Shelter Bay residents now have a lot more to talk about on social media or in person. Rick Tanner, hired as the community’s general manager in March, submitted a sharply critical resignation letter to Wendy Poulton, the association's president, Friday, Oct. 28.

The animosity between incumbent board members and the three elected in May is apparent in the letter, which he concludes with: “a faction is going to continue to prevent the board from making decisions on critical issues. I cannot continue under these circumstances.”

His experience: “Some new members seem more interested in d...