Oh boy. A voluntary effort to support our condo assn with research and leadership on getting our siding replaced (along with, it now has developed, the windows and new railings) has come to a sad end. Our contractor has proposed a revised budget after our pleading that's still too much.

With the delay (labor and materials inflation hit) and internal dissension (delay due to disagreement hit) and extra costs for this and that, we've gone past our set-aside reserve. Having not even begun, the budget $40,000 than our best earlier budget (the one we based all our planning on) with the dissension on the board likely to never end ... we're calling it.

This is very sad for me. It's been 2929 days, more or less, since I volunteered to lead a committee to deal with this. Eight full years come March 2019 when we have our next owners' meeting.

I'm done. My partner, who is now the prez of the board, is done.

And still no siding. It's just a share of my challenge, it's the group's challenge as a collective. What happens now is up to the group.

I wish them luck and good speed.

On the other side, I get my time released into my custody.

revu2