The New Gum Springs Civic Association (Civic Association) is strongly opposed to the Mount Vernon Council of Citizens Associations (MVCCA) acceptance of Holland Court Property Association (HCPOA) as a community Slate of Nominees for 2021-2022 that includes William “Bill” Kane as treasurer or any Gum Springs resident that does not acknowledge the fact that they live in Gum Springs to include the 11-homeowners on Holland Court.

William "Bill" Kane and Larry Green on the MVCCA Board of Directors is nothing more than a dog whistle for racism that signals acceptance by the predominantly MVCCA membership and showing that one black man in Gum Springs is willing to carry the water for the MVCCA and HCPOA.  

Just as other MVCCA member associations, we have specific boundaries in which our residents reside. Gum Springs boundaries were developed and determined 188 years ago by its founder—West Ford, a free slave.  Residential segregation was re-introduced by Bill Kane, a white man, approximately 3-years who lives on Holland Court.  Holland Court is named after the descendants of West Ford.  For a white resident and MVCCA, a predominantly white organization and a lone black man, who is carrying the water for the whites, to exercise and accept such blatant racism is a slap in the face to not only Gum Springs but also the Holland family who continues to reside in Gum Springs.

Please sign our petition as a show of support for Gum Springs to request that 1) MVCCA remove William “Bill” Kane and Larry Green from its membership because they reside within the boundaries of Gum Springs and does not acknowledge their residency in Gum Springs.  You cannot have a community within a community.  Gum Springs is the only community the MVCCA is "raiding" in order to survive its dwindling membership; 2) MVCCA reject HCPOA as a member of the MVCCA; and 3) the Mount Vernon Magisterial District Supervisor continue to recognize that there is only voice for the Gum Springs community and that voice is the New Gum Springs Civic Association

Gum Springs has been one community since 1833 and representation should be as such.  Gum Springs is not a community separated by race.