Medal of Honor

Soldier held post alone amid attack by Taliban 

Afghanistan war hero awarded the Medal of Honor.

By Josh Lederman Associated Press



WASHINGTON — Bleeding from both legs and his arm, Ryan Pitts kept firing at about 200 Taliban fighters, even holding onto his grenades an extra moment to ensure the enemy couldn’t heave them back. On Monday, President Barack Obama draped the Medal of Honor around his neck, in a somber White House ceremony that also paid tribute to his nine platoon comrades who died that summer day in Afghanistan.
Pitts, a 28-year-old former Army staff sergeant from Nashua, New Hampshire, is the ninth living veteran of America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the nation’s highest decoration for battlefield valor. Obama praised Pitts for holding the line as his comrades fell in one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghan war.
“It is remarkable that we have young men and women serving in our military who, day in and day out, perform with so much integrity, so much humility and so much courage,” the president said. “Ryan represents the very best of that tradition.”
Pitts’ mission that day in June 2008 was supposed to be his last before returning home from his second tour of Afghanistan. He and his team had been in the country for 14 months, the Army said, battling frequently with enemy forces in northeastern Afghanistan’s mountainous Waygal Valley.
The goal was to move troops and equipment out of Combat Outpost Bella, a remote post roughly 10 miles from the nearest base, to a new site nearby. Accessible only by helicopter, Outpost Bella was slated to be closed.
At 4 a.m., Pitts was manning his observation post. On the horizon, he could see the blue-roofed buildings and protective stone walls of the town of Wanat. What Pitts couldn’t know was that all of those buildings were concealing enemy fighters. About 200 of them soon launched a full-scale assault on the outpost.
A cascade of rocket-fired grenades, gunfire and hand grenades fell on the troops, quickly killing two paratroopers. Shrapnel from grenades struck Pitts in both legs and his left arm. Unable to walk, he crawled to a comrade, who put a tourniquet on his leg.
For more than an hour, Pitts fought to protect the remaining troops and defend the post, the Army said. Propping himself up on his knees, he blindly fired a machine gun over a wall of sandbags, loading more bullets into his weapon despite his loss of blood.
He radioed back that he was alone, his teammates having all relocated or been killed.
That’s when Pitts accepted he was going to die, Obama said. But he kept fighting.
“That little post was on the verge of falling, giving the enemy a perch to devastate the base below,” Obama said. “Against that onslaught, one American held the line.”
Pitts stood stoically and humbly during the ceremony, but in brief remarks later he read the names of his fallen comrades, one by one.
Sergio Abad. Jonathan Ayers. Jason Bogar. Jonathan Brostrom. Israel Garcia. Jason Hovater. Matthew Phillips. Pruitt Rainey. Gunnar Zwilling.
“Valor was everywhere that day, and the real heroes are the nine men who made the ultimate sacrifice so the rest of us could return home,” Pitts said. “It is their names — not mine
— that I want people to know.”

  President Barack Obama drapes the Medal of Honor on Ryan Pitts, 28, on Monday. The former Army staff sergeant fought off enemy fighters during one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghan war despite his own injuries. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / ASSOCIATED PRESS  

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Attn:David Israel

Battle of the Bulge

Our General Anthony McAuliffe

Remember?

Nuts to you General

and Nuts to you David Israel

History Lesson

In late 1944, in the wake of the allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War was all but over. But on December 16, with the onset of winter, the German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces in a manner that would turn the tide of the war in Hitler's favor. The battle that ensued is known historically as The Battle of the Bulge. The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested against great adversity. Nevertheless, the quality of his response ultimately meant the victory of freedom over tyranny.

Why are we paying for all this Insurance?

What is going on here?

Below is a copy of a Schedule of Named Insurers

What is supposed to be going on is that we (UCO), according to the Millennium Agreement, we or rather UCO in our stead is suppose to pay the W.P.R.F insurance. But what has happened? We (UCO) are paying for the additional 6 listed insurances that is not part of the contract. If you ask around no body knows why. As a matter of fact this was questioned a while back and the extra Companies were removed. But now they are back!

Is this some more of their Backroom shenanigans?

What is going on ?

Wi-Fi the easy way.

Smart Don 0460

Smart Don 0460 asks about the need for a reserve fund, for a savings fund, for a emergency fund. All of which are part of our every day lives. Does he bother to think why he has a savings account at his bank. I bet not, because it the right thing to do. The reason should be because it is the sensible thing to do.

Does he ask how we are to put monies aside for the road repairs which are sure to come, for the infrastructure repairs ( under ground pipes, electric cables, etc)?

No! You know all he cares about is making the point that the State Law does not require a reserve.

You can make the argument that the state does not have to legally require everybody to breath, everybody to pay their bills, of everybody to pay their bills in a time.

The problem with Don4060 (what kind of a name is that?) is that he only sees what he sees. he suffers from tunnel vision and/or a lack of common sense.

