THE SUSPENSION OF REALITY

     Sometimes reality needs to be suspended. It is when one is sitting holding on for dear life, waiting to go down a "drop" on  a ride, mumbling frantically, This isn't real. This isn't real." It is when one calmly waits on line for an hour and a half, talks with strangers and the kids wonder just where that impatient woman who needs things done NOW went to.
     On the other hand, when reality of a surprise overnight stay at The Boardwalk, a place I have been dying to go to but could not, and because of an error of a double booking or some such thing, turns into a stunning two room suite with a Jacuzzi and complete kitchen etc., well, reality is truly sweet. And when we text the kids, suddenly we have an impromptu family picnic as we watch the fireworks from the huge balcony and have a stunning view of the "golf ball" at nite, well, reality does not get better than that.
     BUT, when reality is unbelievable, then we need to not only watch that it does not get suspended or turned into a fantasy world, but that indeed we fix that reality. When a supposed "leader" appears to have delusions of the rights of dictatorship, when he feels that HE, and HE alone, controls the reins of administration here in the Village, then reality must be fixed and someone's delusions of grandeur erased.
     One cannot have it both ways either in a realistic reality. One day we are being told, no, scolded, as children, screamed at by one person who throws tantrums in public and does not have a parent to swat his behind, and the next we are being told that , "Oh, no, one cannot tell the associations what to do." Huh?
     And besides, no one wants UCO to "tell" us what to do. That is exactly the point, but what we do want is for UCO to do its job. Help the associations and guide them, else what are you there for? To spend our money on wasteful or misguided projects? To bring in security firms that do not do their jobs? To see to it that we have strange waterways? To watch our CV go down the tubes because you will not heed the cry of a resident who is worried, frantic about the antics of her president? For sure, you can reach out to her, guide her as to what she can do to alleviate the situation, give her advice and even reach out to the president to talk with him. But YOU DO NOT and then send your shills to print insults with incorrect data by the way, saying, oh, no, UCO cannot do that.
     Well, yes it can, and yes, it should, but that would require a hard and true reality while the current UCO wants only to do with its own sickly reality it has devised for itself. The problem is, dear people, that this "reality" is killing ours. It is presenting us with a reality that will destroy us as venial, trivial, and even nasty, mean spirited and worse, people will populate our UCO and we will be the victims. So many of you have finally spoken up; the time has come for action. Come to the DA. You are allowed to speak, delegate or not. You are allowed to voice your opinion and disapproval or approval over proposed projects and over the ridiculous infantile behavior of he chair.
     By the way, sitting down with a person, presenting a summary of a conversation with someone, indicating the steps that can be taken, having a followup meeting or call, is a far better way of doing things, then just scolding one in public and telling them they should know what to do. The point is - they don't, and they are overwhelmed. This is how an executive or administrator does things and this is how situations improve. Life experience of working with people, supervising them, clearly says so, while a computer communing does not. Life is OUT HERE, Mr. Israel, et al, and not inside that building and your computers.
     And, by the way, our troubled resident of Salisbury E, please contact my husband after the weekend and he will help you. We had our own issues with an abandoned apartment and we worked on it and did what we could. We have a super board and a great building and with a bit of help I am sure you can help turn your association around - despite all the abuse you have taken for posting on that other blog.
     People, reality can be great. It does not have to be suspended. We do not need to allow Nero to keep fiddling. Term limits, incompetence impeached and/or thrown out, turned away in all its personifications, and a sweet reality is just around the corner with cooperation and some hard corrective working of a new and better reality.