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Phrase of the day - Political Kabuki
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An extremely stylized political show where the roles of the
actors are as predefined as the outcome, the result
being, even under the most extreme circumstances, only barely (if at all)
recognizable as what can be considered reasonable discourse amongst educated men
and women interested in the public good.
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Once again, as in previous months, many Delegates fled the Assembly in what appeared to be utter frustration with the activities of a few malcontents. In a prepared written speech, our Treasurer recited an often told mantra about how UCO had no funds to pay for much needed repairs of a washout of the road at Bath and Borden streets; neither, according to the Treasurer can we make the final payment to the escrow account established for moneys owed to M&M paving, already overdue!
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Our Treasurer had the incredible nerve to suggest choices such as; we take out a totally unacceptable line of credit, or worse apply for a mortgage on the UCO building. One individual read a laundry list of so called malfeasances committed by the UCO President, another attendee actually suggested that we sell the UCO building and move UCO into the Clubhouse, as if over 4000 square feet of space was actually available in the facility.
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All in all the entire play was worthy of a Broadway satirical review; if only it was not so deliberately destructive to civil conduct of a business meeting between the Officers of UCO and the UCO Board of Directors! Be sure to catch the video which will soon be Posted to Channel 63 and this BLOG.
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Meanwhile, in a brief interlude of reason, the UCO President demonstrated that simple arithmetic projection of Budget line items, clearly showed surpluses could readily be extracted from various lines totaling over $250,000.00., which our Treasurer agreed could be done, but such an approach would not comport with her "philosophy" of handling money.
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Well, this is not a matter of philosophy, it's a simple matter of numbers!
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so once again I say to our delegates:
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1) Do not let those who wish to massively escalate our 2013 budget coupon get away with it, it is totally unnecessary, and from my point of view, dead on arrival!
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2) The Delegate Assembly is the UCO Board of Directors, Board members (Delegates) must not permit a few malcontents to chase them away and bring UCO Operations to a halt; please remember these performances when you are called to sign a Petition of Recall, as they try to accomplish Administratively what they could not accomplish in the March election
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Dave Israel
President
United Civic Organization
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David I do not know how you put up with these people. It would a good thing if you could ban them from the meetings. They are of no help to CV only a big big problem for you and CV. It sickens me and I think the people who want to go forward here in the village. I would like to see them and there ideas in the bottom of the ocean, and that might not be far enough.I hope you and your crew hang in there and beat these b------s. Thank you for all your hard work !
ReplyDeleteAlso Dave, reportedly a couple of the same malcontents were cajoling a few slightly "feeble" delegates at the meeting to sign the recall petition--not telling them what they were signing and filling in the information without the signer knowing what was going on. If such a bogus petition were ever to appear, the names of each signer need to be investigated as to their validity.
ReplyDeleteThese few "malcontents" need a new hobby. I can't imagine waking up everyday trying to plan ways to disrupt the business of the Village. All that negative energy!
ReplyDeleteWhoever writes their obituaries should be required to include, "They prided themselves in disrupting monthly UCO meetings." What a legacy to leave their families.