Article Courtesy of The Sun
Sentinel
By Sofia Santana
Published January 14, 201
Condo and co-op board issues can often be
difficult and controversial, but police are investigating whether someone
at a beachside building took their disagreement too far.
Gilbert Anko, 72, sits as treasurer of the
Coral Ridge Towers East Board of Directors and says that for the past
couple of weeks, he's received harassing phone calls and threats.
In one incident, he says someone reported
to security that Anko's car lights were on. When Anko's roommate, Michael
McGonigle, 61, went downstairs to the parking lot, he was confronted by
two men who told him to step down from the co-op board, Anko said.
When McGonigle told the men that it was his
roommate who was on the board, McGonigle said the men told him:
"Well, you better tell your roommate to get off the board."
Anko and McGonigle immediately reported the
Jan. 29 incident to police, and the next morning, Anko called police again
when he said he found that someone slashed a valve on one of his tires.
"I never expected this," Anko
said. "It's more disappointing than anything else."
Anko, like other board members, volunteered
for the job to help to oversee property issues regarding the building,
which sits along A1A near Oakland Park Boulevard and houses more than 330
apartments. Residents have to be 55 or older.
Several controversial topics have come
before the board recently, but Anko said he wasn't sure which issue he is
being targeted over.
He mentioned to investigators that another
board member had been suspended recently, according to a police report.
Police are keeping an eye on the situation,
and the reports will be reviewed by a detective, said police spokesman
Sgt. Frank Sousa.
In the meantime, officers have told Anko to
keep his windows and doors locked.
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