Gary

Proud of my " Mal-Contentiousness"

I am a Proud Malcontent and align myself with Patrick Henry, and the Signers of the United States Constitution. I am proud to be  aligned with Such illustrious Company.

Now you must watch and understand the nefarious actions of our erstwhile President. The Great Gavel Banger. He is continuing with his blame  game. Except this time he is blaming the delegates for our sad state of financial affairs. He again says it is all the delegates fault. But at the same time he tells us we need his, Israel's Wi-Fi. He explains that the delegates are responsible for the budget and then he advises us to go with him down his Wi-Fi hole

Of course the costs of Wi-Fi are hidden or unknown. That is how the the Gavel Banger works. His lead on the Wi-Fi, Anitra the renter, says that so far we have no idea as to cost, So David Israel says, no matter, go with me on this it will make your property more valuable. What exactly does a increase of upwards of $16 per owner, per month, per year, for 5 years do for our perceived property values ?

Not much!

I congratulate Stewart Richland for his article on the Malcontents. Thanks Richard. We know who we are and what we are about. What is really sad is that the DavidIsraelland minions, hanger-ons and hang-arounders are not only blind, but they remind me of the 3 wise monkeys. See all evil, hear all evil and speak all evil, except in their case it is all backwards.

So to summarize, the Great One, The great Wisdom-Person, The Great Gavel Banger, says that the delegates are to blame for the state of budget, but please remember and embrace his (Israel's) Wi-Fi initiative. This must be Delegate approved, no matter the cost, the expense or senselessness of it.

We must be in Alice and the Looking Glass Land.

Wi-Fi the Easy Way

Recall Now

Term Limits Now

Lets get some sensibility in Century Village's Politics

This cannot be made up

This is Post by Mike, no Last name, no identification. He wants to rid South Florida of the MALS? Whoever they are. But first he wants to by-pass the Delegates and assign the Presidency to his friend and Partner David I, The Great Gavel Banger. 

You can't make this stuff up

PRESIDENT FOR LIFE
I Think the MALS might  have something there! I will be circulating a petition to name David I ( President For Life ). After this becomes a reality, the Village Elders will perform an exorcism to rid CV of the MALS . The petition will be circulated at all pools , bus stops and the local Publix. America ! Ain't it great!
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Poisonous Dictators

CV IS POISONED BY A DICTATOR & THOSE WHO SPEAK FOR HIM

The Great Gavel Banger

I've listened and listened and listened at the Delegates’ meetings, at Committee meetings, tuned into groups of people talking, listened at the various clubs, at the pools and so forth; and I've read the UCO Reporter, and both Blogs (public and private), and things that are floating around all the time.

So, I LISTEN and READ. 

And, you know what?  I realized that the great dictator, David Israel, The Great Gavel Banger, has never responded to anything said of or about him, whether verbally or in printing on any matter of substance.  If he says anything at all, it’s generally a one-liner.  He uses other people to speak in his stead.  And, the only thing that comes out of their faces or their literary skills, is their assessment of the conduct of other people.  That’s all they can talk about.  But even then, they don’t dare talk about what comes out of the mouth of this Dictator who is degrading and insulting other people.  That, they can’t talk about – prohibited.

So, be sensible; be logical; be understanding of people’s feelings and opinions?  That won’t happen.  The Dictator cannot spit out things that make sense to the average CV person.  He’s incapable of dropping to a level of reasonableness and understanding and logic.  So, being paranoid, he finds a real needs for protection while in a public forum, -- thus the Sheriff’s men all with firearms and all of their paraphernalia, ready to combat people who carry canes and use walkers; those people who have something to say.

These people who speak for the Dictator, the ones who talk about other people’s conduct and their reactions to matters brought forth for consideration, -- notice that they never talk about the real issues, -- THE ISSUES THAT ARE MEANINGFUL AND IMPORTANT! – the issues that affect 7,854 unit owners.  Just think about that for a moment.  There are a number of very serious issues that need to be discussed and resolved.  They NEED to be discussed and acted upon.  The Dictator won’t do it. Why?  Because he and his backroom puppeteer brought us to the cliff’s edge.  How can they talk about undoing the tremendous damage that has already been done by them or those matters relating to the future?  He lets his spokespeople do it for him.  They won’t do it because they don’t dare touch matters that could bring up opposing opinions.  All these people do who speak for the Dictator is to criticize and put down anyone and everyone who dare to question the Dictator. Just read all of the time what they have to say on the Israel private blog. If you’re a reasonably intelligent person, then you know exactly what I’m talking about.

And, the Delegates sit there like a herd of cows who moo and groan and burp when a person with an opposing view comes up to the mic, and the other half like a herd of sheep who have nothing to say except to wave a placard, signifying agreement to ANYTHING the DICTATOR proposes.  These people who front for the Dictator – all they do is criticize anyone with the very slightest opposing view on any issue.  How come these people who speak for the Dictator, don’t write about the several important issues that need to be discussed, and matters not hidden behind closed doors?  You know why? – because you could say “I don’t agree.”

