response to Sun City Anthem Restaurant Elbast

James, it has been our position all along to support a food service with minimum short-term subsidies.
Polls can be skewed by the way the question is presented.
I would take my lead from the many homeowners who have been taking the time to come to the many coffees we have attended.
Thanks for the question.
Barry
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Dixie Response to “Has Self-Management Made SCA a better place:

Dixie, I believe switching to self management could prove to be a good decision for our community.
There are some issues that have to be tweaked, but with the right Board members, that should not be difficult.
We need to do a better job communicating with homeowners, and setting the parameters of our management team.
Thanks for your question.
Barry.
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Candidate Barry Goldstein Addresses Sun City Anthem Property Owners as ballots for the Sun City Anthem Board election will be sent on Friday, March 29, 2019:

As a member of the New Tradition Team, I am asking for your vote because we love our community, and understand we need to bring back common sense to the decisions made by our board of directors. Each of us has business experience that is vital to the governance  and oversight of our operations. Four of us have been business owners for decades and our other member has been in property management for decades.

I bring my background of insurance and financial consulting, having assisted the association on insurance issues, and serving on the finance committee. 

Many of our unit owners have opened their homes to help introduce us to friends and neighbors. We have listened to the issues you tell us are important to you. We promise to include owners in the decisions we make by reinstating board workshops, to receive input from owners, prior to making decisions at board meetings. We also would like to have town hall meetings where board members spend time listening to homeowner issues. We want to create a homeowner advocate position, similar to a patient advocate at a hospital. A person on the side of the homeowner, to assist with solving issues important to a homeowner. We want to create a databank of homeowner expertise. Many owners want to lend their experience, but do not want to be involved with the politics of committees. Someone willing to meet for an hour or so, to lend some advice on important issues. We believe doing these things will engage the members of our community, to ensure our beautiful community will be the happy place we all retired to enjoy.

Vote 1,3,8,9,10

Thank you,

Barry Goldstein

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Rhea answer to How New Traditions Team formed:

Rhea, some of us had known each other prior to the election.

We began to talk about some issues we believed needed to be improved in our community,

We had many of the same solutions for those issues and decided to run as a team.

We pledged to keep our campaign about the issues, and listen to what other homeowners told us were their concerns.

If elected to the Board, we will use common sense, and input from homeowners in making decisions.

Thanks for your question.

Barry

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Victor Tolin answer to potential disagreements with fellow Board members:

Victor, how I would deal with other Board members depends on the issue.
If it is a spending issue, I would expect other Board members to treat SCA money as if it 100% came out of their own pockets.
If it were a personnel issue, I would expect other Board members to put the interests of homeowners first.
Other issues would be taken individually as they came up.
Before I would spend tens of thousands of our dollars on outside consultants, I would look to our residents with experience in that field for input.
I believe all Board members are equal, something that has not been followed for the past few years.
Hopefully the New Tradition Team will win a quorum of Board seats and bring common sense back to the decision making process.
I am unaware of any platform which residents may ask other candidates questions.
That is what differentiates The New Tradition Team from the rest.
Vote 1-3-8-9-10.
Thanks for your question.
Barry

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Delph Hayne answers to various restaurant questions:

Delph:
1. My Answer to your first question is that I believe between the restaurant operators that have expressed interest in running a food service in our community and the presentations from homeowners with restaurant experience, we would be able to accomplish our goal of a food service without long term unsustainable subsidies.
2. There is a question if having revenue from gaming would affect how we file our tax returns. 
I would need to research this issue with our accounting and auditing firms.
3. No problem with gaming if it is run by an outside company and homeowners want it.
If run by SCA, see answer to question 2.
Barry

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John Gavlik Answer to publishing compensation of Administration employees:

John, aggregate compensation of each department is published monthey as part of the financial report.

You have the right to request information on individual compensation through a document request form.

I am not able to decide about releasing individual information until we read contracts and other documents that have been kept confidential to this point.

Thanks for the question.

Barry

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Jim answer to whether or not New Tradition Team will end self-management and return to a management company:

Jim, no member of the New Tradition Team has ever said they are in favor of ending self management and returning to a management company.

We have posted our bullet point issues, which includes reviewing our operating expenses, with an eye towards getting rid of wasteful spending.

Again no member of our team has ever expressed an interest in getting rid of self management.

Thanks for your question.

Barry

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Wayne Davis answer to improving Board communications and managing spending:

Wayne,

We will propose to bring back board workshops a few days prior to board meetings, for input from homeowners on decisions.

We also would have Town Hall meetings where any homeowner issues would be discussed.

We would treat spending as if 100% came from our own pockets.

Thanks for your questions.

Barry

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 Answer to Austin Scheibel regarding architectural rules:

Austin, the tree question is a tough one.

As a board member we must follow governing documents, and I have not seen a rule that guarantees a view.

I do think we need to create a homeowner advocate team.

This position would be the one homeowners can go to if there are issues with other homeowners, clubs etc.

Hopefully the homeowners would come to a compromise on such issues as a tree blocking a view; if not, then the board would be involved.

As far as shared walls between homes, I would have to research if we would be allowed to make one homeowner responsible for any damage to the wall.

I understand the root issue, but what if a tree fell from high winds and damaged the wall?

I don't think I would limit it to one particular cause of damage.

Thanks for your questions.

Barry

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Allen response to AARP  "Homeowner Bill of Rights":

Allen, 2006 seems so long ago although many of these issues still seem to haunt homeowners.

Please see my answers to your questions below.

 1. The Right to Security Against Foreclosure.

I understand there is a bill to deal with this issue currently in the Nevada legislature.

I believe we should have an outreach program, to contact owners that fall behind on assessments.

 2. The right to resolve disputes without litigation.

This is available through the Ombudsman office.

Too often HOAs include their attorneys right away.

There definitely needs to be better communication between the parties.

 3. The Right to fairness in litigation.

Interesting thought, but would the homeowner be liable for the association attorney fees if the homeowner loses?

 4. The right to be told of all rules and charges.

This would be difficult to administer, as what if some homeowners received the disclosure, but others did not.

Remember all homeowners must be treated equally.

I would be open to discussions on this issue.

 5. The right to stability in rules and charges.

Homeowners have rights to change the CCRs currently, but it is a very big burden to overcome.

The percentage of homeowners needed to accomplish a change is enormous.

 6. The right to individual autonomy.

Most homeowners enter HOA communities with the knowledge they give up some of their individual rights.

That said, there still needs to be common sense rules that are not nitpicking or micro managing the homeowner.

 7. The right to peaceful advocacy during elections and other votes as well as use of common areas.

This is a rule I believe in.

 8. The right to oversight of associations and directors.

Homeowners have the right to request meetings and records currently.

They have the right to a recall of directors also.

I believe oversight of the election should be by the election committee, including the collection and protection of ballots.

 9. The right to vote and run for office.

I believe we need to make sure that all elections are by secret ballot.

This includes removing names and addresses of homeowners from return envelopes.

If you have a number that identifies a home, you do not need the other information to make sure only one ballot is received from the owner.

10. The right to reasonable associations and directors.

You would think this would be the norm, unfortunately today a homeowner has little recourse on this issue. It would require a strong Ombudsman who is supposed to be the overseer for the homeowner.

 11. The right to an Ombudsman for homeowners.

See my answer above to the prior question.

Thank you for your questions.

Barry

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