Another voice against term limits

On Friday at Delegate Assembly we will be asked to vote yet again on term limits for UCO officers. We’ve already voted the proposal down several times, but supporters have said they will keep bringing it up again and again until they get term limits reinstated. That doesn’t change the fact that in a community like ours term limits are not necessary. The arguments against term limits have not changed:

Officers who choose to run for election after two consecutive terms are not guaranteed to win. Delegates will decide with their votes whether someone deserves another term. As we’ve said many times, “If you don’t like who’s running, vote the bum out.” We owe it to people who have served us well to give them a chance to continue helping us. People with bad records don’t typically try to run, and we wouldn’t vote for them anyway.

We keep hearing that new people can’t win when incumbents remain in office beyond two terms. Nothing could be further from the truth: People don’t lose elections because an incumbent is running (ask George Bush Sr. and Jimmy Carter). They lose because they haven’t won the trust of the voters. They lose because their ideas don’t capture voters’ imaginations. They lose because they haven’t made their case. Don’t let term limits be an excuse for losing elections.

We have great precedent for removing term limits. Individual towns and states in this country have the right to set term limits or not. Many mayors in American towns and cities (roughly comparable to our community) have served well for many years, and the same is true for state governors. And when they don’t, they are voted out. Repeat: voted out.

We need good people to serve. In the past two UCO elections we had only two people running for President. People come to the Village to retire and enjoy their lives as they choose, and that doesn’t often include volunteer service. We have a few good men and women who do choose to serve and we need the institutional knowledge and experience they’ve gained over the years. We need them in roles that can continue making a difference. Someone new will come along one day and make us stand up and take notice. Term limits won’t get in their way.

Delegates, please do not give in to voter fatigue when term limits comes up for vote on Friday. Vote no on reinstating term limits. Remember: Your vote determines who wins elections. You don’t need term limits to tell you how to vote.   

Term Limits are Forced Retirement

Forced retirement loses your experience base and hurts your company.

I have seen the damage to companies who force healthy skilled people out. That is what term limits do. UCO is no longer an easy-peasy smoke and mirrors business. It uses a great deal of technology and new thinking that was not around 10 years ago. The companies that UCO does business with are also new thinkers and operators. The future needs even more experience and skill.

UCO does not have lots of staff and factotums to carry clueless leaders. (An obvious misconception by some people recently). UCO is economical to our benefit and uses volunteers wherever possible.

Vote no on term limits and keep your freedom of choice.  

TO ALL DELEGATES: AN IMPORTANT VOTE THIS FRIDAY

VOTE DOWN TERM LIMITS!

One again, thanks to those who persist in bringing this issue up, a proposed change to the UCO bylaws will be considered at this Friday's (April 1) Delegate Assembly. If passed the bylaws will be changed to implement term limits. The pertinent bylaw would then read: "…no officer shall serve more than two consecutive two-year terms in the same office."

We need all clear-thinking delegates at Friday's Delegate Assembly to vote this measure DOWN.

It has been voted down before, more than once, but the "malcontents" keep bringing it up because our present bylaws permit them to. Even though the measure may be defeated at the Advisory Committee, Officers Committee and Executive Board levels, it still goes before the Delegate Assembly, whose vote counts.

Term limits serves the purposes of the "malcontents," because it gets rid of Dave Israel and much of his administration—the folks you just voted in overwhelmingly— the easy way, by forcing them out when the next elections take place.

Delegates, please attend Friday's meeting and as Barbara Cornish has recommended, VOTE TERM LIMITS DOWN.        

THE BEST ARGUMENT AGAINST TERM LIMITS? THE VOTERS RIGHT TO CHOSE!



First, do we really want to limit the choices of the voters? If they want to keep re-electing someone, I believe they should have the right to make that decision. Century Village has been well represented by UCO Officers who served for one or two terms with strong voter support, and who were than pushed out by Term Limits. Of course, there were Officers who were less than optimal, and were not supported at the next election, and were thus removed, with no need for Term Limits.