It boils down to a DEAD GOVERNMENT.  Starting from the top, all the way down.  Nothing happens unless it is secretly planned by the Dictator and his back-room master of illicit schemes.  And, it’s almost always about the spending of our money, -- lots of it!  Then he issues instructions to those who speak and write for him, his robots.  Can you freaking believe this?  There aren’t enough words to describe this government that does nothing at all, except attack those who have opposing views.

Hey, Delegates, if you’re too dumb to understand what the hell is going on, or if you don’t give a fiddlered fart what direction the Dictator is taking us, then stay home, -- don’t go to the Delegates’ meetings; sit at home and pick dingle berries.

MONEY, -- EVERYTHING IS ABOUT MONEY, AND POWER, AND CONTROL . . . DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT DIRECTION THIS VILLAGE IS GOING?  WELL, TRY A LITTLE MATH. 

FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, COMPARE YOUR TOTAL MONTHLY UCO & WPRF PAYMENTS TO THE COST OF LIVING/INFLATION.  IT IS STAGGERING; YOU’LL SHIVER.  NOW, ACCELERATE WHAT YOU’LL BE PAYING FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS BASED UPON WHAT YOUR PRESIDENT’S HISTORY IS OF SPENDING MONEY.  YOU’LL NEED AN INSTANT CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR.  

THINK ABOUT IT, AND THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  ANSWER, -- A NEW GOVERNMENT STARTING WITH THE PRESIDENT.  IF YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO CV OR ABOUT YOUR MONEY –  THEN, WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU’LL DESERVE.  SO, THINK AND THINK HARD………YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO YOUR FELLOW UNIT OWNERS TO GET THAT DICTATOR PRESIDENT OUT OF OFFICE.

EDUARDO

Put in Term Limits

Start The Recall

Lets take back our Beautiful Village

Term Limits or Elected for Life

Term Limits is still known as the largest grassroots movement in American history, and US Term Limits (USTL) was, and still is, the leader of that movement.

Term limits have been placed on 15 state legislatures, eight of the ten largest cities in America adopted term limits for their city councils and/or mayor, and 37 states place term limits on their constitutional officers.

American politicians, special interests and lobbyists continue to combat term limits, as they know term limits force out career politicians who are more concerned with their own gain than the interests of the American people.

A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method to curb the potential for monopoly, where a leader effectively becomes "president for life". Sometimes, there is an absolute limit on the number of terms an officeholder can serve, while, in other cases, the restrictions are merely on the number of consecutive terms.

Here in Century Village, while the Delegates were napping Term Limits were first passed and then not passed. Right now we have no Term Limits. We have effectively Voted in our Dear Leader, The Gavel Banger for life. I know, I know,  that it is a undesirable situation, but that can be rectified quite easily. Vote for Term Limits at the next Meeting.

Don't have the right people to take his place, don't worry I can count on both hands a group of men and women who could do the job, with a whole lot more panache and a whole lot less aggravation and no loss of freedoms.

Wake up Delegates lets get our officers in office that will make Century Village the lovely place to live that it was!

Thank you Sheriffs

Thank you PBSO sheriffs for guarding the Great knowledgeable One and his magic Gavel during this last delegates meeting. Yes Petey, although you probably don't know it there are two sides to every issue. That is the problem with tunnel vision and tunnel brain lock. You cannot be honest and see the other side of the equation, the opposing side.

As I have said before, the prime instigator, the moving force, the major disrupt-or behind the  lack of decorum at the Delegates Meetings. Or, for that matter, even at some of the Committee Meetings, is the Great Gavel Banger himself.

If you attend the meetings it is obvious. But for those of you who feel that CV can run without intelligent input and don't come to the meetings. Watch the Video!

Look at the video where the Gavel Banger does not even let Olga get a word out before his dusting off the Gavel and banging away. "Sit down, you are out of order. Sit Down, Sit down....ad nauseum

Is the Sly one going to have PBSO Sheriffs at the noisier Committee meetings? Is he going to have the Sheriffs look over the Pools for the argumentative types and remove them?

What is absolutely maddening about this is that he has no right to silence the opposing view. Instead he should expose it, discuss it, and prove that it is not worthy. If he can. Which he can't, and that is exactly what he is afraid of.

He, by now you know who I am talking about, just read through Robert's Rules after about 8 years in office. So now he thinks he found a way to forbid any new entry to new ideas.It was called Good and Welfare, but it does not exist in the Rules.

Have we arrived at Recall yet?

Wi Fi the easy way

OPT OUT, WIRE UP, TURN ON

     The title of this posting says it all. Here is a quick and easy way - and economical way - of having your building Wi Fi'ed with little muss and no fuss. Here is what bright heads around the Village are telling me and there are buildings that have either done this or are on their way to doing it. So what is it?

