THE SADNESS WITHIN

     Well, the anger that arose, the hurt that arose, is somewhat muted now but it is still there. What is also there is the sadness that in this world, after all that has happened, the sadness that wonders how and why in the year 2013, almost 2014, when the world has known the horror of genocide again and again, that one thinks that the way to win an election is to stir up the hatred, the prejudice and all the ugly things that go with it.

      That Dave and his cohorts think that this is an acceptable campaign practice should be surprising, but unfortunately is not. This is the third time that I have heard this open kind of biased and snide remarks and I wonder, is this how Dave truly is on the inside. I think of the story of Dorian Gray and wonder at what evil we would see in Dave. Why does he allow this on his blog where he is the sole censor and proprietor, where he can and should never allow these statements and should certainly take them down and disavow them. Yet he does not and the sadness rises within me, sadness that this is the supposed leader we have, our president, and I wonder at how much harm he has already done and wonder yet again, at how much more he can and will do should he remain in office.

     Grace posed a question as to what I have done for the Village. I believe the question should be what WILL I do for the Village and what will Dave continue to do to the Village and its residents. For one, I promise you that hatred and prejudice, cruelty and contempt, will not be part of our administration. Nastiness is or will be out. I cannot say the same for Dave, and judging by what I have seen as he acts in his capacity as president of UCO, all I can see is more of this type of nastiness. this is not what we need here.

    We have many problems to be solved in the Village. Instead of worrying about wifi as if that is the be all and end all, why not worry over the fact that we were subject to more nastiness over by Southhampton? Why were you not there at the meeting? Why did the residents not think to ask you to come? I can tell you why - because they have no faith in you. What have you done for them before. You stated at a delegate assembly that steps were being taken but they were secret. I guess they were so secret that even the crooks did not notice them! And on they came! Why did you shoot down the better preventive fence in the area? Surely that was more important than encouraging hatred and perseverating about wifi. For sure having an open highway at one end of our Village for miscreants to come and "visit" us would surely not raise our resale values!

     In short, your values have been totally skewed in the wrong directions and in fact, you and your followers appear to have little or no values if all they can do is make obscene gestures and use hideous statements instead of writing rationally. How about talking about how the bid process need fine tuning, how our finances and financial management need to be improved, how we need to have more say in the rules and regulations of WPRF properties for which we pay untold thousands every year, how we need a humane and caring administration where the president does not sit behind closed doors, never available, just sitting there peck-peck-pecking away at his keyboard. And the list goes on and on.

     So yes, the sadness is there, the hurt is there, the anger is there but the truth is also there and I am hopeful that our residents will see the truth for what it is and vote you the hell out of office and get, instead, an open and caring administration which will help and hold hands if need be, but always strive to do the right thing by our citizens.

Vote Esther In, Vote Term Limits in. Put WiFi on a wait and see.