A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE

The Board of Directors decides to submit the two-tier proposal to the membership for a second vote. This time they only need 25% to reach a quorum. They should save the money and just declare 45% of us irrelevant. There may actually be a higher percent than that, with all of us who didn't vote the first time around casting no votes this time.
While very few are arguing that we don't need more money, the fact still remains that this proposal was brought to fruition in secret, closed meetings, and that there are clearly more equitable ways to raise money. We still have a judge who will decide how legal or illegal the whole thing may be, although I doubt he will want to get overly involved. He is not going to stake his reputation on a bunch of rich, white people squabbling over money, who live behind closed gates in a private club.
I tried to mention something about the two-tier system at the Recreation Committee meeting the other day but was shouted down by, mainly, wouldn't you know it, a board member. Seems such things should not be talked about at committee meetings, even though the recreation committee should be very interested in how and how much money will be available to promote recreational activities. I guess maybe I’m out of touch with Village reality. Seems it's the same old story: the directors want to make the decisions and let us discuss them after the fact. This is their version of democracy. Mine is a little different. As an ex-politician, my thing has always been to provide leadership out in the open, with as much public input as possible before arriving at a final decision. This has often put me at odds with the status quo. So much so that I have been labeled a curmudgeon, defined as “a mean spirited old man.” That does have a certain ring to it.