When shown the document, she stared at it.
"That's my signature."
The reviewer nodded.
"Did you sign this resolution?"
"No."
"Could you have approved it electronically?"
Judith shook her head.
"I remember the meeting. We discussed landscaping and clubhouse maintenance. We did not authorize this."
The reviewer asked for the original signed record.
None was produced.
Further examination showed that the signature image closely matched one Judith had used on an unrelated association document months earlier.
That discovery raised substantial concerns about the purported resolution's authenticity.
The evidence didn't establish every person's involvement immediately.
But it demolished Marianne's claim that the document represented an ordinary, properly recorded board decision.
The financial review uncovered a second problem.
Summit Property Recovery had received substantial payments connected to vehicle-enforcement work.
Some assignments were legitimate.
The company had removed vehicles from clearly marked restricted common areas after appropriate authorization.
But several charges involved disputed removals or administrative services for which the association couldn't produce adequate supporting records.
Eleanor Hayes's Mercedes appeared in those files.
So did several other vehicles.
One belonged to a homeowner who'd been away caring for a hospitalized relative.
Another was a pickup whose owner had disputed a parking notice before the vehicle was removed.
Not every complaint established misconduct.
Some vehicles had genuinely been parked improperly.
But the records revealed a troubling lack of consistent oversight.
In certain cases, Summit relied on instructions from Marianne without receiving the board documentation required under the association's procedures.
Storage charges then accumulated while homeowners disputed the removals.
The arrangement created financial pressure on people who didn't understand why their cars had been taken.
The investigator also discovered that Marianne hadn't fully disclosed her family relationship with Gordon Voss during the vendor approval process.
That conflict mattered.
It didn't automatically make every towing invoice improper.
But it meant the board had been deprived of information necessary to evaluate the arrangement independently.
Judith was furious.
She'd spent years ensuring homeowners' assessments were accounted for accurately.
Now she was looking at a system where a president's personal instructions sometimes carried more weight than documented board authorization.
Eleanor Hayes was invited to provide her records.
She arrived carrying a large brown envelope and wearing a simple navy dress.
For almost an hour, she explained the disappearance of her husband's Mercedes.
The original notices.
Her objections.
The towing charges.
And the anxiety she experienced while trying to recover a vehicle she treasured.