Hot Springs Village – The Basic Problem
By Tom Blakeman, October 17, 2021 What Went Wrong in Hot Springs Village? The basic problem here lies in how…
Suggestions & Recommendations for (FRATF) – HSVPOA
Suggestions & Recommendations for Future Revenue Analysis Task Force (FRATF) By Tom Blakeman, April 14, 2021 The FRATF was appointed…
Response to “A New Plan”
Lloyd Sherman Responds to Tom Blakeman’s, “A New Plan for HSVPOA” Editor’s note: Lloyd’s article is uploaded below as a…
HSVPOA Water Services
Just say no! Editor’s note: The issue of “Wholesale Water Agreement – North Garland County Regional Water District” is slated…
HSV Rumblings about POA Assessment Increase
There continue to be rumblings about another assessment increase—the most recent one is coming from newly resigned and former board…
HSVPOA – New GM Position
From: Tom Blakeman, June 11, 2020 To: HSVPOA Board Members Subject: New GM Position “Yesterday’s discussion session meeting was the…
2020 Golf Opportunity for HSV
By Tom Blakeman, June 2, 2020 Editors note: Tom Blakeman sent the following email to the HSV Board of Directors…
Food For Thought – Committees & Board
By Tom Blakeman, April 29, 2020 Overview There are many changes coming already from our new Board of Directors. Rightly…
A Short Walk Down Memory Lane
by Tom Blakeman, March 14, 2020 Selected excerpts from The History of Hot Springs Village If you have not seen…
Something to Think About
By Tom Blakeman, February 27, 2020 A major theme of all MBA programs in the late ’70s and early ’80s…
HSV – What a Party!
Wow! What a great time we had at the party last Saturday! Hot Springs Village People sponsored a Board Candidate…
Troon Post Mortem – HSVPOA
By Tom Blakeman, December 26, 2019 Our Village Digest email has announced the ending of the Hot Springs Village relationship…
Golf Management Metrics
By Tom Blakeman, December 15, 2019 Our POA monthly financial reporting always includes metrics on golf performance. And so it…
Coming Soon to HSV
By Tom Blakeman, November 18, 2019 “One, if by land, two, if by sea. . . .” No, the British…
HSVPOA Assessment Increase Coming Soon
By Tom Blakeman, November 8, 2019 Whether you realize it or not the recently completed budget fiasco was not about…
HSVPOA Golf Fees Rising
by Tom Blakeman, October 13, 2019 It would appear that despite warnings against doing so, the Board of Directors has…
2020 Budget Suggestions to HSVPOA Board
Tom Blakeman offers comments and suggestions to HSVPOA Board in advance of the October 10, 2019, Budget Meeting Tormey &…
Broken Funding Models
by Tom Blakeman, September 27, 2019 In the August CEO Report, villagers got a lecture about “funding”. The word was…
POA Board Majority Fires Director Garrison
by Frank Leeming, September 13, 2019 In another move never before seen in Hot Springs Village, the POA board today…
HSV Legal Team Wanted
by Tom Blakeman, September 9, 2019 Lots of us talk about possible legal avenues with regard to our POA issues….
Blakeman says Time for certain 5 to resign
by Tom Blakeman Hot Springs Village POA board and CEO, the Village people have had enough. It is time for…
A new plan for HSVPOA
by Tom Blakeman, August 8, 2019 Cheryl’s note: Tom Blakeman put a lot of thought and work into developing “A…
Broadband discussion from HSVPOA CMP
The HSVPOA Comprehensive Master Plan (CMP) discusses Hot Springs Village broadband service and the many challenges associated with this issue….
HSV Golf Utilization & Pricing
by Tom Blakeman, July 6, 2019 On Monday, July 1st, 2019, Granada Golf Course, our ‘flagship’ course, was practically empty…
Fix HSV Golf
FIX GOLF – authored by Tom Blakeman, June 25, 2019 Thank you Golf Department for trying to halt rapidly increasing…
Let’s Talk About HSVPOA Lawsuits
Authored by Karen Daigle Lundberg, June 24, 2019 Let’s talk a little more about HSV Lawsuits (plural) The other day,…
Don’t Worry About 60/40 Rule
Written by Tom Blakeman, June 10, 2019 I read a post and comments on Nextdoor the other day about the…
Talk About HSVPOA Surveys
Let’s Talk About Surveys – Authored by Tom Blakeman – June 5, 2019 Lately, there has been some discussion about…
Congratulations to New Board Members
Congratulations and good luck to the three new board members to be seated April 17. They face an uphill battle….
HSV Board Orientation Commentaries
The following are commentaries from three HSV Property Owners on the just-completed 2019 HSV Board Orientation: Commentary from Tom Blakeman…