THE LONG CON

     In grifting, the field of running a con on someone, there are two forms. There is the short con, which is quick, a matter of hours or days, over and done with, except for the harm and hurt left behind, and then there is the long con. This takes much setting up and can take months, even a few years to set up and insure proper results for the grifter, never mind the disaster left behind when the grifter is gone. Here, in CV, today, I believe we have the grifters setting up the long con; indeed, are well into it.
     Our home grown grifters are well in place. In fact, so well are they embedded in our UCO that they can now take steps to openly and insultingly, even, begin to place their new generation of players into their new and additional roles. In your face behavior as they set up a new generation of multiple role and job holders, all the better to keep us poor shnooks out of the game and just playing the wallets for their follies.
     David Israel is pretty quiet now, the quiet before the storm, when election season is up and he then pulls his rabbits out of the hat, what with his little trainee, Don Foster, all set to control the elections, once again shutting down all fair play, all campaigning, all chances of getting this poisonous man out of office. All the pieces are being put into position, all the better to eat us up  come elections and its campaigning times.
     There is no really tried and true way to get rid of bad politicians other than to get them out of office. One way is for a natural death. Well, we have no control over that. Another way is for someone to step up and out and run against the incumbent despite all odds, despite the nasty stuff he will sling at the opponent. It does not hurt. Trust me, been there, done that and even as I have earned his enmity, all for looking to serve the Village, so what? Nothing changed in my life other than meeting great people and being proud of myself for taking a stand. So why not you or you or you? You will have an organized group to work with you, a paper, two blogs, and a whole lot more people to stand with you.
     Another way is to get term limits reinstated and prevent him from running again. Once he is gone, so are the other parasites who leech the life out of the Village, giving us truly horrific contracts, calling them the best ever, and then defending them when their faults and deficiencies are uncovered and then finally admitting to facts not known before. I would like to know how this company got three Village contracts? Smells veerryy fishy to me. What else is behind the top of this iceberg just waiting to flood us out, to take us down?
     We MUST start over with fresh and clean people, people who have had no part, no truck, with David Israel and his Grand Vizier, Ed Black. We must oust Gorodetzer from her advisory position, remove Joy Vestal as her sell by date has long passed and she has violated every ounce of journalistic integrity and true responsibility towards the Village.
     Our UCO is tainted, plain and simple, These are grifters who are in it for the long con and one shudders to think what their final aim is and what has gone on in the interim behind our backs, out of our ken. Each day there appears to be more and more nasty stuff coming to the surface. Let us wake up and wake up our neighbors along with us, stir and shake this quiet before the storm time and blow this man out of office with our justified anger and our unity. Do not allow him to sit up there and smirk at us as he lies at the DA and says he appoints the chairs and before that slips and says, yes, he appoints the members. Actually, the chair is supposed to do that, but in reality, David Israel approves it all and if not - then get one gone!
     Are we going to allow good people to be shoved aside? Are we going to require people like Howie Silver to stand up there and question why the bad, the undeserved treatment? Are we going to stand for a man who has no defense other than to call for police - not good for that anymore, - and now to call for Al to shut off the mic. The better question is WHY, why do we allow this to continue. It is no wonder that the man and his henchmen hold the rest of the residents in contempt and are not worried as they stroll over and around the by - laws, attempt to put in place new ones that will truly cripple us, refuse to prepare for the post Millennium talks, concentrate on things we do not need and neglect that which must be done, and allow us a confused WPRF that appears to be expert at spending our money for their  own property and doing so in a muddled manner.
     TERM LIMITS, FOLKS. GOTTA DO IT. THE CON IS OVER.