SIZE DOES MATTER

     Little things in life. They can make life joyful or they can eat away at its peace and serenity. Or, they can induce a person to feel that something really does not matter; it is just a little thing. Thus, the "little" things like an occasional misdeed,  a somewhat smelly action on the part of a politician or public figure can actually be smirked about but mainly be allowed to slide by. But, a great big but, when the misdeeds are on an industrial scale, well, then, all bets are off.
     These little missteps can add up to that larger scale. Take CV. Sharp little points that add to a person's sense that all is not right. Why, when the most sensible thing to do is to have clear delineations of where money is supposed to go, a budgetary practice that every government does, a transparency technique that must be followed, why was this changed after Dorothy Tetro reset the budget after Black and Israel got us into bankruptcy territory. Why are we back to that amorphous reserve fund, a slush fund, and new regulations that cut the already weak power of delegates to even lesser power. It is no wonder that no one wishses to engage in this ridiculous game that is dangerous to the physical and monetary health of our Village. So despite Felix the Cat, such nonsense, nothing will change until we change the situation, UCO, and that comes about in our next UCO elections and in the boards of your building.
    It is even worse than one thinks when one realizes the funds needed to keep us going. Because the last paving job was a ripoff, a disaster from the getgo, sloppy, done with no proper supervision, a cheap coverup for what needed to be done, we now are in the uncomfortable situation of needing a new repaving, right down to its very bedrock, and we need $16 million  for that. You read that right and where the hell is that to come from when we add to it all the other needs of the Village and the demands of the parttimers to further 'resortify' their vacation home. Reserve fund specialty lines is what we need to straighten this out and this is what we are not getting. It gets worse with every meeting, every by law change.
    This sloppiness and incompetence, and I will give them leeway by saying they want the best for the Village, this inability to accept that the time for them to go is destroying us. Every piece of whatever they say or print, from hard to soft copy, carries the supposed heartrending pleading for more volunteers, telling people they are welcome, wanted. What a crock!!
     So all of us who shouted years ago about the paving, who continue to bring up the errors of the David Israel/Ed Black administration are for sure not welcome and indeed, unless one swears away all power of independent thinking, there is no room at the inn of UCO for you. Attend a few meetings and you will see the same faces recycled again and again. Every once in a while another face might be in place, but it is a rare event.
     This is incompetence and dangerous inability to do what we need in the Village, to plan properly for a difficult fulfillment of all that must be done to our wonderful but aging Village. I love it here. I love the Village and all that I can get around it - theater, libraries, farmers' markets, festivals, art, sports venues, whatever - it is there. But the piper must be paid, and to do that, one must have a proper maestro for the orchestra. It is time we do that. We are at that industrial size of crisis.
     One might think that this is a standout situation, but then one would be wrong. We are at industrial size incompetence, veniality, snarkiness, and downright partisan division of country, so much so that one fears for its future. While I speak of this fracture as a warning, others, particulalry Trump's fans such as Jeffress, a preacher on the side of wrong, use the threat of a "civil war like fracture" should Trump be impeached!! So what? Are we then to overlook, ignore or even welcome that level of crappiness, to be blunt, that we have reached, or rather lowered ourselves to?
     Industrial size 'wrongness'. Now we send $50 million to Syria for the protection of minorities, of religious sects, etc. Really!!! That is just about the most cynical thing ever. And along with it we get Turkey!!! challenging us, endangering our troops, with its ever closer and more dangerous bombing. WE have become the 'sick man of Europe', in fact, the sick man of the world and we have become unreliable as allies; thus, we now stand alone - the cheese in an increasingly hostile world.
     This, my friends, is an industrial scale, both in foreign and domestic situation. Every day more garbage comes out. The truth will out and now is the time! Trump has given orders to be corrupt in action, in statement, in every aspect - all okayed as long as it goes to protect him and his. So yes, go ahead and vote in the House. Highlight those Republicans who have given up on morality and American values. Highlight their industrial scale corruption and inability to stand up to treason, to lies, to existential danger to our country and all because they are afraid of Trump or actually, sadly, have descended to his level.
     Size does matter and the size of it all, here in the Village and out there in the nation, both demand a change. Immediately as possible. Many things hang in the balance and the situation ain't great! As the Bible states, let us "gird our loins" , gather our courage, and do what is right, what is necessary, what is difficult, but what must be done. On an industrial scale.