Crystal Springs HOA Election · Two seats open · July 2026
We're Joshua Lorenz and Tharsio Rodrigues, running together for both open seats: restore homeowner rights, maintain the property proactively, financial discipline, and enhanced transparency. Your ballot has two votes. We're asking for both.
What's at stake
In a three-person board, two seats is enough for a majority. And that majority decides how much you pay in dues, how your property is maintained, and how much we set aside for a rainy day. With two seats open, this is a rare chance to actually shift how the board works and make it work for homeowners.
After steep increases the past two years, we're now paying over $100/month, while our reserves sit one accident away from a shortfall, putting you at risk of continued increases or a special assessment.
Two skipped elections, an amendment removing homeowners' rights, and deferred maintenance on important items, all without clear explanations.
No formal vote tally made public for 2025, short notice for special meetings, and expensive fees just to access community records.
Who we are
We're not running to win an argument. We're running because we kept asking the same questions — and decided to help answer them, together.
Candidate for the HOA Board
I've called Crystal Springs home since the summer of 2023. I'm a full-time dad and part-time handyman, and you'll usually find me on our neighborhood Facebook page helping neighbors with repairs and home issues, especially when the weather turns freezing.
I want to help our community thrive: more transparency between the board and homeowners, a community that abides by state law and our governing documents, an honest fix for our finances once delayed maintenance is accounted for, and bylaws re-amended so members have real removal and recall rights.
Candidate for the HOA Board
My wife, our children, and I live in Crystal Springs, and we care deeply about where this community is headed. I'm a product manager who has spent most of the past decade leading teams that build products used by millions of people, which taught me to listen closely, communicate clearly, and be accountable for getting things done.
I got involved in HOA governance after a bylaw moved board-removal rights away from homeowners and to the board. I've worked through the HOA process to fix that ever since, and this election is the culmination of that work. If elected, I'll push for disciplined spending, proactive upkeep of our common areas, restored member rights, and more open communication.
Where we stand
Re-amend the bylaws so removal and recall rights belong to homeowners, not just the board, and make community records easy to access as the law and our governing documents intend. Accountability should run to the people who live here.
Stop deferring upkeep. Care for our common areas on a schedule, before small problems turn into expensive ones.
Get an honest picture of our finances once delayed maintenance is fully accounted for, and spend with discipline so dues go further.
Communicate openly and proactively with homeowners, and hold the community to state law and its own governing documents.
Two seats means two voices for this plan instead of one — enough to put these items on the agenda and keep them there.
The part that decides it
Board majorities are won and lost on split votes. The single most important thing: your ballot lets you pick two, so please use both.
Go to the 2026 Board of Directors election page and log in.
It starts your ballot for the election.
Select B. Joshua Lorenz and C. Tharsio Rodrigues, then submit. That's it.
If you don't have access to TownSquare, or you'd prefer to designate one of us as your proxy for this election, print this form [add proxy form link], fill it out, take a picture, and send it to [add email or phone]. We'll take it from there.
From the neighbors
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[Neighbor Name][Street], homeowner since [Year][Another specific quote. Specific beats glowing — name a thing one of you actually did.]
[Neighbor Name][Street], homeowner since [Year]Straight answers
We met at the August 1st meeting where the board decided to remove homeowners' recall rights. We were both unhappy with the decision and started working together right then to get things fixed. Along the way, we found we share the same values: financial prudence, respecting and upholding homeowner rights, and seeing the property better cared for. With two seats open, we decided it was time to move from activism to direct action.
No. You choose whether and who to vote for. We believe that together we have the highest likelihood of delivering on the promises above, so if those resonate with you, we ask that you vote for both of us.
Yes. Last year's tally was never officially published, but we believe the margin came down to just one or two votes in an election of around 100 ballots. Yours could be one of them.
The easiest way to vote is to log in to TownSquare [add login link]. If you don't have access, or you'd rather assign us a proxy to vote on your behalf, you don't need a notary or witness. Just print and fill out this form [add proxy form link] and send it to us.
They stand by their belief that they were doing their best for the community. They've told us they likely received some bad advice along the way, and that our advocacy helped start the course correction. Some board members have expressed support for our candidacy and vowed to work together for better outcomes. We deeply believe the board is the ultimate homeowner advocate, and that being informed, present, and vocal is what it takes to get there. We're both committed to exactly that.
Last step
It takes no more than 5 minutes, and it shapes how the community is run for the next year. Crystal Springs is a great place to live. Let us bring control of it back to you.
Vote for Joshua Lorenz & Tharsio Rodrigues →