Current Issues

For the last several months, a small group of neighbors has been working through Lakemoor's bylaws line by line — comparing our current document against state law, against other associations' bylaws, and against the question that matters most: Does this actually protect the neighborhood, or does it just exist?

That’s the word I think of when I engage with the LCC - community.

If an existing community asset can be rejected without a full cost or impact analysis, what process governs decisions about other assets?

This post explains how we communicate, how we correct misinformation, and what residents can expect from us going forward.

Because what makes Ken Lake special isn’t who wins a board seat — it’s how we treat each other while we’re deciding.

When an HOA board makes a decision, members should be able to understand how that decision was reached. Open meeting laws, like OPMA and the new WUCIOA laws, protect members by encoding this right.

An analysis of the president's message—not a rebuttal to every claim in it, but a look at how the argument itself is constructed. This is now. These are being written right now, and we need to decide if this is how we want to be spoken to.

At the board meeting, every decision was deferred except the one that wasn't on the agenda.

"I'm very uncomfortable with you chairing or even being a member of any kind of technology committee. Sure, you've got good ideas, and they have merit, but your attacks on the board through Friends of Ken Lake and the stuff you just read at the beginning of the meeting, it makes me want to vote to remove you from the Technology Committee." — LCC President Gowrylow, 8/31/26

There's a phrase that comes up often in the bylaws meeting, and it always sounds reasonable on its face: if you disagree, there are legal avenues.

This morning, the board added to the 8/18 agenda a non-urgent action related to the tech committee. We are providing as much information as we have here so that members can meaningfully comment.

Volunteer boards work best when residents participate before decisions are made, not after. Whether your interest is the lake, parks, bylaws, technology, or emergency preparedness, this month's agenda offers several opportunities to learn what's happening and help shape what comes next. If something on the agenda matters to you, don't wait until after the vote to get involved. Ask questions, attend meetings, submit written comments, and help shape the decisions before the

Board bias was on full display at the June 16th board meeting, and it would be disingenuous of this website to pretend otherwise.

Half of this comment was copied into the community comment document. The second half was not included by the board.

A plain-language guide to tonight's meeting for neighbors.

Neighbors can attend in person or on Zoom. Many neighbors have already submitted comments.

Washington law recognizes two fundamentally different kinds of committees, and the distinction changes everything.

I think a lot about purpose. Purpose is an anchor - when disagreement is rife, it gives us something to return to. While we don’t know, and won’t assume, the board’s purpose, we can make a guess at topic purpose, because we all are working towards a better neighborhood and our board meetings should serve that goal.

Looking at the LCC board’s May 19 agenda, here is what we know and don’t know in May. As always, we will host a live member chat during the meeting. Zoom chat is disabled during board meetings.

Sound Legal has returned bylaws revision language for us to review. The board has proposed addressing the articles section by section, with discussion in board meetings. Here is what we found and how you can participate.