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History, shows that voters are usually happy to return their own representatives. In the 2012 congressional elections, 91 percent of Senate and 90 percent of House incumbents were re-elected.

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This concept was reflected in the UCO election of March 4, 2016. It is interesting to note, that those who support Term Limits are predominantly Malcontents, who received a strong message from Century Village Voters on March 4. "thanks, but no thanks" was the message reflected in the final vote tally.

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Thus one might conclude, that the only way one of these meeting disrupters or law suit launchers, or those who fill the INTERNET with the most vile postings, could possibly get elected would be if the productive long serving UCO Officers were pushed out by Term Limits.

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Another reason I advise against term limits is because governing the United Civic Organization is very complicated. The complex work in UCO is done in committees, and there is a reason why seniority has always been important in them. It takes more than a term or two to fully understand the intricacies of Corporation law, Condo law, the agreements that define the relationship between UCO and WPRF, the regular interaction with the County Commission, the maintenance of Village infrastructure...Etc. The same kind of experience-driven expertise is needed in every major UCO  committee, and among the Officers who make critical decisions.

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All Officers of UCO rely on Committee staff to help them cope with the enormous volume of information they must process. I am proud to have served for six years as your UCO President, and the Committee people I worked with are nearly all smart, dedicated and competent. But they are still staff, and I don't believe unelected officials should make final voting decisions. That could happen far too often if Term Limits were instituted, and inexperienced Officers had to rely too heavily on Committees that knew far more than they did about different areas of Village operations.

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So, on Friday, the choice will be in the hands of the Delegates, so show up and make your voices heard, as for me, as long as I am capable of moving the Village forward, and the voters are willing to have me; I will continue to serve. The choice should be yours!

 

Dave Israel

TERM LIMITS AGAIN, NO, NO!

A PLEA to all delegates..VOTE TERM LIMITS DOWN! Remember you have the power to vote for who you want in  or out of office.  Put we should allow all of our residents the right to run for what ever office they want.  Thank You!

UCO REPORTER APRIL EDITION - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

UCO Reporter 2016, April Edition, March 27, 2016 by ucopresident

THANK YOU, DON FOSTER!

All sane and thinking CVers owe Don Foster and UCO a big thanks for the hard work accomplished on our infrastructure over the past number of months.  I have dealt with all UCO maintenance people since the days of Pat B.  In his short time on the job, Don has gotten more done --against many odds and barriers--than our last two CAMs combined.  We all should wish him continued success in the job.

OFFICERS COMMITTEE MEETING - MARCH 24, 2016 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

UCO Officers Committee Meeting - March 24, 2016 from David B. Israel on Vimeo.

GET YOUR ASSOCIATION INSURANCE POLICIES - FLASH DRIVE OR HARD COPY

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Dave Israel

UCO ELECTIONS MARCH 4, 2016 - FINAL CERTIFIED RESULTS - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

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Dave Israel

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The Little Fairies were active on St. Patrick’s Day

I would like to thank the person who was able to connect with those leprechauns that magically removed this injured truck yesterday.

I’m sure many residents observed that the truck above was dead in the water in a Guest parking spot in front of Berkshire I.

Perhaps we can have some more mischievous behavior by the little people that will result in positive outcomes like this one.

Century Village go Bragh !

 

 

 

UCO MONTHLY MEETINGS - APRIL 2016

Dave Israel

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WELCOME BACK OUR HONOR FLIGHT VETERANS - SIGN UP FOR BUS NOW

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Dave Israel

UCO OFFICERS INSTALLATION LUNCHEON - MARCH 13, 2016 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

UCO Installation Luncheon 2016 from David B. Israel on Vimeo.

PARKING FOR RVs, BOATS AND OTHER PROHIBITED VEHICLES

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    i thought at one time Century Village had some community parking for RV’s and boats on trailers.

If there was such an area is this area still available?
Another question: If my association is okay with me parking 23’ boat on association property, does Century Village have any overriding regulation that would not allow it?
Thank you.  

IRS Pretenders

 I got an "IRS" threatening phone call yesterday, they are busy in our area. Make sure your neighbors do not listen to them and DO NOT CALL BACK!

