The Time Has Come
The Bible tells us that there is a time and place for everything under the sun and inspired by recent events, I believe that Dave's time has come and gone.His tenure as president of UCO must end.
There are plenty of opportunities for him to serve the Village if that is what he desires, like maybe heading up a wifi committee! But as president - nope. I believe he has actually begun to believe his own lies.
For example, posted on his blog by a person whose name truly reflected the personality and posting (nutmeg) was a statement calling Olga a name and insulting her intelligence. Today, Dave has posted on his blog that he will not allow name calling on his blog and go do that on the "other blog". Well, since he was the one who has blocked all responses on his blog except for his minions, then who called whom names? Ahhh, your people, right! And who allows name calling on his blog - oh, Dave, that's who. His lies have begun to feed on themselves.
A leader is one who knows how to follow as well. He has to hear the voices of his constituents and Dave no longer hears that, if he ever did. How many more times must we convene meetings and special meetings and yet more meetings to discuss the wifi question. Noone wants it but Dave and his cohorts so give it up already. But Dave only knows his agenda and no one else's. He does not hear the voices of the Village if they disagree with him and thus we have the miserable paving job, the rising ticket prices with its graduated pricing costs, a Vendini system that was hacked, a budget that is out of whack, and a financial guiding principle of rob Peter to pay Paul, and when Paul comes due, go rob Suzie Q.
We have a Village that is losing its sense of cohesiveness. Why? Because there is so much dissension instead of unity on the issues that are truly important such as RB and the golf course, on the influx of renters who generally do nothing for a community as they are transient and/or mainly here due to lower rents, on proper fencing for the Village for security purposes. What, Dave, you think the wifi will help me call 911 when something happens? I don't think so, since we know they are not really compatible. Do you thing the lack of security on the wifi will actually help people? Who? The hackers and identity theft people? the Nigerian princes?
You lose your cool at meetings and shout at people. You misinterpret logical and reasonably asked questions as guerilla attacks, you have forgotten, if you ever knew, the skill a leader and administrator must have in pulling together all the people, not encouraging the disparaging of those who disagree with you. So tell me, Dave, why should you remain in office? Your experience? Well, that has gone south, hasn't it!
Esther,-you have vision. There is something very reasonable in your tone. You have insight and understanding of all that's going on around you. You seem to have a real feeling for the common people who are hard-pressed to be able to think for themselves or come to realistic and sound conclusions. You appear to be knowledgeable about CV's greater problems. You have compassionate expressions and a demand for justice. You stand toe to toe with anyone who dares to take away your right of free speech. You can express yourself using reason and creativeness. You know the good people from the bad; and, you appear to know the meaning of leadership.
ReplyDeleteSo, what does all the above, and more, mean? It means that you would be the most viable candidate to run against a dictator who gets worse with every breath; an adult child who stomps his feet until he gets his way; a person who lies without impunity or ethical principles.
THINK ABOUT IT.....JUST THINK ABOUT IT. When you look in the mirror and the reflection is smiling back at you, - then you know that you're the right person.
Eduardo, this is difficult to discuss in public on the blog. I hear what you are saying, but my original motive was simply to speak out and try to get us back on the right road, even if it was Dave who did it. I see now that he either cannot or will not choose the proper path and the revelations are horrifying. Yes, he is an adult child ( I like that term) but he is a child who has caused and continues to cause great harm. The fiscal policies that he and Ed Black have put in place and used are beyond words and certainly legal issues must be clarified as to fiduciary responsibility and liability but who will do that in the next government is up for discussion. Please email Olga for any further clarification and thank you for your kind words.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Esther, sometimes my strong feelings get away from me. I ask to put a lot of messages on the BLOG, but, you're right, my personal message to you was pushing it a bit, I bow to your wisdom. EDUARDO
DeleteNo need to bow, a simple nod of the head will do (just kidding).Olga and Gary know my personal email so it is ok if you contact me via that email from them as they know who you are.And do not stop writing your pieces; they are excellent for depth and amount of information.. I bow to you on that.
ReplyDeleteGeorge(Daddy) Bush was defeated because of the economy.
ReplyDeleteDavid Israel is going to be defeated because of WiFi.