SECRETS AND LIES

     Secrets and lies. A great name for a TV show and a good name to describe what goes on in the David Israel camp. First of all, Lanny, why is it that you always state that you have not read opposing blogs for a long period of time when it is quite obvious that you have. Do you think you are fooling anyone and why do it? Who cares? But if it makes you feel better, fine, not important, just a testament to character - or lack thereof.
     No one is "attacking" anyone. What is being discussed is a question of what is right and what is not. Involving a religious institution, especially for one who so often states or rants about church and state, well, there ya' go. And if he actually worked at NSA for 30 years as a clerk or whatever, so what. Actually, he would then have seen that religious institutions were often the ones to carry the ball forward be it in the civil rights area, the anti war movement, the sheltering of the homeless and go back as far as the Underground Railway or even to the Touro Synagogue in Newport which had a secret compartment that was used to store arms for General George Washington. Remember him? Oh, yeah, that guy, you know the "Father of Our Country", so guess religious institutions can have a say when things go awry like when opposition viewpoints are repressed, democracy thwarted, civil rights violated and the list goes on.
     So, right or wrong? Guess we are and as far as being silent, don't be such a big shot. The same book you quote also says there is a time for peace and a time for war, a time for laughter and a time for tears, a time to build and a time to destroy and as far as being silent, remember all those famous historians who stated numerous times in so many ways that all it takes for evil to be done is for good men to be silent. Well, we are not going to be silent any more. We are not going to allow you and yours to run rampant over us and our rights. We are not going to back down. We are not going away. So tough, my not so good friend.
     And as far as Phyllis is concerned, that woman is a fiercely independent woman and does what she believes in and what she believes is right. She has done much good for the Village during her years in UCO, is on the Fire Safety Commission for a second term already and has many contacts which she uses for the benefit of the residents. She takes no garbage from anyone, makes no promises to anyone other than to the residents to give them a better UCO, a better Village, a more inclusive administration and a return to the fair and friendly policies which could only enhance the Village so she is no front for anyone. In fact, I make this promise that WHEN Phyllis is elected, if I see something that needs attention I will say so on the blog, unlike you people who truly hide behind David Israel and are afraid of his shadow,but I am sure there will be few instances of this as she asks, can you believe that, asks for people and their input so there will be no one person rule and dictatorship any longer, only fair and decent policies.
     So for the "silent' ones that you so underwhelmingly defend - there is no being silent here, no more. Right is right and wrong is wrong. All of Dom's answers and statements were clearly refuted. It is not important here what one has done or not done. It is only on this one point. Do you believe that what David Israel did with the sign and siccing the government on the synagogue was right or wrong? Was it within his purview to go outside the Village, to which he had driven Phyllis due to his no access policies, and get others to do his dirty work. Too bad for him that these were decent human beings and did not ask the sky to fall on us. David Israel even wrote a letter to the County Commissioner. What cowardly behavior. What craven behavior. And this is only one reason why he must go.
    So Lonny, you and that sick puppy, Peter Cruise, he of the filthy emails, need to go away, go sulk in a corner and stop trying to defend what is wrong. Have a little iron in your spine, stand up like the men you claim you are and have some self pride, and by the way, what one of us says on a blog is not behooving on another writer to believe or support or any thing else. Unlike you and yours, we have independent thinking minds and that, you losers, is why we see the light and know what is right and wrong and have the guts to speak up and out. All your names and all your threats and all your pathetic postings just run off, of no account. So - who will stand for right and who for wrong? It is quite obvious is it not and certainly by Sunday morning I will start writing more of these open letters. To whom? Wait and see - and sleep tight.