     First, send a note to David Israel or perhaps Howie O' Brien, Treasurer, that you are opting out of the Wi Fi proposal for the Village and the $2 fee on each unit. Your association will no longer remit that to UCO and your payment must be adjusted. There is a form that can be sent in and I believe you can contact Ed Grossman or Jean Dowling for it. Make sure you notarize your letter opting out and do not be threatened, as this is not one of the five things that UCO controls as far as contracts and enforcement. If UCO opposes you, the Bi Lateral Agreement states that in that case there must be arbitration and mediation. OPT OUT COMPLETE.

     Wire Up. There are several ways to do this but the simplest way at this point and the most economical, especially for larger buildings is to call Comcast and set up an appointment. They will come to you and explain what happens. For $120 per month FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING, NO MATTER THE SIZE, your building will have Wi Fi. If it is a larger or longer building, then for a ONE TIME fee of $75 each, they will put in extra leads or whatever they are called and it will work just fine. Again, buildings in the Village have done this and are eminently satisfied.

     So what about security. It is just as secure as anything that has been proposed by UCO at this point and one can always, as David Israel has pointed out in his own preferred system , whatever that might be, buy or rent one's own router and have your own password. This will not affect the system in any detrimental manner. So, WIRE UP COMPLETED.

     Last leg of the project. Turn ON your system and have at it. Enjoy the fastest speed around, the best bandwidth around, far better than with any other company. Is Comcast perfect? Far from it. Do they have a 100% customer relations and service record? No, but then again, I would love to see the one that does. I have no connection to Comcast other than the fee they deduct monthly from me. We use the computer(s) quite often, an extension of our fingers and an integral part of our lives (and at times I do regret that), but there it is -  a fact. It is a fact as much as the one that states that Comcast and individual wiring of your building is the best way to go. I will also be fair and state that I do not know if AT&T does this, but again, use the phone and come to a meeting that will take place, I believe, on Sunday, July 27, in the Clubhouse, after the movie and there will be reps from Comcast for a presentation and to answer questions. I will certainly be there. Think about it - $120 per building. Do the math. Divide by the number of units and then tell me that it does not make economic sense.

As a added benefit, sign up through the a Messenger Club and get your first months billing refunded.

     By the way, do not listen to naysayers who will tell you it does not work. It manifestly does and you can check that yourself by calling up the two people I previously mentioned in this article and/or come to the meeting. I hereby declare also, before some Davidisraelland inhabitants accuse me -

 I HAVE NO CONNECTION TO COMCAST OTHER THAN THE BILL WE PAY EVERY MONTH. I NEITHER BENEFIT NOR SUFFER FROM THEIR STOCK PRICE NOR RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION FROM THEM NOR, IN FACT, HAVE I EVER SPOKEN TO ANYONE ABOUT THIS, OTHER THAN HEARING FROM THEIR REP AT A MEETING AND BY SPEAKING WITH BUILDINGS THAT HAVE DONE THIS ALREADY.

THERE IS THEN THE ADDED BENEFIT, BY THE WAY, OF NOT ADDING MORE MONEY TO THE WI FI ACCOUNT SO THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO FORWARD FOR STUDIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE WE DO NOT NEED. HEY, MAYBE THEN WE CAN USE THE MONEY THERE TO PAY OFF SOME OF THE SHORTFALL. AND YES, LANNY, THERE IS A SHORTFALL AND REAL MONEY MUST BE FOUND TO COVER IT. ALL WE WOULD NEED IS DELEGATE APPROVAL TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS. WOW!!! DELEGATE APPROVAL. INTERESTING IDEA, IS IT NOT, DAVID ISRAEL?

Tracing Nasty Emails

To Esther and Olga:-

If you do some investigation, you will find that it is relatively easy to trace back an e-mail to the sender.  The PBSO is just one of the sources that you can use to find out who the cowards are that send to you vicious and nasty e-mails.

Most especially, -- if you and/or your family has been threatened with physical harm or the taking of a life, it becomes a crime, a felony, and that person or persons can be prosecuted and incarcerated.

Even if you don’t know the name of the person or persons responsible, and you have enough circumstantial evidence indicating the likelihood of who may be responsible, it certainly would be in your best interests to report it to the authorities and then allow them to do the investigatory work.

For instance, -- let’s assume that you get a threatening e-mail at 8 o’clock on a Sunday evening and say you notice only one vehicle parked in the rear of the UCO building, and the lights are on in a certain office within the building, – one might logically conclude that there may be a connection that the PBSO needs to look at.  That is only one example.

The viciousness and nastiness of e-mails to you can give to you a strong hunch of who is responsible by the way they are written, the composition and their content.  You’re dealing, of course, with a person having severe paranoia, -- a real delusional psychotic character.  This person carries, no doubt, a tremendous amount of hate.

