Bee Dub, I may be able to help you. If you have been reading any of my Blog entries on Habitat, you will have a pretty good idea of my approach. I have been the president of a self-managed 400+ unit co-op with a $5 million budget for the past five years. We have been successful at least in part because of my communications with shareholders and management, as well as my ability to filter the truth and reach compromise. I have also experienced some of the same conflict as you describe and the situation is now much improved without taking the drastic steps of removing people from their jobs.

I write here anonymously; however if you are interested in talking, let me know how to reach you.

Best of luck.