It seems that that old saw, "The more things change, the more things remain the same" applies to life and UCO here in the Village. It seems that if one does not like what one sees, then just do it again and ignore the result, even if it was a dramatic result.
We saw this behavior with the term limits last year when the Grand Poohbah was third time lucky as he had an assembly composed mainly of his zombie delegates and good soldiers . We are certainly expecting him to be planning his campaign for Wi Fi and we can see the first steps to that. Yesterday, Petey Boy, (it figures), posted a most inane posting about a suit in California with Comcast which is one of the stupidest things I have ever read. It makes no sense and has no tie to us here. First and foremost, while I do not know the details there, NO ONE was forced into the OPT OUT program here as it was an association vote and decision. Quite unlike, I would say, the plan by the Grand Poohbah to force all of us into his plan so, Petey Boy, think again and think real carefully of where the suits would be if the shoe were on the other foot. OK. First dud missile but there is another interesting detail. Why, on the list that Ted Herle, the CAM, keeps circulating month after month, with the same things crossed off and the same things to be done, why, oh why, do we see at the bottom of the list "WiFi - WIP (work in progress).
THERE IS NO WORK IN PROGRESS. THERE IS NO WI FI. THE ASSEMBLY, AND THUS THE VILLAGE, VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO OPPOSE IT. SO WHY IS IT STILL THERE, TED? YOU WORK FOR US, NOT DAVID ISRAEL. NOT ED BLACK. NOT THE WI FI COMMITTEE.
This is an example of what the Grand Poohbah does. He perseverates, wears people down, buys them off with his gifts of petty little kingdoms, and plays his political machine game. The only problem is, this is not a game and we barely escaped miring ourselves once again in a multi million dollar fiasco. We must be alert to him. What we all need to do is show up at the next Wi Fi meeting and the next and the next, etc. so our Grand Poohbah will realize that we are watching, very carefully, and any plans he has or wants to make will have to be advanced in secret, for we will not allow him to openly subvert the wishes of the Village.
And while we are at it, let us press forward with the hard questioning that must take place on the budget. We cannot seem to get a final budget from Howie O'Brien, for each budget is so termed and then voila! we get another one. It is magical, for money appears and disappears, is appropriated and assigned on the whims of the Treasurer who seems to sway quite nicely with the whim of the Poohbah, and other numbers change as well. We get assigned a larger fee due to a "blended" budget, but who voted on that number and increase? Not the assembly, that's for sure! And now that we have this money from the Wi FI reserve and UCO has NO MANDATE or permission to spend or expend funds on it, why cannot this money go to lowering the fees or better yet, stick it in the road reserve for sure as shootin' we will be there soon enuf! Notice that figure change as well. The budget handed out said on the life expectancy line 30 years for the roads. Are they drunk or just dumb!! Now the figure is down to 10 years. Yes, folks, 10 years and the Treasurer said he now has that figure after he and the CAM went around the Village. Could have saved him the time as we certainly have been pointing out its deficiencies since day 1 of the job.
Numbers. Dances. Here we go again. We must be alert. We must be vigilant and not let our guard down, certainly until the Poohbah is out of office and speaking of that - who among you are ready to pull the trigger and start the recall procedure? Who will sign the petition? Or do you still think the man has magical powers? HE DOES NOT. He is the man behind the mirror - useless, powerless, and concerned not with your requirements, not with the needs of the Village, but only of his own thoughts, desires and pet projects. Time to go, Poohbah, time to go.
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