I was talking with a few people the other day and we were trying to understand what makes David Israel tick. Why does he do what he does and why does he insist on continuing on the same path even as it crumbles in front of him and behind? Here is what we came up with and you are free to agree or disagree - that is your right, living in CV or not!
For whatever reason, whatever original impetus, David Israel decided he wanted to serve in UCO. Great idea as he had some skills in the techie area that could benefit the Village. He also supported term limits, transparency in government and modernizing UCO and its procedures. Sounded great to some people so in time, he was elected president - by one vote, by a three way split vote, and finally by defeating a complete unknown who came out of nowhere, yet garnered a respectable amount of votes, so there was always an opposition there, muted and intimidated though it might be.
But things changed as David Israel remained in office. Suddenly the idea of his remaining in office began to take hold of his mind, his very soul, and his ideas and actions began to change. His people skills deteriorated and he ranted and raved at people in public, in UCO, at the DA. He threatened people within UCO, other elected officers and cut them off from the computer and the Village cloud. Since he had by then put all onto the cloud and shredded hard copies, this essentially placed all the strings of control within his hot little hand.
His opinion on term limits changed as his time to step down from the presidency came closer. He apparently had this heavy desire to be somebody and felt he could not be anybody without that office. So he pulled shenanigans until he was able to get term limits rescinded and is now fighting a renewed battle against its restoration. Apparently, he must feel that it is his right to remain there for life, a standard petty dictator's wishes, but the opposition is growing in force, numbers and influence.
His sense of self importance grew by leaps and bounds and he began to develop a paranoia that everyone was against him except for his trusted few, a very few at that and always subject to change. "Outsiders" were not allowed into UCO, their experience, help and interest in UCO denied. Meetings behind closed doors where serious decisions on policy and the spending of our money began to grow in number, so what difference did it make if there were committee meetings, what with the secret meetings and the ridicule and as the administration by fiat grew.
So one by one his principles deteriorated, went by the wayside, his apparent paranoia grew, his sense of self importance grew even as his concern for the wishes of the Village lessened, and his care about and for the conservation of our funds and their being well spent wavered and have gone down for the third time.
What makes him tick? Twisted thinking. Ignoring the needs of others, downplaying their importance. Either willfully ignoring the situation in Sheffield O and in other areas of the Village or actually knowing about it and actively allowing it to happen and why? Well, David, why not answer that question and other questions about your history with Kelly? The DA is coming up soon, a perfect opportunity.
What makes David Israel tick? A driving need to be somebody, anybody, who appears to be in power, never mind the consequences. It is a sad commentary for it takes away from any good or positive things he has done for the Village. For a man who speaks always of his legacy, he appears to be following Obama down that road of leaving either none, or worse yet, a negative one, one that scarred the electorate and violated the mandate each had been given. Such a pity. Such a sad end to a story that could have been so much better.
What makes David Israel tick? Is it a matter of morals or lack thereof? Is it the growth of power, the desire for power as it definitely can corrupt? Is it a need to fill a major hole in his life with something, anything? Only David Israel knows for sure, but it does make for a sad story - for him, and unfortunately for us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, " What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
While the consequences of the actions and policies of David Israel are not necessarily small matters, they do pale in comparison to thinking about what lies within him, do they not? Enough of us have decided that it is enough, the Village has had enough, and hence the blogs and The CV Messenger and the meetings and the handouts of info that people need but that has been denied or neglected by the current UCO and the push to remedy the situation.
David Israel, we decided that we could not figure out all the byways of your mind and soul, but all agreed that you need to go, must go, for your own sake and for the sake of the Village. Immediate resignation for cause, or removal from office for cause, is a must. Do the right thing and try to remember that once, perhaps, you had noble ideas that somehow got lost along the way. Remember that once you so stated and even put into writing that you never wanted to be president for life. What changed that? What indeed, made you tick?
Remember, FDR you are most certainly not - and even he should have known when enough was enough, though he was in the middle of a war and I believe I trust his reasons for remaining in office far more than I trust yours.
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