tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392307124116993389.post3407966549657691957..comments2023-10-07T23:32:30.183-04:00Comments on <center>OUR VILLAGE in West Palm Beach </center>: What I Learned Todayelainebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15724005399643017306noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392307124116993389.post-54427768414838883862013-02-17T14:32:27.488-05:002013-02-17T14:32:27.488-05:00You have put it so well in your 10-points post, An...You have put it so well in your 10-points post, Anita. Yours is a classic. "Astonished" is the right word for how many delegates not "in the know" must have felt (as I did too) when the three main complainants, Karpf, Solomon and Grossman, came up with NOTHING at the Board of Inquiry! And then bolted after the Board's third finding, and didn't even show up for the delegates meeting! Speak of high-tailing it, I won't forget this one.<br /><br />The "silent majority" Dave wrote about on the Blog came to life and were not so silent when Friday arrived. They came to the meeting with honorable perspectives, and spoke up loud and clear for Dave, what he has done, and his character.<br /><br />Also, I think that Donald Foster has some real insights into the whole business in his Feb. 16 comment.Lanny Howehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800939356809464020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392307124116993389.post-69195876423489592312013-02-16T14:45:54.588-05:002013-02-16T14:45:54.588-05:00Looking back on these events, from the comfort of ...Looking back on these events, from the comfort of my armchair, it seems to me that the motivation behind the recall petition had nothing at all to do with fiscal wrongdoing, or mismanagement, or misapplication of bylaws. The vague and unsupportive nature of the charges were the proof of that. Any lawyer would have read that document and said "you can't go to court with this", and the pool cleaner would have realized that the bogus signature list would not hold up to scrutiny.<br /><br />This affair was about a small group of political outcasts forcing a presidential election one year early, and before the question of term limits hits the Delegate floor.<br /><br />The Three Stooges did not want Delegates to vote on whether or not David Israel did something wrong and deserved to be removed; they wanted a referendum on Mr. Israels' presidency, essentially a British style no-confidence vote, followed by the election of a new president. It is a small but important difference. Lots of people don't like how Obama and the Democrats are running the country, but unless somebody does something very wrong, the next chance to do something about it is in 2014 or 2016. We do it that way to keep politicians from paralyzing Government.<br /><br />The Officers did a good job keeping this entire mess, which was forced on them, on the right track: on the question of whether not the president did anything wrong and whether or not he should be removed from office. As I was watching the vote, I got the feeling that all Delegates knew exactly what they were voting for. Some of these people may very well not vote for Mr. Israel if he runs in 2014. Maybe they don't like how the roads turned out, or think WiFi is the tool of the Devil, or maybe Dave looked at them crosseyed at the Corral. That is not what they showed up to vote for.<br /><br />When the Stooges, and apparently most of their supporters, realized that they would not get the opportunity to steer the proceedings into a popularity contest, they abandoned ship and stayed out of the Theater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392307124116993389.post-55952567732869546952013-02-16T11:58:12.112-05:002013-02-16T11:58:12.112-05:00What I learned today is that at least two of the s...What I learned today is that at least two of the stooges do not have the courage of their covictions . Or maybe they were convinced their ill conceived schemes to not showup to vote would work. Stupid is as stupid does.chairman of the boardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07633861709553072311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392307124116993389.post-52146226930442359502013-02-16T10:37:14.773-05:002013-02-16T10:37:14.773-05:00Well said Anita. Those 3 so and sos wouldn't e...Well said Anita. Those 3 so and sos wouldn't even show up. I guess they knew they were a minority of 4. I just hope that the by laws can be changed to have a longer term for a good president. Keep up all the good work David. Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02002171566281161806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392307124116993389.post-43678556973906079002013-02-16T09:25:20.831-05:002013-02-16T09:25:20.831-05:00Anita, you said so well what many of us were think...Anita, you said so well what many of us were thinking. It is good to see it in print and logically laid out. I am so glad that the people supported Dave. It is too bad that we had to waste so much time on such a horribly presented case. We do need this process in the by-laws BUT, now that we have had the first case ever, it is obvious that we need to rethink the procedures and bring them up to date. Congratulations Dave and thank you Anita.Molliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190410607821463330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392307124116993389.post-4256611102764282102013-02-15T15:02:26.295-05:002013-02-15T15:02:26.295-05:00Please put this fine summary in the UCO Reporter. ...Please put this fine summary in the UCO Reporter. Especially for the edification of those who were persuaded not to show up today.elainebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15724005399643017306noreply@blogger.com