LORI LEFKOWITZ, EVELYN PERL, JOEL GRAY, JUDGE DAVID SCHEPPS, LORI LEFKOWITZ, MYSTIC 100

If you are contemplating the purchase of a condominium in Aventura, consider yourself warned. The aforementioned group is either attempting to extort money from me or standing by while others on the board and in the management office participate in that endeavor. This is a gravely serious matter. And publishing this website will undoubtedly drive down the value of my residence at Mystic Pointe as well as those of my neighbors. But there is a greater principle involved. It's about ethics, integrity, fairness, class, and maturity, five things I've never, not even a single time, seen on display from the management of Mystic Pointe Tower 100.

I've dropped off or mailed my Mystic Pointe Tower 100 monthly maintenance payments on time, every month for 84 consecutive months (precisely seven years). That ended in February, 2011, when I received notification from a law firm in Plantation, Fla., called "Frank, Weinberg, and Black," that it had filed a lien on my Mystic Pointe Tower 100 property, because, according to them, my maintenance payments for July, 2010, and August, 2010, were never received.

That is total bullshit. I dropped those checks off like I've done every month. And if Evelyn Perl made an honest mistake, she should have picked up the telephone to tell me she misplaced, lost, or was otherwise negligent in the handling/processing of my checks. That would have been a fair gesture. Instead, she instructed the Association's law firm to file a lien. It sickens me that I've contributed to her $80,000 annual salary since 2004.

I reached out in March, 2011, to Joel Gray, who confirmed that if I dropped off payment for July and August (WHICH I ALREADY DID LAST SUMMER) plus February and March, my balance with the building would return to zero. I have a digital audio recording of that conversation. So I canceled payment on the checks I dropped off in July and August, as they were never presented for payment, and I showed up to present a new bank check the following day (in accordance with those terms) to Evelyn Perl but she refused to confirm a zero balance, trying instead to swindle me for late fees and attorneys costs.

Joel Gray cowardly has not returned any of the four telephone messages I've left for him since my interaction with Evelyn Perl.

****WHEN I ENCOUNTERED MR. GRAY IN THE PARKING GARAGE ON APRIL 3, HIS REPLY TO ME WAS THAT HIS ANSWERING MACHINE "DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL" and that "IT WAS SUNDAY AND [HE] DOESN'T WORK ON SUNDAYS." He was walking arm-in-arm at the time with a sickly/DEATHLY LOOKING woman who appeared anorexic and between about 90 and 110 years old.****

David Schepps promised to help, but he did nothing more than repeat to me in a blustery tirade what Evelyn Perl told him.

I left a telephone message for Lori Lefkowitz, indicating I had an "urgent emergency" that required her attention. More than a week has passed and she has not returned my message.

This group is doing nothing more than dishonoring themselves, their families, and Mystic Pointe Tower 100 with their indefensible cowardice, blatant thievery, and shameful unrepentance, all the while driving down the value of their own homes as well as those of their neighbors. This website will not go away until Evelyn Perl, Joel Gray, David Schepps, and Lori Lefkowitz each issue me a handwritten apology, reimburse me for the stop-payment fees I incurred on my maintenance checks for July 2010 and August 2010, and clear all of the bogus charges from my account.

So ask yourself: Are these the people you want overseeing your condo association? Are these the people you want as your neighbors? DON'T TAKE CHANCES. DO NOT BUY AT MYSTIC POINTE TOWER 100.

UPDATE (JULY 2011):
It's important to note that I've received quite a few panicky, sloppily crafted letters from FWB, threatening legal action over the presence of this website. The letters assert, among other silly, outlandish things, that the content contained herein is defamatory, which it clearly and unequivocally is not. The letters specifically reference my opinion that the companion with whom Mr. Gray was walking at the time of our encounter on April 3, 2011, looked "anorexic" and "deathly."

So, below, for all the world to see, is video of Mr. Gray with that very same companion, departing a restaurant in Dania Beach, Fla., on a recent Saturday evening. As you'll plainly see, the woman is walking neither fully erect nor with complete awareness of her surroundings. Further, she is extremely and excessively thin/skinny, which is precisely how a deathly person and/or a person suffering from anorexia would/could appear. Moreover, she cannot even fasten her own seatbelt or enter the silver Honda Accord (Florida tag "U17 BHT") without considerable assistance from Mr. Gray.

Please watch this video and decide for yourself if the woman depicted is lithe, bouncy, and vibrant, or if perhaps she indeed does look "anorexic" and "deathly," as she did to me.

UPDATE (JULY 2011):
All of the feedack I've received pertaining to this website, save for the letters from FWB, has been overwhelmingly positive. Thievery within condo boards throughout South Florida, as everyone is acutely aware at this point, and has been well-documented in the local media, is rampant. As I've experienced, first-hand, it exists at Mystic Pointe Tower 100.

In the event anyone reading this website believes similarly to FWB, which would be just as laughable, that my description of Mr. Gray's companion, which clearly falls within the guidelines of the opinion privilege, is defamatory, let me say the following.

I did not single out Mr. Gray's companion for ridicule or scorn. I wrote an honest and accurate portrayal of the woman's appearance, as I saw it, and as I would describe it to law enforcement if I'd observed her committing a crime. To write definitively that the woman was "anorexic," if she weren't, would be libelous. But that's not what I did whatsoever. All I wrote was that she resembled in her physical appearance that of an anorexic because she was so strikingly skinny -- to the point, it appeared to me, she could die imminently.

My intention for doing so was only/wholly to aid/assist fellow residents of MP100 in easily identifying Mr. Gray, so they could let him know that stealing is wrong -- morally, ethically, and legally -- in the hope they would prevail upon him to delete the bogus charges from my MP100 unit ownership account at once.

The harrassing letters I've received from FWB reflect to me nothing more than Mr. Gray's dissatisfaction with the woman's appearance. As for that, there's nothing I can do to help.

Similarly, if the woman were terribly overweight, I'd have described her appearance as "bulimic-looking." In the same vein, when people are repulsed by the sight of me in torn Abercrombie & Fitch jeans, and decry publicly that I look like a "homeless person," all I can do is shrug my shoulders and agree; I can't successfully sue for defamation. If that's their opinion, and there's merit to it, so be it.

In my heart of hearts, I believe Mr. Gray, Ms. Perl, and many of the other folks at MP100 need a hobby. Rather than badger and attack honest and decent folks, they ought to do some good in the community. Maybe feed the homeless in downtown Miami or walk dogs staying at one of the local animal shelters. Attempting to fleece me for a few bucks is utterly shameful. In truth, it's something for which I believe they should be incarcerated.

A final, sad component to all of this is that all Ms. Perl or Mr. Gray needed to do to make this situation right was pick up a telephone and reach out to me. Instead, they chose to spend the MP100 Association's cash on legal fees. To me, that's a completely reckless use of money. Further, to abuse the time and resources of a civil court is equally irresponsible, and speaks to a greater, corrosive evil that has bankrupted our country's federal government.

UPDATE (OCTOBER 2011):
The property in question was foreclosed upon on October 27, 2011. FWB sent a green lawyer named Jill Berkman to the summary judgment hearing, at which my request for additional time to hire an attorney was denied. (I had my father's death certificate in hand as proof for Judge David Miller that I'd been a tad preoccupied dealing with matters related to the estate).

Ms. Berkman will quickly learn, just as all the pretty young lawyers Scotty Rothstein liked to surround himself with, that associating with morally compromised law firms and/or shady clients will stick with her for the entirety of her legal career. (Not that Ms. Berkman is remotely attractive; but she is very young, just like all the kids recently out of law school Scotty hired for show).