DO YOU HEAR THE ECHO?

     First let me state that the UCO administration at present is a disgrace. The attendance by the elected officials who have stated that they will take their responsibilities seriously, who have sworn an oath to do so - where are they? Attendance at meetings is at a low so why did they run if they were not interested in fulfilling their job requisites? Simple - to keep out any and all opposition to their lord and master. Not a good situation, folks, and one reason why the meetings are all very short - there is no discussion, no opposition heard, the officers never have anything to say and on and on. I would like to know why they have nothing to say when there are serious situations in the Village. Why are they all just sitting on their thumbs and rotating? Just about the only one I see doing anything is Fausto and he is to be commended for that.
     Anyway, to echoes. For years the plaintive cry of the opposition re the roads and drainage went unheard, a lonely cry. For years the fence on the Haverhill side was decried, but to no avail. For years the irrigation system had warnings spoken. For several years now we have been speaking about the waters in our Village and their dire condition. All to no avail. We were ignored or insulted, maligned, made fun of - and that was ok as we knew we had right on our side. We wished it were not so, as that meant that our beloved Village would not get better soon, but it seems that fancy pool decks and obscure games which needed expensive courts came first. Wi Fi attempts beat out safety and security and security itself became a joke.
     BUT - wait a minute. Here is that echo. Yesterday, at the executive board  meeting, O'Brien once again stated that the roads have a real short life, though here he added on a year and a half to make it ten years, and that there was going to be an engineer hired to evaluate and advise. Whoa!!!!! Did I not just say that was what was needed in a posting of mine? Again, let it be done, let them take credit - but get it done right. If we are going to hire an incompetent shill in the pocket of David Israel and Ed Black, then what use. Let the credentials be publicized and let us approve or not.
     Eva has admitted that the water in the lakes is truly problematic but now we need to get a solution, and not one that leads to another problem causing the situation to deteriorate even further. And no, we cannot depend on the vegetation to hold up the fence at Haverhill! But at least they are paying attention. That is a step forward, though a tiny little baby step, but one nevertheless.
     Again, if process and procedure were in play many of our problems would not have occurred. They would have been taken care of by preventive, proactive measures, but evidently these are ideas that are foreign to our current UCO officers. Joy needs permission  from David or Ed to speak or write, Myron needs Joy to give him permission, Phyllis is mum save about doorknob thieve and the true issues of threats to our safety are ignored with excuses of "we cannot do anything, only advise." Then advise!!!
     Remember that quaint instrument where people would input numbers and then have a conversation - yes, the phone. Well, use it. Have these lazy do nothing VPs call their association presidents and have a serious face to face. Ask about their issues and brainstorm ideas to help. Tell them in person that they need to renew their 55+ info with the proper government people or else what will happen when lovely people such as Kelly find out that they have lapsed and come a roarin' in to insert under 55, children, criminals, etc. Do Something!!! Stop making excuses.
     Since my ideas have been picked up quite a number of times, let me assure you that I will come in the back door of UCO and talk with you and will not let on to a soul! But dangnabbit it, do something! Now! Before it is too late.
     If you prefer to work by echo, fine. If you wish to make believe that your brains are functioning, fine - as long as we fix ourselves. Echoes are good - go yodel in the Swiss Alps and enjoy the echo and then come back and try to work well with the echo system here.
     It should be noted that Jean Dowling has been working on this senior housing issue for quite some time, ringing the warning bell, even printing out a huge set or packet of information on this issue as well as others - and done it on her dime. Why? Because UCO will not work with her because they cannot afford to give anyone credit, only to take for themselves. She wrote an excellent article for The Rag but was denied input and acceptance as Joy did not get the go ahead from her master. Jean had this pinned down straight from the get go and our "esteemed" leader, or should I say FOLLOWER at this point, has not one original thought left in his head so he trolls the blogs to find out where he needs to go next. Fie on you, Mr. Israel. Time to go, your time has passed, your brain has signaled a need to rest, for quite some time already, so again, I repeat what I said in another posting - GO!