"Taxpayers across the nation face a deluge of

 these aggressive phone scams. Don't be

 fooled by callers pretending to be from the

IRS in an attempt to steal your money," said


IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “We

continue to say if you are surprised to

be hearing from us, then you're not hearing

from us.”

"There are many variations. The caller may

threaten you with arrest or court action to trick

you into making a payment,” Koskinen added.

 “Some schemes may say you're entitled to a

huge refund. These all add up to trouble."

CAMPUS WIDE WI-FI - ITS TIME HAS COME

March 13, 2016     Palm Beach Post:

Headline ( OBAMA SEEKS BROADBAND TO 20 MILLION MORE)

President seeks broadband for 20 million more.

President Obama backing a plan to connect low-income families to more affordable broadband services has set a goal to get 20 million people subscribed to high speed internet by 2020.

In a Facebook post, Obama said a lack of broadband at home took a particularly harsh toll on students caught in a "homework gap" unable to complete school assignments because the work requires access to the Web.
"All of American's students should be able to get online, no matter where they live or how much their parents make Obama wrote: "We're calling this effort ConnectALL and it's not just good for students, It's good for folks looking for jobs or workers hoping to learn new skills.
The White House also released a report outlining the economic effects of broadband adoption, focused on how families without broadband at home are at a disadvantage in finding jobs.  Job seekers who search online find employment 25 percent faster that those who use traditional methods like newspaper classifieds, according to a report released by the Council of Economic Advisors.
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MY aside.  How much pleasure do we grandparents get out of being able to keep almost daily contact with our families.  My granddaughters and my son send us pictures all the time.  We can talk on Skype if we choose.  The over 55 people take computer courses at rate that surpasses many of the other ages although the young learn it by osmosis and come here and teach their grandparents how to use our cellphones, ipads, kindles and cameras?
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Isn't it odd that our negative people have turned down WIFI many times.  Those of us who want it should absolutely support OUR President as he tries to get us into the 21st Century.  Another plus is that  WIFI villages sell better and at higher prices as compared to NON-WIFI equipped communities.
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I love it here, our village is beautiful and full of activities that put many other communities to shame.  We have the best.

UCO Election Contrast and Compare

The Richland Campaign was Energetic. They pounded the Village for months and months, creating biased clubs and holding political meetings, spending money, providing free food, a deluge of blogging (3) and a newsletter to mislead the village, disrupting meetings and mudslinging, posting signs, and promotional t-shirts and ads. Impressive manipulation.

Team Dave had a flyer the last month, a button and a couple of ads. Why? because they were spending most of their time in serious work for UCO and the Village.

Even so the Delegates came thru for experience and intelligence.

Onwards

GOOD FOR YOU, EDUARDO.

I cannot speak for Bob Rivera, but I can speak for myself. "Eduardo" writes on Gary's blog: "I regret being as harsh as I was toward Mr. Rivera’s unprovoked attack and I would hope that he would refrain from any repeat performance.  However, let me be clear that should I be attacked again, I will be ready to defend my reputation and the reputation of those who are close to me." Eduardo then goes on to reveal who he is, Edward J. Ross, as many of us suspected, although I thought for a while it was Gary Olman himself.

In a touching P.S. he writes: "So that there is no more – maybe, could be, might be – regarding my pen name, -- when I was in school, I played a lot of ice hockey.  We had in our small sports town the League of Nations, and a number of these kids were Hispanic.  I was a defenseman and these certain Spanish-speaking players got very friendly especially when I was doing a good job.  I was then called EDUARD and then EDUARDO.  I fit in, -- it stuck, and I only use it now when writing about all of the nonsense happenings in the Village."

Good for you, Eduardo. Thank you, and if you don't mind I'll just continue calling you Eduardo, because I like the name. Your apology is healing as far as I am concerned, and were you here I would be shaking your hand. Let's you and I anyway totally forget your little "explosion." We all pop off from time to time. The trick, I guess, is to learn to bite our tongues. I have two boys who were into ice hockey, by the way. Up north we lived on a pond, and they could go right off our land onto the ice. They made goals out of 2x4s and chain link fencing for the whole neighborhood to use. Also, I am now off the steamed clams, Eduardo. I'm afraid I got a bit of food poisoning at that little restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens a couple of years ago. It lasted five days, and though I love the little buggers, I haven't dared try them again—at any restaurant.

