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Town Hall – Tonight – 6PM – Suddarth Hangar, 40 Blanco

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Please come tonight to a FAIR and OPEN discussion of the SAEPOA Board’s plan to dissolve our airpark association.

When: Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 6pm.
Where: 40 Blanco Drive, Edgewood NM 87015

or Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8865752621?pwd=Z4Y0Jxwy5nXLYg37vZApbCX3i76k2c.1&omn=82882956401 (Meeting ID: 886 575 2621, Passcode: SAEPOA)
(we will provide snacks and drinks)

Our draft agenda for the meeting includes:

1. A brief history of the airpark as relevant to governance, rules, IRS status, etc.

2. Do we really have a problem with the IRS? If so, how severe?

3. What possible remedies exist (if needed)? Do we really have to end the association?

4. What’s the rush? Do we have to vote now? Or can we go a little longer since it took 30 years to get here?

5. Should we treat the lawsuit for dissolution as serious or frivolous?

6. Can the association “refund” dues? If so, according to what formula?

7. Are property values going down as the board says? or going up as sales data indicate?

8. What are the best ways to resolve conflict in the neighborhood?

9. What comes next if the airpark is dissolved?

10. What are the risks to the airpark’s infrastructure (e.g., roads), and risks to our ability to fly?

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2 responses to “Town Hall – Tonight – 6PM – Suddarth Hangar, 40 Blanco”

May 1, 2025

Keith Wakefield

Many thanks to the Suddarths for hosting this. I came away with a fresh sense of how special and vulnerable the airpark is. Thanks also to John Gallette for his historical and legal perspectives.

Several solutions to our “IRS problem” were discussed, which highlights how rash and unnecessary this push for dissolution is. The way the board is handling this screams of a hidden agenda that is not in our interest.

I urge everyone to vote against dissolution.

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May 1, 2025

Jeff Johnston

I attended the town hall last night, and I was appalled when a board member, who was also there, admitted that the board has had NO CONTACT WITH THE IRS, despite the board repeatedly telling us that the IRS is going to drop the hammer on us any second.

On the other hand, Steve Suddarth HAS contacted the IRS, and the agent he discussed SAEPOA with told him SAEPOA is in compliance with the law regarding 501 (C)(3)s, and that there is no problem with SAEPOA being set up the way it is.

Jerry is fond of saying, “If you want a legal opinion, ask a lawyer”. But I say, if you’d rather have an ANSWER, ask an authority.

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