IS ANYONE OUT THERE?

     I know that people are reading from the stats that I receive, but I sometimes wonder about the readership here in the Village and the States as I do not know where these people are located, physically. Are they reading to do something about the situation or do they read because they enjoy the writing or are they reading from the opposing camp in order to know what we are thinking and in what mudhole we are catching them splashing about or are people reading because they actually hope to partake in the reform of our Village. And by the way, there is a Reformist Party of CV established so we are all serious about reform here and will not go away, no matter how many times they wish it so! Sorry, guys. You lose! As far as all the readers from all over the globe - I am just amazed - and flattered. Thank you, all my readers - domestic and foreign.
     Sometimes I wonder if the majority of the Villagers actually care about things or are just concerned with their daily swim and tennis game and a better parking place when they go to shows and movies. Oh, yes, they will join in the shouting when horror stories arise, such as Sheffield O and poor Petey Boy is apopletic because he cannot make that go away, cannot make believe that it never happened and is not still a mess. Now he just gives praise unto the Lord for the wonderful actions of David Israel and UCO. HUH???? I bet he would see the Emperor's new clothes rather than the splendor of his nudity as he foolishly marched thru his kingdom!
     How many people read the CV Messenger? Here we have a good measure as we know that emails are opened, papers are left in and out of the Village, including many popular stores and restaurants, on doorknobs(ooohhh, the doorknob thief gang is still there maybe), and even mailed out to snowbirds. We know the comments and questions we get and we see the desperation of Vestal as she struggles for readership, even as her staff of writers shrinks, as the newsworthy articles decrease in number and the bias of the paper just drips from its corners. Oh, but just look at all the pretty ads!!!
     How many question why the Snorkel Club receives the use of the Somerset pool EVERY holiday? How did that happen?
How many people understand that if we do not go to shows their number will decrease even more than they already have and there will go one of the biggest perks of living here? How many people actually plan to step up to the plate and run for office so that the harmful ones, the do nothing ones who never show up will all be replaced and we will finally have a responsive UCO, a proactive UCO, a UCO with process and procedure, with a good eye towards the future in a sensible and financially organized manner, with a president who does not threaten people or use his ability to appoint or ban a volunteer as nastily as do the beheaders of ISIS.
     Many people asked me then and now how I could have withstood the battery that David Israel aimed at me when I ran for president, out of the blue and how he focused his venom on me as I ran for Exec. Bd. The answer is, I know from whence it comes and I recognize hate speech and desperation when I see it. I know he is afraid of me. He then pulls out all the big guns, spends tons of money with possible tainted sources of money, performs poorly at the Candidates Forum and then wins - and the questions about the election procedures are never answered, the originals never examined, but, we all know that UCO and David Israel et al have taken on some of our suggestions, have had to respond to questions we have raised, have been forced into action even as they stutter as to why they allowed the situation to develop, spin in their chairs as they try to explain lapses in judgment, still have secret meetings and keep those videos off their purported blog, and then have to eat humble pie when they must very publicly acknowledge their disasters as they have to do with the roads, what with the constant and costly patching, the suddenly acknowledged need for a crew of engineers to come in and evaluate - and if they would have done this properly from the beginning we would not be out $5 million wasted dollars and another $30 million to accumulate - and the very public announcement that we will need that road quite sooner by years and years as it crumbles under our feet.
     Will people stand up again to the lies and wheeling and dealing from David Israel and the quick talk from Ed as they try to pull the broadband over our eyes or will people remember how we already have said NO to Wi fi for the entire Village and just remember the costly debacle in Boca. It behooves us to wait as every day one can read about the changes and if we do anything now, we will be committing ourselves to loads of money and a backwards system. Why do that? So those two can have their little whims satisfied? On our backs?
     Who will stand up for term limits reinstated as it always was. Unlimited terms lead to outdated, outmoded, paranoid and rude officers, people who think they have a right to remain in office in perpetuity. I think not! And how about a treasurer that answers questions and can explain just where our money is going and what is the REAL AMOUNT of the increase for next year - and it is going to be huge what with the roads and their planned broadband. And how are we going to know what is being held truly in reserve as we have that sophisticated ED Black system in place, the one of mish mash all in one account, truly an exceptional idea for hiding financial chicanery.
     Is anyone out there? If so, when you are here or when you return - come in to the DA and stand up for what is right. Demand answers. Demand freedom of the press. Remove Joy Vestal. Put the Greggs back in to Channel 63 with freedom to run it properly. Demand term limits. Demand that David Israel be thrown out and his Ed with him - and he will just have to do with remembered days of yore when Petey Boy praised him to the skies for directing traffic - his job as Security Chair and then ignore anyone else who was there. And speaking of traffic, this system is ridiculous as now we are having two lines waiting to get in as the guards do not lower the bars after they allow in a car in the non barcode lane and when a resident asks for it to be done, we get a "Calm down, relax!"  Truly? This is what we are paying for? This security contract sucks the big one! How about that Ed? David? Taken up counting lessons yet?
      Is anyone out there? Read. Hear. Think.
Act. Enlist in the battle. Screw your courage to the sticking point. Let your blood boil. Help fix things. Run for office. Vote the right way. Demand answers. Demand process and procedure. Demand action. Demand the truth. Demand honesty and transparency and as they say, "GIVE 'EM HELL!!!"