SEPARATION? DIVORCE?

     After yesterday's Finance meeting separation or divorce is sounding better and better. We have a problem here in CV. After years of denial, David Israel et al admitted that the road job was a disaster. Of course they do not shoulder the blame which sits squarely on their shoulders, but now suddenly are calling all repairs to the roads as emergencies and spending money like water. And, in addition, have suddenly refloated a "demand" that the president be allowed to basically spend whatever the hell he wants without any limit! I don't think so!!! In any case, this road disaster greatly affects our budget.
     We have no money for a redo and it appears no one wants to face the ugly music and realize that we MUST save up for this redo coming upon us sooner than later. We need a designated untouchable reserve line for a new paving job but O'Brien and Israel in their infinite stupidity? Stubborness? Determination to ruin us yet again? are refusing to do this, saying all should be kept in a pool and admit that they will use this money basically as THEY deem necessary. All other sensible ideas put forth by others at the meeting were ignored or poo-pooed.
     So, if we agree to a raise, in the hopes of getting new roads, it seems that instead we might get....oh, let's see.....new chairs and table for UCO? New parking lot décor for UCO? Emergency fixing of cameras that spy on us? Reintroduction of software for the gates that doesn't work? And the list can go on and on.
     David Israel thought to insult all of us who were opposed to handing him carte blanche that would lead to our definite destruction. We who want strict and austerity budgeting, designated reserve lines, clear and distinct accounts - WHICH WE HAD BEFORE O'BRIEN CAME IN - were called "cigar box people". That was to demean us as backwards and limited people who do not know how to run anything financial. Curious and curiouser, as they say, since we all ran our homes, our businesses, our jobs, quite well and all involved budgeting and careful delineation and designation of funds. So yes, when many of us got married and did not have the proverbial pot .....we budgeted and strictly so. We used the "complicated" system of envelopes and when we had enough money and better jobs, or finished school and got jobs, we opened accounts and to this day Gerry and I have several accounts which are designated for certain things, be it vacation, emergencies, saving, checking or whatever and sorry to say, Mr. David Israel, it works!!! Nor was it necessary to introduce nastiness, personal insults or clumsily attempted ones, into the mix. YOU were the one who did this but your nastiness just cannot stand being unnoticed so there you went. No wonder no one likes you. Perhaps your sudden removal of jacket and pants and donning of a logo t-shirt and shorts will make a difference? Might as well try it since nothing else works for you other than nastiness.
     In any case, when discussing the road the idea or necessity of doing a core sample job arose. First time we are hearing of this and it seems they already have A bid on this. I guess this is like the security contract which I am hearing is near a fait accompli, but as usual, no one hears a thing here unless one is in bed with David (oh, be still my stomach!) While this is a good idea and should have been done before we blew the what I am now told was 6 million plus dollars - lovely news! - this needs to be brought in front of the delegates and reasons given. In the meanwhile, David mouthed silently to a gentleman who had asked a question about it that they were going to do it. Really? What if the DA said no, foolishly or not. Hey, our own Congress has done it often enough.
     People, this cannot stand and nor can we be told that we cannot raise and save this money because WPRF wants an increase of $8 per month and why? Oh, for night lighting on Duck Island, all the better for the mosquitoes to see you and bite you. And of course, the $20,000 mural for the indoor pool! Yes, I guess that will make it better for one to float on one's back and contemplate something other than one's navel. The members proudly proclaim that they got it down to $10,000. Really? How about ZERO!!! Bread before cake and icing , please. Austerity until our needs are fully and SAFELY funded.
     Divorce? Trial separation? All I know is that this marriage is shot to hell and David Israel needs to go and ASAP at that and he needs to take along his little crew of yesmen and lackeys. Folks, this is our future, our money, our lives. Do not cede it to one who is a megalomaniac and cares naught for anything other than his own desires and twisted needs. Cigar box people indeed!