                                                                       --Lanny Howe 

Gator is faster than you

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If you ever think a gator is relaxing, watch this
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UCO Committee Membership

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APPLICATIONS FOR UCO COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP   can be found at UCO reception lobby, or on Blog Interactive Forms on left sidebar.   
Show what you can do.
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New Free Balance Class

Elder Affairs surmounted many obstacles to bring us this class, please give them a try, it is gentle, effective and fun.

Balance Classes FREE

manage falls and increase activity safely

Thursdays

3/17 - 4/28/2016

9:00 - 11:00 AM

Century Village Clubhouse

Classroom B

FREE funded by Elder Affairs 

HONOR FLIGHT - NOTICE OF BUS TRANSPORTATION - APRIL 16, 2016

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Dave Israel

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KINDS OF PEOPLE

There are all kinds of people. Many just flat-out enjoy working with Dave Israel and his administration. Some enjoy working with him but disagree on certain points— however, they know how to major on the major and minor on the minor. That's a very normal situation in any enterprise.

Then there are others who would prefer to not work with Dave's administration but are totally turned off by the people in the malcontent camp. Beyond this there are those IN the malcontent camp who are not "hard core" (abusive and vile in their comments)—or if they have been on one or two occasions, are not repeatedly this way and may regret words spoken out of season.

Finally, there are the hard-core handful, who never cease their vile harangues, who are the most vocal, whose hatred is so palpable and appears to eat them up. The last—amazingly—presumptuously expect to be welcomed back into the fold the day after they have been roundly defeated at the polls! Dream on, diehards. 

VOLUNTEERS.....PLEASE COME IN TO UCO AND FILL OUT A FORM

Mr. Neil Moore...are you a owner or a renter...Where are you?  You seem to write like you are here.
Why don't you come in and volunteer if you are a owner and give some help and advice to our village. You seem to be so good in giving advice to Boca...

DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN? NO ISRAEL DEFEATS RICHLAND.

A ridiculous and embarrassing story in the March 2-15 CONDO NEWS Century Village column by the second Mrs. Lowenstein has Phyllis Richland as the UCO President.  Time to hang it up Dottie

HONEST BALLOT - LINDA PUBLISHES THE UCO ELECTION RESULT FOLLOWING DELEGATE ASSEMBLY MEETING

CENTURY VILLAGE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY - MARCH 4, 2016 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

Delegate Assembly 3-4-2016 from David B. Israel on Vimeo.

UCO ELECTIONS MARCH 4, 2016 - FINAL TALLY SHEET

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Hi all,

Below, find the Preliminary Final Tally Sheet. In short order, Honest Ballot Association will forward a Formal Certification of our Village election.

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I and my team thank you for your support, and look forward to the next two years in service to Our Village:

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Dave Israel

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CONGRATULATIONS FROM CV BOCA

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVE ON HIS LANDSLIDE RE-ELECTION! 55% - 45%!

From Fred Hadley, Publisher

The Village Sentry, CVW

In your sister village to the south, we still can't attend committee meetings in person or view them on CH 63 or online, which may be taken for granted in DAVELAND, but is strenuously resisted by the SULTANS OF SECRECY here in Century Village, Boca Raton.

Dave, please clone yourself and come down here and clean up this un-American, un-democratic cabal of repressive leadership who believe Statute 718 is a dirty word. See this video on YouTube to see how we had to ask Sen. Abruzzo for legislative relief in the current session to grant us the rights to access documents and committee meetings that are a given under Dave Israel.

CVWPB remains the GOLD STANDARD for using technology to provide TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY! Congratulations on your DOUBLE-DIGIT trouncing of your opponent😄!

CLICK HERE to see how far behind CV Boca is