It’s like a boxer in the ring who jabs and jabs while constantly hitting his opponent, and his opponent constantly swings back, but always misses.  To draw up even, the opponent will butt heads, bite ears, pull hairs, hit below the belt, or do something that nobody will allow or tolerate.  Your e-mailer is such an opponent.

It may be a good idea to print all of the e-mails, flag those that are IN ANY WAY, threatening, and discuss the matter with a PBSO detective.  Oh, you certainly can catch this person, or persons, and then exposing them to the entire Village will be their demise.  They’ll be forever people who are considered wicked, rotten and cowards.  Bottom line, -- come out fighting – get these bastards.

EDUARDO

Secrets, Lies and Deceptions

Scandals 9

SECRETS, LIES AND DECEPTION

A common occurrence at UCO is concealing and hiding anything and everything, and doing it without reservation.  Challenge UCO, and they will talk about you in a very libelous way on Israel’s BLOG; slander you whenever they get the opportunity; write about you at will in the UCO Reporter; chop you down at a Delegate’s meeting where they literally control the speaker system, and the President denigrates your reputation by shouting “sit down – you’re out of order”.

Let’s take a look at the Master Insurance Policy, for instance, in which UCO, in compliance with the Bilateral Agreement, is supposedly doing you a tremendous favor by soliciting bid proposals on your behalf from insurance agents.

Ed Ross believed, because of information that he received from reliable sources, that there were improprieties involved in the receiving of bid proposals, including but not limited to, bid rigging.  The entire secret bidding process appeared to smell.  And, this was really of concern because in many budgets as much as 40% could be attributed to master policy premiums.

So, Ross, being most inquisitive, hand-delivered a letter dated February 24, 2011, to UCO, requesting the opportunity to review and perhaps copy the three insurance bid proposals that were submitted (Brown & Brown, Plastridge and The Mack Group).  That request was ignored – no response by e-mail, U.S. mail, telephone or fax.  A second letter dated March 4, 2011, making the same request, was hand-delivered to UCO.  Again it was ignored.  Ross detected something was definitely wrong.

The Insurance Committee, composed of ten or more members, normally require bid proposals to be sealed, stamped on the envelope when received so that they are not delivered late and disqualified, - and then all of them opened at the same time on a specific date, at a specific hour, at a specific place – at a meeting of the Insurance Committee who were duly notified of the bid opening.  This never happened.  None of it happened.  Bids were not date stamped; they were opened separately on different days, and in secrecy.

There were no Insurance Committee minutes taken at the time of the bid opening.  Think about that one for a moment.  A certain bid was opened secretly on a late Friday afternoon and it was approved secretly over that following weekend.  Something was very wrong, for sure.  It appeared that a certain bid was allowed to be “fixed” by the Insurance Committee leaders.  To be very blunt, at the very least,

there was bid manipulation,

Ross was then forced to consult an attorney in order to obtain these requested documents, under Chapter 617 of the Florida statutes.  There were more delays, more stalling by the insurance committee chairperson by executing a letter which basically denied Ross the access to public documents under the ploy of needing agents’ permission to do so.   The sealed bids were, indeed private, so that one bidder could not see what another bidder was submitting.  However, once they were opened, under the law, they became public to any Century Village resident who is part of the insurance program, and most especially to a delegate, who, in fact, is a member of UCO’s Board of Directors.

So, again, these bids, tainted by a lack of proper procedures, were kept secret.  It appears that UCO feels that they are above the law.  It became necessary for Ross’ attorney to send a second letter to the insurance chairperson and told her, without equivocation, that her reluctance to comply with state law could bring her before a judge.

You want information that you’re entitled to receive?  UCO makes you go to an attorney.  Ask Mr. Black and Mrs. Dowling, - they experienced the same thing.  They requested information which they were rightly entitled to, and they were refused.  This was UCO’s standard way of telling you – “GO AWAY”.  They had no choice but to seek legal counsel.

On September 30, 2011, some eight months later, the insurance chairperson hand-delivered a copy of three bid proposals to Ross’ attorney.  The attorney’s letters had requested a copy of the ORIGINAL bid proposals and insurance committee minutes.

Again, secrets and flagrant lies.  The Brown and Brown insurance bid proposal given to Ross was not the original proposal, but rather, the third proposal submitted by Brown and Brown.  Page after page in the proposal clearly reveals that it could not have been possible to submit such information at the time that the bids were originally due.  Mr. Ross has absolute proof that the final bid proposal submitted by Brown & Brown as a conjured up fabrication and made to look like it was supposed to be the original.  It was faked, and this is why the bid proposals were kept so secret.

So, after continuously beating the previous insurance chairperson into the ground, the President appoints someone new to take over the Insurance Committee.   But that is the UCO way, - to smite flat anyone who causes the slightest quiver in the river of deception.   And now, at this time, you have something that appears to be rotten to the core. 

