Century Village unit criticized for spending $11,000 to alter elevator for Sabbath -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Usually stories like this involve an association banning religious displays or some such thing because the practice conflicts with a rule. Here we have an association spending money to accomodate religious practices. Apparently either way they get criticized...
Most of the 56 owners in Berkshire E are Orthodox Jews barred for religious reasons from pushing the buttons on their elevator during the Sabbath, which runs from Friday evening to Saturday evening. They persuaded their board to spend $11,000 to convert the elevator so it automatically stops on each of the four floors during the Sabbath.
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Not only is this a situation of a board working hard to accomodate its homeowners, but doing it in the right way, seeking homeowner input, explaining their decisions, and even sharing information about the costs.
Unfortunately, no good deed goes unpunished in some communities. I would expect that the numbers here are also a useful lesson.
56 members
50 agree with the board (89%)
4 don't care (7%)
2 disagree (4%) and want the decision reversed regardless of what the majority wants.
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