Considering the fact that the building is populated mainly by widowed,divorced or single women, most of them being on Social Security for 20+years, getting this bunch to overthrow the board was daunting.
Most don't leave the LazyBoy until Friday mornings when they get their fresh blue hair do. So carefully picking a meeting night when Dancing With the Stars wasn't on was the main strategy. We invited them over for Coffee and... Come 7:00pm, the rush was on. 80 Somethings can move very fast. What with osteoporosis, dowager's humps and knee replacements, I tower over most of them at my lofty 5 feet. But they SCURRY. You take your life in your hands if you get in the way of an octogenarian and the sweet table.
After the noise of dentures crunching cookies quieted down, we told the group we had a petition to ask the Board to modify the budget and rescind the raise in maintenance fees again. That perked them up enough that a flurry of cake crumbs falling from their ample bosoms sent Buster the dog into a frantic race to get them before they hit the ground. They loved the idea. And they were willing to go door to door to get signatures.
The petition, signed by more than 60% of the membership, went to the board and the war was on.....
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