KEYSTONE KOPS CV STYLE

     You can't make this up if you tried. Even now, the whole story is shrouded by fog and secrecy and the idiotic and frenetic manner in which this whole thing was done and please note that NO VIDEO of this meeting or its after meetings or phone calls or Skype or whatever ever went up on his blog. It is just so representative of the administration of UCO and its workings and should push any and all over the line and we should all be shouting for their removal.
     So what kind of games are they playing here? Eyewitness testimony from a reliable source tells of the meeting of the Security Committee wherein the dissatisfaction with the Kent company was discussed, this after much complaint and discussion amongst other people, including this very blog and the CV Messenger and Gary's blog, the usual manner in which to find out the truth in the Village. It was decided by a vote to notify them that they had 60 days to clean up their mess or else the next step towards dissolution of contract would be taken. The vote was a majority vote with a plurality of one. Needless to say, David Israel and Ed Black along with our "impartial" Joy Vestal were not happy campers at all. Tsk tsk.
     Suddenly, we began hearing rumors of phone calls and even Skype sessions of meetings and plots and plans and lo and behold, suddenly Ed Black says he counted wrong and the motion was defeated. Really? I knew he could not count well when UCO funds were used inaccurately but even a vote with small numbers? Tutoring required?
     Here's a question - why was the video of the meeting never posted, nor the minutes, not that they are of real value for accuracy, but still. And now we hear that the meeting was not videoed at all!!! Interesting again. Why, if Skype was involved afterwards and a meeting held by Skype, then why are we being told that we cannot get votes or agreements for signatures by Skype? Same difference, ya know.
     But wait - there's more! (Aahhh, have not used that line in a while). What is the more? Suddenly there was another whatever, mix, mess, of phone, and secret meetings, which violate the Sunshine Law, (oh ye who "boast" about how it is so closely followed and obeyed here - think again!) Well, what do you know - suddenly the vote was reversed again and the company will get its notice - or go to the delegates - or whatever else is bruited about.
     Stay tuned for the latest changes as this apparently is a second by second changing situation. Keystone Kops indeed!!
     How do we ever trust an administration run by apparent incompetents who cannot even organize themselves into any kind of group to discuss what happened and what to do as a result? How do we trust a group that obviously refuses to follow the dictates of its committees, even their own handpicked ones who finally have the courage to stand up to David and Ed? How do we ever trust them to do anything and again, why no video unless they knew there would be issues..
     People, we cannot trust this UCO. The Kent contract and their performance is horrocious. I followed their Rover yesterday for a bit and that thing does not go off the main road. It is like the cops who coop on duty. They are not performing their tasks properly. Remember, last time I looked, most of us live OFF the main roads and are entitled to security checks as well. Their other deficiencies are well known so what are we playing around for? What is the underlying truth? David Israel, I challenge you to come out in public and open yourself up to the questions of the residents and no shouting to shut a person's mic or in any way censor the questions or lie in the answers. I do not even know if it is possible for you to do this, but try.
     In any case, people, they gotta go. NOW! Any body remember Sheffield O and now an Easthampton association and there are rumors of others. What the hell are they doing over there in UCO? Why are they not having OPEN meetings where all are invited to talk and ask and DEMAND help, hand holding and proactive decisions. Irwin Levy can help, yes, but it is our mess, thank you, UCO, and Mark Levy seems nowhere around, content to give the old man his shot, I guess. Where is WPRF and what exactly was and is their role in this? Only the shadow knows since all we hear from that direction is dead silence. Interesting.
     Term limits. Better and clean government. Better CV. A UCO that actually cares and is honest and transparent. A UCO with process and procedure. VPs that do something! Anything! The time has come.