The Temperature is Rising - not a good sign
Just thinking about the meeting and reading the blog can make one concerned for our future. We love this Village. We love its green spaces, the water views, the Clubhouse shows and library, the Okeechobee library, the convenience of shopping and the lovely people we have met here. The list can go on ad infinitum but the point is that we have a wonderful home here, for many of us our only home and we have no wish to pack up again even if the wherewithal to do it was there. Yes, outside the Village has gotten a bit rougher lately but I still cannot figure out why. I have a mean thought in my head that someone is urging this on for his own benefit but for legal purposes I will not say a name, but dirty tricks have been around for a long time. An example: leaving the golf course to go to wrack and ruin and then calling it a blight that must be fixed for the betterment of the community around it. Excuse me, but that is like the man who kills his parents and then asks for mercy from the court because he is an orphan. Some people have been urging a compromise, but can there be any with someone who was mean enough to put an ugly fence right up in our faces. Can you imagine the horror for a Holocaust survivor in any of these buildings who now looks out and once again is surrounded by a fence?! We have already been sold out by people from the Village who for one reason or another worked for RB and against us here in the Village and we certainly were betrayed by the fools who backed the RB simply because their leader did and now are saying OOPS!
In any case, it is not good for us to give the Post something to write about on a slow news day as it puts us in a bad light so please stop exaggerating about fears and weapons. Do what you wish or feel you need to do and keep mouths shut. Put up lighting, change a lock, fix a lock, lock your door on the car and then go on with life. Call the Sheriff if you see something. A concerted but quiet effort should make a difference.
Now if we could only make a difference in the political world of the Village but I think not as long as Dave is president. He does not respond to positive criticism, has a vile temper, needs to learn how to run a proper meeting and some other words besides briefly and "you are out of order" so that we can make progress here. I believe he is trying or figuring on outwaiting and outlasting his opponents and that thought is scary so we all need to get out there, run, vote for new people and dig for the truth. Noone knew that he admitted lying about Dan Gladstone and no one knew he had to apologize IN WRITING for what he had said, admitting he was incorrect. Why were we not told about this? That is the sign of a slick kind of politico and we have all had experience with those locally and nationally. Why will he not listen to the Village, look around and see the needs as they truly are. Who in the name of all that's holy will need WiFi if there is no population? Who even knows if it is really secure to use. We have all seen the warnings about public Wi-Fi and most of us have our own connections already, securely. What we need is a secure and safe and well run Village.
And talking about security, I am not sure who it was that spoke out strongly about a wrought iron fence, Ziccardy maybe, but I agree with her. To be pennywise and pound foolish with a standard fence that young and spry kids can easily climb is not really the way to go and she was right in stating that it is for all of us, not only Southhampton.
There is another posting on this site that cries out in frustration at the inertia in the Village and the blindness of those who simply go along as they see power for themselves, like to be with what they think is the in crowd (hello, people, high school is long over), or those who have been cowed by loud voices and/or threats, implicit or explicit. Olga has been fighting this fight for a long time and we owe it to her and to the others who are slowly coming in from the land of frustration to DO SOMETHING and Mr. Malefactor, calling us malcontents all the time and thinking that is the way you win is so childish and only reflects poorly on you. Your intransigence is only making it harder and nigh on to impossible to try to work together for the betterment of all concerned. It is not easy to be president of UCO, and we acknowledge that, but don't let the Darth Vader in you obscure the LIGHT!
Great article Esther
ReplyDeleteGary
thank you. Hope it can make a difference
ReplyDeleteEsther, - your orations are worthy of a standing ovation. You tell it the way it is, without hesitation. And, I would yell out "HEAR! HEAR!" at any community session where reasonable people lend an ear.
ReplyDeletePessimistically speaking, however, it would seem like the FLEA for truth and justice coming after the ELEPHANT who represents EGO, POWER and CONTROL. Think....you're not the President; you don't control the gavel; you don't have overall power as Israel has over the UCO Reporter; you can't tell anyone "you're out of order!"; you don't control the microphone; you're limited to the amount of time that you can speak; you don't have UCO's resources; the Israel PRIVATE blog is just that, Israel's private blog; Israel's surrounding of armor-plate, - people who mouth-off at every criticism of him; even the Israel title is intimidating to the commoners who are forced to listen and come about whenever he snaps his fingers.
HOWEVER, if you can get enough of those fleas, you can bring the elephant down to his knees. There is a real need to wake up those in doubt and fear.
It is quite apparent that there is no reconciliation here, as you may have suggested, to bring peace to the village. You have NERO and his storm troopers who will smash you and your reputation down similar to what he did to Dan Gladstone. Another simple example of that was at the most recent Delegates' meetings....at which time he exerted his power over you, and put you down by his slurs.
Let all good people find a way to liberate UCO from his stranglehold.
Eduardo, thank you for your compliment, much appreciated. You are right. Sometimes it feels as if we are spitting into the wind but the songs of history tell us otherwise. Dictators do fall, be it in ancient times or now. Sometimes they are replaced by other dictators but our goal here is to open the government to the people of the Village and be transparent with no secret or sweetheart dealings, no playing secret agent man or anything like that. I also do not feel nor felt intimidated by him at the Assembly. I actually thought it quite funny and one day all others will realize what an empty bag he and his cohorts actually are in that all they can do is try to shout down and shut down. He does intimidate many, true, but if we can get together and get people interested in running and/or voting for others than his sycophants then maybe we can open a breach and start the process. Let us hope. Let us campaign for people and votes. Let us support the honest and open people for an honest and open government and make sure that we thank Dave for his oft mentioned computer advocacy since that is all he seems to be praised for - quite telling, is it not?
ReplyDeleteWe must not forget that David Israel has the experience of the National Security Agency behind him. As such he has been programed to be a deceitful, deceptive liar. With the ability to fool the majority of people in the village.
ReplyDeleteIt is unfortunate that the residents are unable to see through his skin. And this is why we are in such trouble today. I cannot wait for some judge to throw the book at him. This man deserves more than tar and feathers, He needs to be hung bare ass from a tree with a crowd cheering while he swings back and forth.
I cannot express the damage this man has caused the village.