Their cry at UCO is – “We don’t lie about anything.  Come into our offices and we’ll show you whatever you want to see.”  That statement, in itself, is slurring the truth.  After eight months, you really have to ask, - “What were you hiding?  If you didn’t do something illicit or illegal, you would have produced the documents immediately.” 

So, why do hundreds, if not thousands of people distrust UCO?  This insurance fiasco is a typical example of the dominance, egotistical attitude and control, and their secrecy and deception behind closed doors.  And, you know what?  We let it all happen.

Are you a delegate who is a member of UCO’s Board of Directors, or are you conforming to peer pressure?  Don’t just play follow the leader. Think before you vote.  Judge for yourself - you have a right to do that!

Edward J. Ross, AIA, FARA, NCARB

President, Oxford 100 Condominium Association, Inc.

October 31, 2011

Problems Solved?

Why doesn't David Israel make Lanny Howe Treasurer and Howard O'Brien the UCO Reporter? Lanny seems to know so much, he seems to have solved all of David's Problems.

However David doesn't know it, but his biggest problems are just starting.
Anonymous

Wi-Fi inexpensively

Opt out, Wire up, Turn on

Get your own Building wide Wi-Fi

CV Puppeteers

Century Village Puppeteer and Puppet
You Guess who is who

unable to quote anything

IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG...

     There goes that same refrain again - "Here we go again, um..a..um: this time with Wi Fi - again. In this month's issue of The Reporter, Anitra, the renter who should not even be ON a committee (but then again, David Israel only abides by the by-laws when he wants to) writes with great authority of the Wi Fi situation. She states that RFPs were sent out, when bids will be opened and then this lovely statement. 

     "We are unable to quote anything as to what this is going to cost us.....the hope is that the money currently being collected will be enough to provide any infrastructure that is needed for the roll-out."
  
     Are they for real? Again! They have no idea of the cost and they HOPE the money will be enough? Does anyone hear paving bells again? And what are we doing here anyway? How much money will we be on the hook for again? So what to do?
     First, UCO, by Article 3 of the bylaws is only entitled to work out 5 areas for the Village and NONE of them is Wi Fi, so....they really are not entitled to the current monthly bite. In fact, associations and people can opt out and if UCO has an issue with this, well, then the by-laws require mediation and arbitration.
     Second, again no clue as to cost and final bottom line. Again, going into a project with eyes closed and our wallets open. Again, lack of process and procedure, lack of understanding of what needs to be done.
     And why do this anyway? Building after building is looking into their own Wi Fi setup, no fuss, no muss, no infrastructure of big or small towers, no digging and in no time they have the set up complete.  Comcast has been doing this and they presented it at a Club meeting. AT&T has its own plan. Other buildings are not interested at all as individuals have their own set up, share it with others or have worked out other ways. Some people are not interested in Wi Fi at all and have no computers.And if the French-Canadians want their Wi Fi, they can do it like everyone else - individual or building and then use the pool areas. Stand outside many buildings and you can already hook up onto a connection. In the middle of the road perhaps not, but then again, do we need Wi Fi in the middle of the road?!! 
     Well, alrighty then, (sorry, could not pass up quoting our fearful leader) let's look at the next step. Discussing this at the assembly. I can already hear the dulcet tone of David Israel's voice. "Out of order! Sit Down! Slam goes the gavel and now a new step. Guards, please remove these malcontents" (by the way, a proud American tradition).
    Well, alrighty then, Houston, we have a problem. You see, these people are not out of order and the off duty PBSO officers cannot physically remove them or touch them lest they be opening themselves up to their own charges - and David Israel right along with them as he would then be complicit in a conspiracy to violate and deny civil rights, to assault and battery, and who knows what else. 
     So all this could be avoided if David Israel would listen to the people, but he will not. His dementia with its paranoia, aggressiveness, anger, perservation leads him down the wrong primrose lane and WE all suffer because of this.
     It's the same old song.....
ISN'T IT TIME WE CHANGED THE CHANNEL?

All bills are paid timely - Oh Yeah - Read This !!

The Great and Noisy one, Our President,  has repeatedly said that all UCO bills are being paid timely. Except read the following which was posted in 2012. Note that a bill for $336,938 could not, and was not paid . Also note that Dave Israel asked for forgiveness on this bill. Which the delegates had no choice but to grant. So much for we are paying our bills in a timely manner, except here and there, maybe.

Written for the UCO Reporter and never published. (To hot to handle)

UCO DEFAULTS ON
2012 BUDGETED RESERVE PAYMENT OF $336,938

Starting in fiscal 2011 David Israel, president, supported by his two minions, Ed Black treasurer and Roger Carver, CAM, pushed his then favorite project...the ill fated roadway and drainage restoration.

