TAG was such a good group initially because everyone was welcome and felt their concerns were heard.
Power
corrupts. Looks like the control and power might have been the goal
intended by the "Gate Keepers" (their reference) of TAG. No one is
going to pry control out of their hands!
I still don't understand
how a watch dog group can morph into a political party? Was there a
membership vote or was it created by the steering committee?
Win or lose, I said I would keep going.
It
was confirmed Saturday, April 21, 2012, in front of a witness, a duly elected Trustee
of our Improvement District along with a TAG member approached Bob Leary
last year prior to the byelection encouraging him to withdraw his
candidacy. This is WRONG.
A couple of months ago, at a UBID
monthly meeting I asked if anyone from TAG or UBID had been involved. I
was told it was "an inappropriate question".
When I had
confirmation both were involved, I advised the Chair of UBID and the
response I received was "What is wrong with that?". I explained it's
interfering in democracy and my choices. The Chair stated the
conversation was over and turned away.
This is exactly the pattern by previous boards. You have caught them in something they
know they shouldn't be doing and simply refuse to answer.
You
want the truth? Simply ask them. Ask them if they discussed planning
on deceiving the community about a legal decision, during a caucus
meeting of the political party TAG.
Ask any one of those 5 Trustees about the two issues above, and you will know who is truthful and who isn't. Easy test.
It
was surprising Saturday to see others receiving 'the hate look'
(reserved for me) simply because they asked questions. Especially,
because these were loyal TAG supporters/steering committee members who
are now seeing we have the same old same old.
Most TAG supporters
are unaware of the changes made and probably feel everything is okay
believing TAG is was it initially was - a very good voice for the
community. Not another political party.
The new resident who
spoke yesterday correcting the manner in which questions and motions are
to be dealt with, will be an asset. He repeatedly corrected the Chair
to assist long time resident Gerry Sando in getting his question
responded to properly. A group of us spoke to him afterwards, and he
will certainly help keep things democratic.
His bottom line is Democracy. Believing everyone walks away happy.
This is the attitude we need to promote.
