DEFINITELY ANNOYING

     There are big things that must be corrected here in the Village. That much we know is true, and we combat it every day, but what is often the most annoying on a daily basis are the ratty little comments that are made by His Nibs and his Niblets as they go through the day wrapped in their own self delusions. Some of these delusions and what they consider to be humor are quite dangerous when understood as to origin.
     Take David's personal blog wherein he purports to be the official Village blog, yet we know that he shut that down and opened this, his own, trying to make money thru ads, a blog wherein only his Niblets are allowed to post. Everyone else is told that one may not post as the person you are. What is even more aggravating is the fact that the Rag gave him free advertising space, endorsed it, and why? Well, for one it simply goes to show that David Israel rules the roost as far as they are concerned, and two, if the ad works, then more people will be driven to his blog and he can charge or earn more money from advertisers. So - if one must go to that blog, limit it severely. The interesting videos of meetings are not shown, such as the Security meeting where a 'tie" vote on the security contract supposedly took place and then an  "emergency" security meeting took place where suddenly  it was a unanimous vote to give Kent a 60 day notice! Wow! Things certainly changed.
     My question here is to ED Black. In the Rag you waxed poetic about the security contract, how the problems would be taken care of and we need to stay on track with them. Then what a turnabout! According to a mumbled statement on line, other things came to the fore. What things? The residents are entitled to know and must be made aware of all in a full disclosure before they vote at the DA on this. Make no mistake about it. I think this contract was rank with bad news from the beginning but Ed Black lied thru his teeth and crammed it down people's throats with no time to read and think. And now he wants the reverse. What happened and exactly what are the plans for a security company now? Will the rejected ones reapply or will they spurn CV as many companies do thanks to the poor presentations and negotiations of the Village UCO people. What are the contingency plans to keep our security secure?
     Then we have the late presentation of the Officers' meeting, put on line several days after the meeting and there are some telling points here. First of all, and I would need an expert for this, but I believe that between 11:41 and 12:00 on the clock of the video there is a glitch with a slightly perceptible jump between numbers and a cut off sentence from David which does not make sense in context. What was being sliced, edited, out and why? And note the snide laugh of Israel when he comments that the same people discussed and voted on the security contract so this vote struck him as quite funny. Really? This is exactly what we mean by the same people always doing the voting and the whole farce that is going on here. Rubber stamp government is what it is. Democracy it most certainly is not.
     And then we have that fool, Peter Cruz making a comment that three "loudmouths" were kvetching about all the venues being closed for supposed renovations. They already had been warned by the guards, he says. What warning? Why? Are we now not allowed to express our thoughts if they are opposed to events in the Village? What is next? Our own form of the Gulag? Home invasions at 4 AM to take us away? Is there no end to the suppression of free speech here? And why not complain? There are people who live here all year and are entitled to a full complement of  recreational facilities all year and not just be satisfied with  a huge cut out of them, including two pools at the same time. And what is this that I am hearing about the cost of renovation to the indoor pool? Did we not spend enough of our money on a quarter of a million dollars for the resident pool at the Clubhouse. Now another quarter of a million or close to it? OUR MONEY  -  THEIR PROPERTY. Yes, this property that we are so lavishly and free spending to renovate does not even belong to us. WE rent it, fix it, renovate it - and do not own it. Seems really off to me. And to many others. But that is for the post Millennium agreement if we ever get around to hiring a real attorney well versed in this area and grow some, as we deal with rapacious owner realty companies used to sitting on us and screwing us royal.
     And of course, we have the apologist blowhard Lanny Howe who thinks this closure is all oh so funny and oh so acceptable. And by the way, these pickleball courts have been nothing but aggravation from the beginning, always needing repair and always costly and once again - we fix and create but do not own. We just pay for everything. Do not think that a WPRF project is WPRF money. Nope, it is mainly OURS - your WPRF fees. Think about that. Kind of like the taxation without representation in a way, is it not?
     Well, if we do not get tornado warnings today maybe it will be a nice day to walk in a shaded area in a park, smell the flowers and fresh cut grass, observe the wildlife - animal and human - and understand again why we remain here even as we fight for the right way for our Village to function. Just think about term limits while you walk, or sit around and chat, go biking, kayaking, go to the movies, or just sit and read a book from our excellent library system. Think how we can safeguard the life we want to have here. Term limits.