TRICKLING

     Nothing is static. Things and ideas seem to change even as we are speaking of it. One minute we are talking about over 750,000 infections - and that does not include many who die at home, nursing homes, and non tested victims - and over 40,000 dead, an increase in numbers that is taking fewer and fewer days to reach new records. For those who watch the statistics and say the increase is at a slower rate, well, think again and revise several other aspects with news that has come trickling down to us, the mere, little unimportant people of this country who evidently are not mature enough to be told the entire truth. But they do die well, do they not!!
     The transparency in this disaster is quite opaque. We are still getting no answers when we drill down and demand answers. Why did Trump not do something sooner. Why does he boast of his "total" authority, of his right to act using the Defense Production Act - and then sit there, as usual, doing nothing and boastingof it? Why is he allowed to talk to women in a demeaning manner, using all the memes of contempt for them. "there, there, calm down, lower your voice, etc." Nothing changes, ever, under this man's almost solidly blocked world of a corrupted WH and a Senate which follows along as a puppy follows a master.
     People, driven by an evil triad of far right, pro gun, and know nothings, including Trump himself, are now pushing against separation. Idiots! Do they not realize the damage of this thing? Have they escaped knowing anyone who has died of it, a very hard death, and one that can take a fully healthy indvidual down in a matter of days? Do they not understand that there are so many unknowns about this thing -the confusion, strokes, seizures, bloodclots, rechecking positive in testing - that we are as kindergarten kids first setting out on a long journey? Do they not realize that despite the empty promise, the truly stupid promises by Trump that the virus will be cured in a short time, that there are magic pills - that do not work - that there will be a vaccine practically overnight - the man is so wrong that he cannot even be explained logically. There is no trickling down here of knowledge, confidence, and optimism, because there is nothing to trickle down. It seems that even when someone attempts to open up the faucets of knowledge, not a drip trickles out. Shut down tight, as we all muddle around in a deadly swamp.
     This keep everyone in the dark attitude has continued to not trickle, but pour down the pipes here in the Village. David Israel has allegedly always run his administration under less than transparent conditions, flouting by laws, spending funds not authorized by the delegates, blocking people he does not like from serving on committees, and at times having some questionable vote counts and results. He has waged war, a verbal war, against his opponents, demeaning them even from his position as chair at the assemblies, a major no-no. So now what?
       Ed Grossman, a long time vocal opponent of David and cabal, succeeded in his run for Treasurer against long time ally of David, Ed Black, who somehow seemed surprisingly to have gotten himself in bad straits with David. So far, so good. But really not. We are now in the midst of a crisis that precludes any mass meeting of UCO but nevertheless, UCO must go on, for the Village remains to be run properly and safely. 
     But wait! Where is Ed Grossman all this time? Working diligently, or trying to, as he is blocked at every fork in the road, every turn, every lane. He is cut off from the computer system, a favorite action of David's. So childlike, so tantrumy, thinking he can pick up his marbles and go home without consequence. Ed is not allowed to access financial information and accounts so how is the Treasurer supposed to fulfill his obligations, his fiduciary responsibilities towards the residents of the Village? Is David a Pharaoh who demanded that the Israelites make bricks without the materials? A treasurer needs access to accounts, to financial information, to be able to conduct a fair and impartial audit for the Village, to do his damned job!!! He needs to have signatory power and authority, not to be denied that right.
    But nothing of this has trickled down to the Villagers due to the cancellation of all meetings. UCO is pretty much blockaded, Ed works from home, as he has the right to do, and David et al continues on his not so merry way. I remind David that he did not win by a landslide this time around. People are tired of his shenanigans and there are recall procedures for those who do not carry out their responsibilities to the Village and UCO properly, within the by laws, and must allow all else to do their jobs without allowing personal issues to get in the way.
     In these times we must all work together, whether we like each other or not. There will always be disagreements on every level of society and its interactions, but there also must be transparency, trust, and fair play. We are sorely missing that in todays's federal level, state level and local levels, including right here in Century Village West Palm. I wish it were not so. I truly do, for we, the people of the Village, of Florida, of America, of the world, need reassurance, knowledge and trust that our elected and appointed officials are doing their level best. 
     Not so today, unfortunately. All that trickles down is the bad stuff. All that trickles down is the mistrust, the distrust and the stubborness of refusing to work with each other. Neither man is 100% right nor 100% wrong. They have much to contribute and much to learn about civil behavior, so get on with it and do the jobs you were voted in to do and allow the other to do his job as well.

     In the meanwhile, folks, do your best in these trying times. Stay well and be safe. Pray for a good ending to this virus and the disastrous effect it has had upon us all. Pray that our leaders develop some sense of honesty and honor and remember their responsibilities towards the people.
    We, personally, have been getting hit hard by the deaths of friends and people we know or knew. We wish their loved ones, their survivors, all the best in this changing world, send them our love, keep them in our thoughts and hearts and above all, to stay well, to be safe.