Project totaling more than $4.5 million to be completed in one year. At the time there was
$3, 300,000 in the villages reserve accounts. The project engineer's report clearly stated that if the funds were unavailable, that the work could be done over a three-year period.

Despite this professional recommendation, Mr. Israel pushed forward, putting the Village in financial jeopardy. The method he used to convince the majority of the delegates is best described by Edward J Ross a seasoned architect and then president of Oxford 100 Condominium Association. Mr. Ross circulated throughout the village in 2011, a two-page letter correctly titled SECRETS, LIES AND DECEPTION. A must read for everyone. "Again and again, they conceal and hide everything and they do without reservation."

I addressed the reckless manner many times that Mr. Israel was handling the Village's finances as well as the deficient manner that Mr. Black was handling the Village's books and monthly treasurer's reports. Mr. George Lowenstein CPA and myself were asked to meet with the Village's independent accountant in order to help Mr. Black correct the Village's books and monthly reports It is evident that the recommended changes to the books and the monthly reports were never made.

Century Village, on January 1, 2011, (as per the independent auditors statement) UCO had over $3 million in equity. Because of Mr. Israel's reckless spending policy, as of December 31, 2011, (as per the independent auditors) Century Village, only had approximately $23,000 in equity. This was the result of Mr. Israel's outrages spending policies leaving the village at tremendous economic risk.

Prior to becoming treasurer in 2012, Ms. Tetro recognized the Village's dire economic position. In pursuit of the treasurer's office wrote a one-page letter circulated throughout the village entitled is The 2012 Budget Misleading?

Some of the most salient points which are pointed out is that the 2012 budget:

a. Appears to be a Ponzi scheme.

b. The 2013 budget would of necessity require an additional line item to cover the repayment

c. The purpose of this letter is to alert you to what I believe is a very dangerous financial plan,

d. At the conclusion of the paving contracts, there will not be very much money (if any) in our reserve and operating accounts.

Unfortunately, due to the pressures of David Israel the prior treasurer, Ed Black and the lack of support of the other officers, apparently Ms. Tetro was unable to fulfill her own agenda of straightening out the UCO treasury. Despite my suggestions to correct these monthly reports to the delegates,it was never done, deficient reporting continued throughout the year.

When the draft of the 2013 Budget was presented, I objected to the manner of reporting and stated that the outside auditors should review the numbers to date as the numbers which the budget was based on was clearly incorrect!

In an attempt to help the Village by having the proper information to vote on the budget, I did the following:

a. August 29, 2012, I sent an e-mail  asking for certain pertinent information relating to the 2013 budget to be available. I was turned down.


b. Despite a memo distributed on September 5, 2012, inviting residents of Century Village to review the proposed budget; and to call or send an e-mail with specific questions and concerns. None were responded to.


c. On September 22, 2012, requesting that UCO's accounting firm be present at a meeting with UCO bookkeeping and myself, I sent a certified letter David Israel agreeing with UCO's terms.


d. On September 28, 2012, I received a letter signed by David Israel denying this request.

Because of the lack of knowledge and intellectual honesty, the budget for 2013 was pushed through in October, 2012, without the aid of professional help. Our reserves were stripped and there is no way of knowing what the real numbers are because of the stubbornness of those in charge who failed to listen to professional advice!

It is no surprise that almost immediately thereafter, David Israel with Hat in-Hand had to admit that they bad committed a gross error and failed to honor the 2012 Reserved Budget commitment and did not have the funds to pay the $336.938 budget reserves.

They asked for forgiveness of this obligation.

In spite of all this, at the officer's meeting, I advised them that the December treasurer's report contained gross errors, including the failure to include in the "expenses" substantial amounts which were unpaid, but due. Furthermore, the report showed that the actual expenses were $600,000, less than the budgeted expenses. This too was a gross error.

At the December Delegates meeting, the same report was presented without the correction of these errors. Why? At the January 30, 2013 Officers' Meeting, it was clearly stated that UCO does not have the money to timely pay its bills and needs to wait until new monies come in.

Interestingly enough, at the February 1 Delegate's assembly, when the report was delivered, it failed to advise the delegates of this situation.

WE WILL NOT KNOW WHERE WE ACTUALLY STAND UNTIL THE COMPLETION AND PUBLISHING OF THE AUDITED REPORT!

Well we all know the outcome of the first report of the new Treasurer, Howard O'Brien. The net result is a shortfall, underfunded amount of $1.7 Million, $16 per month per unit owner for 5 years

And then there is the fact, that this was not the beginning of the attack on our wallets, just a continuation.

EDWARD R. GROSSMAN, CPA
edwardgrossman@comcast.net

LANNY HOWE JUST FELL OFF THE CLIFF, HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROCKS BELOW AND IS SUFFERING FROM A SEVERE CASE OF DEMENTIA.

