The conventions are a time for truth. Granted, there are exaggerations and statements that could have been omitted, yet it still tells the truth. They speak of the disunity amongst Americans, yet also of the unity, of the ability of opponents to join together for a greater cause. They speak of a greater America as the glass ceiling for women has received another huge crack as Hillary Clinton becomes the first woman nominated to run for President from a major party and hopefully, the first woman President of the United States of America and how good does that feel to hear it, to see it in print and to be able to say it come November! Is she perfect? No, but then again, no one is but at this point her assets outweigh any debits and she is infinitely a better choice than the other candidate or any spoiler people out there.
Should we insist on a higher standard of truth for the government and its officials? Hundred percent, but then again, it is the nature of the beast to know that there are things that we do not reveal in the name of security and we must learn to be able to distinguish that which is okay to talk about and that which is not. We need to teach our politicians that we will hold them to a higher standard and enforce that standard. We need to reteach the value of public service and honor and truth to our young, to our new and old politicians and remind them they are public servants, not public masters or drains on that public. We and all of us need to remember that truth will out and the consequences of avoiding truth will double at that point.
In a blog I read yesterday and cannot find again! the author wrote of the necessity of standing up to wrongdoing, to incompetence and not saying that someone else will do it. We, you and I, must stand up for ourselves and say I am the someone who will do it. And that perhaps lends at least a partial explanation of why I write, why I talk of change and topics that appeal to me and why I speak of the necessity of change in Century Village in West Palm Beach and with its current administration. I love my home here. I love the people, the new and old friends, the comradery, the shows, the pools, the whole gestalt - and yet, there are things that must be changed.
CV, whatever and whichever, for one hears complaints about all and their administrations at various times and again, it is the nature of the beast for homeowners of an association to find the wrong and forget the good. But when an administration becomes entrenched in its position, when it feels that its goal is not for the betterment of the Village but instead for the betterment of their own positions and power retention and this harms the Village, when the elected official becomes a dictator and violates rules and indeed, civil rights, when the infrastructure begins to suffer - then there is no choice but to stand up with others who are, who see the truth and say - we are the someone who will stand up and do something.
Right now we have several main concerns ranging from new and updated Village by laws, preparation for a renewal of a major contract with the Levys and their company - for which we are woefully late in preparing for - and the renewal and fixing of outdated and worn out infrastructure. One of the biggest items on the table of concern is the waterways and their state of health. To put it simply, they are not in good health as is to be found in the waterways of Florida. It is a difficult problem, not to be solved overnite or even in a year, but one must start someplace and in fact, more care should have been taken before we signed a contract to bring in water from the County. That water is recycled, cleansed to a certain point and able to be used for irrigation BUT is rife with nitrogen and phosphates and minerals all of which are awful for the state of health of the water and great for algae. With some little bit of forethought this might have been anticipated and avoided. At worst we might have had low waters, but in Florida the waters come most every year and nature would have done its duty but nope - as usual - the administration did not think ahead and they claim it took ten years to get here but that is not an answer, for the question is why did they wait once it was quite noticeable to all but the blind and those without sense of smell that the waterways were corroding before our very eyes and noses.
So I and others began to raise the roof over our waterways, to point out the accumulating algae, the gunk that was gathering in the lake beds, in the canals, the reek of sour water and stagnant water in the outlying canals. At first we were ignored, called various names but even the blind began to see and so now we have some minor and insufficient bandaids but it ain't workin'!!! More, much more is needed and we demand that the more be done and will not be quiet until it is.
I now look out of my Florida room and see my beautiful lake rimmed with algae, the outgoing canal clogged with it and what is being done? Nothing, a great big zero. Supposedly something was to have been done but never took place. It seems that things that are connected to me take a bit of extra time, such as the bus stop that took three years and a new CAM to finally get paved and safe for the riders. Life is not always fair and that is okay, but c'mon, what is the point of all that we are doing - the benefit of the Village - and yet some people cannot see past their seat of power, their ability to instigate nastiness, block freedom of speech, of assembly, call out governmental agencies on the people and use armed guards to intimidate.
So yesterday we were thrown a bone, a report that presumably was meant to confuse the average reader with all its small type numbers and data but if one looked at the language part of it, this is what was seen, again and again: a paragraph re its badly contaminated water and a recommendation which does not vary within the report.
1.Watershed Management
2. Continued Assessments
Wow!!! What a whole lotta' nuthin'!! Define the term for people, tell what has been done, give concrete suggestions as to the management and what good are the assessments without practicalities? And no, hearing for so long that some aerators or bubblers have been put in some of the water - mainly the Clubhouse lake - is not enough. Clean the waters up. Pull the algae out for as long as that works. Include other lakes as most people do not live around the Clubhouse lake!! If this company has not really brought improvements then get another and another until the answer is found. Do some out of the box thinking. Practice inclusion with the residents of the Village rather than sticking to the same coterie of suckups and fawners of the "great One".
The truth is out there. So are the answers. It just takes some more effort, knowledge and acknowledgement that there are no easy answers so we must seek for truth in this matter and come clean.
Truth. It is out there. It might mean some bad stuff will come out but it also means that we now have a way to a solution. Perhaps it will need a lot more time or more funds, or a combination but it can work. If only. If only people realize that others will see through selfishness and step up to the plate. Truth. It's a good thing so why run away from it?
And here is the sad truth about one of my opponents whose initials come after P and before D. Here are the intelligent comments:
- 7/24 Shaddup! signed Anonymous
- 7/25 SHADDUP signed Anonymous!
- 7/27 SHADUUP ALREADY! signed silly yenta
These are his general signing names as he is a coward as well as a potty mouth. These comments are as important as more salt in the sea, making no difference but this is just a sample of his lack of intelligence. And still have not heard again from the other one yet, she who advises me to move out and also signs anonymous but their language is clear and repetitive. Such is the cross I bear....sigh.
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