FRIENDS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE

        This campaign has been hard; no doubt about it. Dealing with blocked paths that made it difficult to talk to people and hard to get information out can try one's patience, but we have been making headway. One of the best things about this campaign is the fact that I have met so many wonderful new people and have made some super great friends, bright and intelligent people who have put themselves out for me. I truly appreciate them and they epitomize the meaning of the word TEAM. Nothing would ever happen without their help and encouragement.

        This campaign has also taught me the true value of older friends who have stuck with me and urged me on with my choice. They understand the reasoning behind my run at the office - the chance and even the obligation to help change our Village for the better, to build civic pride once again, to encourage a new flow of volunteers, to reach out to the residents and see, hear and understand their needs and wants, not those of the officers and president. That is how it is now, with the needs of the president and his coterie of recycled individuals reigning supreme, with anger directed at those who dare to differ, with foul language and mean and nasty statements allowed when they should be gaveled out of order. David Israel is very good using that gavel to "out of order" people, but never when it really is needed.

        We have tried to run this campaign in a mannerly and orderly way, as far as we were allowed to do so but when lies, lies and more lies are thrown around, when false emails are sent out with false statements designed to scare people, then one must answer back. David Israel has chosen over and over again, in several elections, to smear his opponent, often using the same smear in different campaigns. We have proof of that in his very own words. David Israel has changed his statements as political expediency demanded. Yes term limits. No term limits. Yes, more power to the delegates. No, less power in the hands of the delegates and on and on.We are asking the delegates out there to think carefully and make a careful decision as to what they want for the Village in the future. Do you want more of the same, where nothing really gets done and committee after committee is formed and then dies on the vine?

       Or do you want a UCO which cares for its residents, one which reaches out to the Associations with real help and new ideas? Don't you want a UCO which welcomes you as you come in for questions to be answered? Don't you want a UCO which will rewrite the bylaws in a manner which is resident friendly rather than president friendly, one which allows for a free flow of information and needs, one which seeks out your needs and works towards fulfilling them?

     There is still time to hear what we have to say. Ask your delegate to vote for Esther. Ask your delegate to post ALL the information we sent out in the mail. Leave your name and address with me via the blog and my email or send to Gary whose email is at the top of the page and we will mail it to you. Arrange a club meeting or gathering, an association meeting and have me over. I have spoken to many and have gotten a warm, welcoming and positive reception.

     Understand who the true friends to the Village are - that is the team of Esther Sutofsky. Read what a friend wrote on the blog, titled The Lass, a total surprise when I read it. But that is what friends do - they reach out to support others and that is what I and my team wish to do to the Village. It is all in your hands.
      
Now is the time to show your support for Esther, get on Her Email list and be kept up to date. In March you will have another chance to show your support by Voting for Esther for President.