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Why are they trying to get rid of her?

"Boyd asked the Board of Directors to clarify her position and address speculation that the board was lining up a replacement at a meeting on Oct. 27. Tensions between Boyd and the board stem from complex issues surrounding disclosure of a legal settlement, ethics violations and policies, and perceived board micromanagement." from the article

The board is being vague saying they don't want to discuss the issues, employees and the community seem to show wide support for her.

One of the first articles tried to back solve for the issues and best they could come up with was the board was upset she tried to limit their access to individual CA employees, something individual CA employees asked for to reduce distractions and allow them to do their jobs.

It’s a power trip.

What a waste. What exactly does the CA do these days besides maintain the walking paths and argue amongst themselves?

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No one knows the exact reason, which is why I said they have too much power. They have zero oversight and have pushed back against anyone who tries to speak up. The elections are in April, they need to be voted out. They’re going to try oust her beforehand and misuse community funds in the process.

Yeah I agree. If you can't lay out your reasons in a specific manner than it must not be a good argument.

The debacle over the symphony of lights was settled out of court. Now the CA board wants all the details. But it’s confidential.

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From the last CA Board Meeting on Nov. 10th.

https://youtu.be/uRjV7hguudk?t=2773

She said everything I think that needs to be said. If you're reading this Christie, that was about 3 of the best minutes in the entire meeting.

What was the deal with symphony lights? Why did they go to court?

"widespread support that Boyd has from association employees and community leaders."

Everyone likes this lady...so they want to get rid of her...yeah, that makes sense! We need to vote these idiots out next year. Not only are they getting rid of someone who most people like and support, they are throwing away $600,000 of OUR money to do it.

Average CEO salary in Maryland for someone with her qualifications is $440k-1.3M. She didn't take this job for the money.

JFC the whole Symphony of Lights thing is such a weird hill to die on.

Oh gosh; someone here probably knows better than I do; I remained willfully ignorant because it was such an amazing mess. In short, years ago the CA filed to stop it, and it was very popular.

It’s hard to win because of the way the elections are set up and because these folks know so many older residents who don’t monitor their Board representative’s bad behavior.

Just gotta keep telling people about the unethical things they’re doing.

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I could be wrong, so definitely fact check if you're really interested, but I think the short version was the event used to actually be sponsored by Hopkins and would directly benefit HoCo General. Several years back, that stopped being the case and a private company started running it for profit (with some charitable proceeds, I think). CA owned a part of Symphony Woods that allowed access to the Symphony of Lights and used to grant an easement to Symphony of Lights to allow them to run their event. After the new event organizer took over, CA didn't want to allow the event to use the easement anymore (although, that may have occurred before the organizer switch, I'm not sure). I believe that is what they ended up going to court over.

Columbia Association itself does quite a bit. The board, on the other hand...Funny that it seems like the rift may be due to CA trying to set some boundaries on the board so they can actually do some work.

https://www.themerriweatherpost.org/post/columbia-association-files-legal-action-to-shut-down-symphony-of-lights

>Symphony Woods is owned by CA. The land surrounds and entirely land locks Merriweather Post Pavilion. MPP is owned by The Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission ("DCACC") and is operated by It's My Amphitheater, Inc. ("IMA"). Various easements and agreements exist between these entities to provide parking and access rights. These agreements have been updated and amended numerous times over the years as the parties and circumstances have changed. The legal action asserts that the Symphony of Lights parade exceeds the scope of the access and parking easement agreements and is seeking an order that would prevent the DCACC and IMA from hosting the drive-through holiday light parade this year.

White dude here, i moved to Columbia because it is diverse and not white male dominated. I basically wanted NYC but in suburb form. She’s right on. The board should reflect that. The only old thing white guys know better than other people is like… model train layouts and which cpap machines are the best, otherwise we are just like everyone else. Oh, we are also good at being wrong and stubborn.

It’s almost like having a city be ran like a corporation is a bad idea…

Well looking at The Rouse Project steering committee, and looking at the owners/operators of IMA/MPP, you can see where all the discord is stemming from.

It's a paltry 20k that they give HoCo General btw, or at least it was last year. Flat upfront. I personally know that after a few operating days it's pure profit for IMA/MPP. IMA/MPP will fight tooth and nail, and repeatedly try to vote out CA board members to keep the cash cows going for personal profit.

Personally I'm against IMA/MPP fully, and I hope CA can in any way eliminate any money that ever goes the direction of those greedy scumbags.

You should check out the history of sexual harassment accusations coming from IMA/MPP while you're at it. Certainly haven't seen David Nitkin looking to write any article in that direction.

I could be wrong but I recall some of these jackasses ran unopposed last time.

How would we find that information about harassment complaints? Is that public information?

I think the agreement was eventually made available. One of the articles mentioned that. So are they just punishing her even though they got what they wanted?