You asked a question yesterday, Grace. What, you wanted to know, did I mean when I stated that the Village needed to come together as a community to save it. From what did it needed saving. So I will be just as polite and answer you, but remember, you asked, so if you do not like the answers provided, well, the truth is sometimes hard to take. All I ask is that you open your eyes and mind to what I will be writing. In no particular order, here are a few of the major "to save" items from our homes. Actually, first and foremost now are the waterways. They are putrid and quite frankly, I am concerned that they are beyond hope, but if a river that actually was on fire could be saved, then so perhaps might our lakes and canals. These once blue waters were the impetus for many of us to buy here, especially units along the lakes. It was beautiful and calming to sit and look out at the waters, to read a book or eat breakfast on the lanais but now? The entire Village is muttering about these scuzzy and scummy waters, these green sickly looking things filled with green gunk and no, praying for rain to get rid of algae is not an appropriate clean up method - nor does it work. The rains came and guess what is still there.
Aeration, we are told, new fish we are told, new plants we are told, geotubes we were told, and what next? Yes, the Big Lie that states that they are improving but do not give us numbers. Numbers can so easily be made to lie. The waterways are awful, have fish deaths and we are throwing good money after bad. It also stinks to high heavens that only the Clubhouse lake seems to be getting attention Not surprised, but you do know that most of us do not live alongside that lake and why not expand whatever the hell you are doing to the rest of the Village - or is that there is nothing working?
Now take a walk along those waterways. Uh, please be careful as there are heaps of sand and small pebbles which impact negatively upon the balance and steadiness of elderly feet, that provide negative traction and please do not trip on the ever growing cracks within the surface of the roads and of course, after a rainfall watch where you cross the street as there are huge ponding areas where the waters gather so nicely!
And then of course we have the eternal issue of imposed and dictated plans for broadband and Wi Fi. Despite the fact that it has been voted down, that people refused to pay monthly fees for it, the administration continues to try roundabout routes to get this thru, to impose huge fees to pay for it, to force people who already have it or people who do not and do not want it and cannot afford a thirty dollar increase on monthly payments on top of all the other increases. The area is in such flux that it behooves one to wait, see what happens, see what perhaps the government might do, wait for better security on a mass network and plan for classes before installing this - WITH the consent of the Villagers. Interesting idea that consent.
So how about the administration of the Village? Well, that certainly needs no saving; it needs destruction and rebuilding. What we have right now is a Tammany Hall administration. The versions of nepotism, of cronyness, of good ole' boys networks (and that includes good ole' gals as well), of inefficiency or even worse, of wasteful spending and lack of process and procedure, of tricks and shenanigans - all this needs to go and soon or we will be dead in the midst of those disgusting waterways!!There is NO voice for the residents in UCO. Please, open your eyes and look at the lists of the members of committees and one will find that at least 80% are rotating zombies, voting the same way on every committee, wearing the hats of many positions - all to maintain power for one person or two or three of these people who used to threaten us with police enforcement of their positions and arrest for those who opposed them. It is a UCO which refused debate, which attempted to silence all opposition and who foam at the mouth when newspapers and leaflets and gatherings arise and tell the truth. Why is there no variety in membership on committees? Why are officers in UCO also allowed to be heads of other Village wide offices? Why? You answer that yourself, Grace and do not say that there are no other qualified people. There are many and in fact, far more qualified than those in position now.
Why are the claques in the DA encouraged to shout out, to hiss and boo, to make nasty statements and then get no discipline, no scoldings from the bossman up there? Why is it okay for the group of people who sit in the left front of the middle seats a few rows back, why is it okay for them to make much negative noise, but should someone stand up to speak who displeases them, never mind allowing them to speak or listening politely - they just rant off and then of course, we have Jackie Carlin who sits towards the rear and shouts out negative and nasty statements. Why?Why is it that only this group cannot behave properly and why is it that they claim that another group is impolite? Truth hurts does it not?!
Getting long here, so I will just list a few more need to be saved from issues. The wild and uncontrolled and wasteful spending of WPRF on Levy's facilities. The ignoring of crucial quality of life matters here in the Village. The lack of transparency. The rudeness of the administration, particularly at the top. The atmosphere of dictatorial repression and oppression. Why do we have Turkey's politics of cronyism rather than good old American politics of free speech, of free press, of open debate? I could go on and on, with big and small issues, but I hope you get the point. If only you and your gang would open the eyes and minds, if only. And Grace - please, do not send me one of those moronic remarks telling me to move. It is both repetitive and inane and sinks to a level that is truly insulting - to you! Just annoying to me as it is so dumb.
Last nite I spent over 45 minutes on the phone with a complete stranger who was given my number for advice and comfort. We will talk again, but if I can do this for a stranger, why can I not do this for my home? Why? Look in the mirror, Grace, look at the anti social person sitting there in the UCO building, a man so far apart from the residents that he has no clue as to reality. Our Village needs help and the current UCO is a hindrance and a harm, not a savior. The clock is ticking.
PS: Well, Grace, you obviously did not understand simple words so I will try again. You sent me exactly the same message - basically to leave town. Aren't you tired of the same words and all to no avail! If I did not like it here, love it here, I would not bother. One does not expend time and energy on something which one hates. Obviously you are lacking in a major way in understanding basic human behavior. I feel for you. Try again.
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