In his suffering state, Lanny says he does not know whether or not statute 718 requires UCO to have reserves or not.  – he forgot the dictum when you don’t know something, it’s best to keep your mouth shut - I guess the fall hit him pretty hard.  Lanny also calculated we only have to pay an additional $2.46 more a month to make up the $1,152,561 reserve deficit.   It seems when he fell off the cliff, he hit his head so hard, he started to hallucinate and envisioned himself the new treasurer of UCO.   Too bad Lanny, you are not the treasurer, nor a CPA. You are just a low-level jerk, oops; I mean a clerk who works at the UCO Reporter.  Your job is to report to David Israel everything that is being planned to go to press in order for David to stop Joy Vestal from printing anything adverse to His Majesty, David Israel.  

As James Cagney once said:

YOU’RE A DIRTY RAT.

They are liars, plain and simple.

Esther Sez:

LIES, LIES, MISSTATEMENTS AND GARBAGE

     The above title states what we get from David Israel, Petey Boy and Elaine with the plummy accent. Basically, they are liars, plain and simple. No one was panic mongering, as David Israel puts it. Ed Grossman was telling the truth as was the Treasurer. There is a mammoth shortfall in our reserves. Shakespeare said it long ago, that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet and in this case, a lie by any other name is still a lie. The Emperor, David Israel, is not wearing new clothes; rather, he is naked. He is naked as he faces all his lies and inadequacies that  come home to roost. He is naked as he stumbles trying to deny what is right there and he is naked when asked to come up with other ways besides sticking it to the residents of the Village. 
     As far as Wi Fi is concerned, his whole thing or position is a crock of *******. He and his morons tried to talk themselves into believing that Wi Fi in associations do not work. Really! Ask Ed Grossman or better yet ask all the people in Wellington A and see what answers you get. Ask Jean Dowling and her techie advisor who have wired their building via Comcast. Ask many other buildings who plan to do the same thing. And then ask other buildings who are content with the status quo because they do not see any savings. The Wi Fi we would be getting is SLOW, much slower than what we have and to get it faster and better, guess what? YOU HAVE TO PAY MORE MONEY! YES, MORE MONEY! Well, there goes the reputed savings.
     Oh, by the way, David Israel, nice to see that you have learned some advanced vocabulary from me instead of the usual crap you send me via email. Glad to see tutorials help. But your financial ignorance and your incompetence in running UCO, the disasters that you have brought down upon us and continue to do so still remain in the forefront. You might even go down as the worst President of UCO, worse than Kurt Weiss who signed the damned Millennium Agreement and Bob Marshall who is missing a few bricks of a full load. Yes, David Israel, c'mon down! You have won the booby prize to beat all other booby prizes - and unfortunately you are taking us down with you.
     And by the way, Ed did not lecture the Captain. In fact, the Captain gave him his card and invited him to come speak with him. Interesting meeting that will be. Want to come!!
In fact, want to come to Ed's meeting or are you afraid to hear the truth? Why not bring Joy Vestal, but then again, our "esteemed" (not) editor refuses to print both sides or all sides of an issue and she so stated in the June issue of The Reporter. You guys are devolving. Had any Aricept lately? You all seem to be so forgetful.

From the poisonous pen of David Israel

From the poisonous pen of David Israel

"MALCONTENT ATTEMPT TO PANIC THE DELEGATES OVER NON-EXISTENT MONEY FEARS. - UCO VP MAGIC SOLUTION - "KILL WI-FI"

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Today's Delegate Assembly was treated to Mr. Ed attempting to panic-monger the Delegates about money. He has been at the same old "pop-stand" for 4 years. He was wrong then, he continues to be wrong now. ALL bills are paid and being paid timely; Reserves are being slowly built up! So says David Israel."

But the gamble that the great one is taking, over next 5 years or so, with our money, is that there will be no need for reserves, there will be no expensive accidents. There will be nothing that will happen that is unforeseen and expensive.

Oh Yeah! What about the pipe failure at Borden Ave. Totally unexpected and expensive to the tune of $75,000 

This is a Gamble that the President of Davidisraelland should not have taken. That gamble belongs to the Residents and maybe the Delegates. As a matter of fact there should be no gamble at all, Ever!!

Hi all,
Yes! Correct, UCO is a Mutual Benefit Organization,organized under FS-617.

Let's see who can find any mention of "Reserves" in FS-617!

Let us know when you do.

Dave Israel

July 11, 2014 at 3:38 PM

So this  is the attitude that I am complaining about. Do we care 617 or 718? Good business practices tell us have a reserve. In fact our own auditors say that at lease 2 months cash in the bank for operating accounts and that  the reserves should be backing up the future expenditures such as road repairs, infrastructure repairs, and such. Israel's attitude is that we are  current with our bills or at least they are being paid in a timely manner. That statement is probably not true.See Ed Grossmans post following. - Gary

Have we sunk to Recall yet!!??

Remember - Dump Dave