AW, C'MON. DID YOU THINK WE WOULD NOT NOTICE?

     So just came back from two wonderful days in Orlando with grandson #1 who flew in from California and picked up the Reporter on my way up. Bob, I generally enjoy your drawings very much, the talent and the wit, but this one was over the edge. Santa is bringing his bag of toys to CV and you put two things in that bag that have no place being there.
     The first one is the sheet scripted "By Laws". Well, Bob, that is not a gift to the Village but rather a gift to David Israel and henchmen for the By Laws, as they see them, are there to enhance and enlarge their power and control and limit even more the say that the residents have over their own lives. So, no, Bob, this is not a gift for the Village, but rather a damaging blow should they go through.
     The second lie is the Wi Fi symbol that you have snuck in there. Maybe David Israel likes that gift, but once again, it is not a gift that is desired unanimously by the residents and in fact, there are many who do not wish it at all to be installed. They either have their own or do not want Wi Fi and do not want to be obligated to pay a ridiculous amount of money for it. Another multi million dollar bill on top of the $5 million dollar plus bill that we paid - AND FOR NOTHING - as we will have to do the roads all over again - this is just beyond the realm of acceptability.
     So, my friend Bob, and I do call you that, this is a drawing in error. There are many other things good old Santa could bring to the Village - like proper UCO administrators, delegates who actually think for themselves, freedom of speech and assembly, a budget that is actually clear and does not shift from day to day, honesty and transparency and the list goes on. The latest is the attempt to push through the blended rate which was never voted on or for, just the stretching of the budget, not an increased payment. Another fast one over the delegates, huh?!
     There is something very unhealthy and unappetizing in the Village. So many of the residents are wonderful and caring people, friendly, interested in the goings on and yet we have a dead system of government, a lack of transparency, a lack of process and procedure, for that would lead to the downfall of David Israel and Ed Black, along with Broomhilda - two non elected people who have an enormous say in this Village. And yet, and yet, David Israel colludes and/or orders Eva Rachesky to do as he wants and wishes, people are shut out and shut up and some creepy people sit high on the hog. This cannot continue. Tell that to Santa and tell him to exchange his goodies for the ones we truly need.