TWO-TIERED SYSTEM DOWN AND OUT-FOR NOW

THE TWO TIERED SYSTEM PROPOSED BY THE VILLAGE POA DIRECTORS WENT DOWN IN DEFEAT. IT WAS A DESERVING DEFEAT. HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING MORE REASONABLE, PLANNED OUT IN THE OPEN, AND DISCUSSED, BEFORE BRINGING IT TO A VOTE. BUT I'M SORT OF DOUBTING IT. THEY DON'T STRIKE ME AS THE KIND OF GUYS AND GALS WHO TAKE DEFEAT VERY GRACIOUSLY. THEY HAVE THREE MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT THEIR NEXT MOVE, AND SO DO WE. THE LAWSUIT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. PARTS OF IT CONTINUE TO BE RELEVANT. THE NEXT VOTE WILL BE ON AN UN-LEVEL PLAYING GROUND, THE POA NEEDING ONLY 25% OF THE TOTAL VOTES POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE A QUORUM.

IT IS A TIME FOR HEALING. COMPROMISE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION SHOULD BE CALLED FOR AND HOPEFULLY ACHIEVED. A NEW PLAN SHOULD BE DEVELOPED THAT MOST EVERYONE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH. TO TRY AND RAM THROUGH THIS SAME PLAN A SECOND TIME WILL RESULT IN UNNECESSARY CONFLICT AND LONG-TERM TRUST ISSUES. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF A DECLARATION OF WAR, WHICH I DON’T THINK ANYONE WANTS, AND THAT WE MOST CERTAINLY DON'T NEED.

I WOULD CALL FOR A MEETING WITH THE DIRECTORS AND CITIZENS FOR THE TWO TIERED SYSTEM,  AND THOSE CITIZENS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THE TWO TIERED SYSTEM, TO SHARE IDEAS AND BANG OUT A PLAN THAT IS FAIR AND ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH PARTIES. ONE THAT WOULD MOVE ALL OF US FORWARD IN A UNIFIED AND LESS CONTENTIOUS MANNER.