The power of words, the power of the pen have long been known. Books are powerful and that is why dictators try to stifle the words of books, of opposition, burn them even, but just one word from a famous author - "J'accuse!" - turned the French world upside down in the Dreyfus case.
We of the opposition believe in the power of the word and hence our blogs, The CV Messenger, and all the handouts that have been for the Village's benefit. And now we have the words of current UCO people, elected and not, and they will now hoist themselves on their own petard. I would have liked to have let them worry for a few more weeks but I guess just seeing their hypocrisy in print excited some to just go ahead so I will follow their lead and by the way, take the time to read Stew Richland's posting on Gary's blog - an excellent piece.
Term limits is key to getting rid of stale thoughts, stale people, selfish people. It has always been so at CV until some people who have no lives other than that conferred upon them by UCO, needed to remain in office. They had a deep visceral need to do so and felt and still feel that we OWED it to them to allow this. One in particular was elected and the other was his shadow? bossman? vizier? guru? Take your choice.
Let's take Ed Black first, he who is non elected yet is chair of multiple very important committees, especially concerned with the use of our funds - and their misuse - and who has not a finger, but a whole hand in almost every aspect of UCO because that is what David Israel has allowed. Courtesy of Ed Black we now have the lousy Kent security contract, a mess on the roads, a self aggrandizing man who thinks he can do the job of PBSO and never mind the harm it causes and who is such a hypocrite that it boggles the mind.
"A shill is someone whose praises are motivated by self interest." Written by Ed Black on May 23, 2008. Interesting, that , as he is now a shill for the present UCO administration and a chief proponent of speaking out for allowing it to remain in office forever and a day. Nice.
".....no one should be allowed to occupy any one office indefinitely......the fire in the belly of any newly elected to do their very best is itself one compelling reason to allow limits to stand.......make damn certain UCO promotes and encourages the next generation....to become involved in the governance of this Village...."
Sounds like something I would back, does it not? Hmm, Ed Black and I agreeing on something. Wow!!! Ed must be gnashing his teeth at this point. Ah, yes, but words do have a way of coming back to haunt their owner. One must be careful about what one supports and then suddenly does not because it is inconvenient.
And let us not forget his other statement about Channel 63 - "....bad enough that Channel 63 is using our information station to bore us to death with a presentation out of the 1950's." This from the very same man who censored Channel 63, caused the resignation of the Greggs, and look at our Channel 63 now - right out of the 1940's. One better, huh, Ed.
So, hypocrite number one wanted term limits, nay, demanded them, urged them, for the very same reasons that he now degrades, denies, and defies. Such a hero! Such a good and pure man driven by the purest of all reasons - self interest and greed, greed for power, for control!
Now let us approach our esteemed leader, the eminent and distinguished Mr. David Israel, he of the somewhat lacking vocabulary, the one that derives from the Cold War and old techie terms. Yes, you got it.
He states, on July 11, 2008 that "I was/am opposed to removing term limits. Autocrats abhor term limits because they preclude their becoming permanently ensconsed in their Autocratic positions."
Yes, read it again. Translation: dictators hate term limits because it means they could not remain in perpetual and oppressive office - all the better to ruin the lives of their electorates. Wow!!! Double wow. He who now thinks of himself as do others of his ilk, as the president for Life, actually said the opposite was a good idea. He who now wants to be dictator for life once railed against that very idea. So who is the Autocrat now, David? Guess he has been reading too many of the current events of African and South American countries where the elected official then suddenly denies free elections due to "ensuring the safety of the country - at least in the present." Try back in about 20 years or so and maybe then will be a better time for human rights, for civil rights, for freedom of speech, for new people and new ideas, for a better CV.
Yes, people, this is who is now in office and who wants to remain there forever, never mind the disasters he has brought upon us, one after the other, in a troubling cascade and who knows what else is lurking there in the background, waiting to be found out and dealt with. Who knows? Scary thought.
But there is a way of dealing with this and that is to get rid of the dead wood, simply by reinstating term limits and do not grandfather anyone out. No present officer in any position of UCO who has outlived term limits is to remain in office. That will get them removed, all those dead heads who needed to be weeded out. They can always run for another position or just wait an election out and then run again. They can always volunteer, so the idea that their "experience" will be lost to us - what hooey! Another delaying tactic by those who lie to us on a daily basis and if you do not believe that, then just say the magic words - and there are many - Sheffield O, Easthampton, $5 million dollar boondoggle and debacle of road paving, $30 million waiting to be collected, Wi Fi and Broadband sneaky plans, Kent security disaster, Channel 63, The Rag and its disintegration, poor planning if any at all, and do not forget the four units owned by Peter Cruz in another Sheffield building! What awaits us there? Hot benches, dangerous to sit upon or even touch and how about benches that are unsafe as presently placed and been in that same condition for years, yes, years! And the list can go on and on.
Time for these hypocrites to go, to let us try to fix up what damage they have wrought and bring our lovely retirement bubble back up to where it should be, without breaking the backs of the residents. Let us bring back VPs who reach out to their quadrants, a president who gets out into the fresh air and actually talks to the residents where they are, not in a majesty format wherein he sits in his office and deigns to entertain them and display his benevolence. Abraham Lincoln said it a whole lot better than I ever could -"government of the people, by the people and for the people..." Every president, including our Founding Father George Washington, who turned down a crown by the way. (want that too, David?), knew that two terms was enough - for the man and the country and the only one who defied that, FDR, proved eventually to be a poor decision. Two terms and then out, to try again for something else or again, later, for a past position. What is so bad about that? There is no downside- except for those who are megalomaniacs.
And as an aside, there is a nasty rumor now being spread in the Clubhouse and by the pools that Howie Silver resigned due to mental illness. How dare they! Go look in the mirror and see just who has paranoid tendencies that are well documented, who has megalomaniacal issues, who has temper tantrums and fits like a toddler. Leave a good man alone and appreciate all that he has done for the Village.
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