Or we could remain silent about the shortfall and be most likely voted out of office by people who never knew the truth about the association's financial past. We in fact are not the cause of the trouble but we are taking resonsibility for it but doing the hard things - like cutting back on our spending and raising the rates.
ummm that isn't going to work. You need to get some giant bank loans, then spend the money on frivolous/illogical stuff that helps no one. Reduce rates and increase spending by as much as possible. By the time the terrible damage comes you will be long gone and can blame it on the people who were there before you.
Oh wait, NM that's the governments idea on how to do things, what was I thinking?