something to consider

One starts to wonder if the so called malcontents really have the village at heart or are they just looking to get attention. They complain about the budget, the budget gets changed. It actually gets lowered and they STILL complain.
Everything wrong with the village according to them is the fault of David Israel and Ed Black. How insane do you have to be to pick one or two people and blame them for everything?
Pretty soon they will start blaming Dave and Ed for their Charmin not being soft enough, or maybe Dave and Ed did something to their ex-lax or geritol.
It's just as easy to say that Obama is at fault for everything wrong in this country. It's not an accurate statement either. There are a lot of things that are now t in his control. Being the president,  whether of the USA or little 'ol Century Village does not mean you have complete control of everything, nor should.
I challenge all those critics on the other blogs to stand up and say their piece or to shut the void between their nose and chin. And those that do not have the courage to sign their real names to the blogs they write on, well your comments are worthless if you don't have the tenacity or fortitude to stand up and be counted without regard. You are nothing but cowards, not worth listening to.
Cowardice deserves nothing,  they need a stepladder to reach above the dirt just to scratch the belly of a snake.

DUCK ISLAND

Can someone explain the purpose of the dock on Duck Island?

dock ¹

  (dŏk)

n.

1.

a. A platform extending from a shore over water, used to secure, protect, and provide access to a boat or ship; a pier.

b. docks An area along a commercial waterfront having docks or piers.

c. The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a vessel for loading, unloading, or repairs: The boat moved slowly into the dock.

2. A floating platform attached to a mooring and used as a rest or play area when swimming.

3. A platform or door at which trucks or trains load or unload cargo.

4. Computers See docking station.

v. docked, dock·ing, docks

v.tr.

1. To maneuver (a vessel or vehicle) into or next to a dock.

2. To couple (two or more spacecraft, for example) in space.

v.intr.

To move or come into or next to a dock.

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[Early Modern English dok, area of mud in which a ship can rest at low tide, dock; akin to Middle Dutch docke, area of water between two piers or alongside a pier, of unknown origin.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

dock

 (dɒk)

n

1. (Civil Engineering) a wharf or pier

2. (Civil Engineering) a space between two wharves or piers for the mooring of ships

3. (Civil Engineering) an area of water that can accommodate a ship and can be closed off to allow regulation of the water level

4. (Civil Engineering) short for dry dock

5. (Theatre) short for scene dock

6. (Civil Engineering) US and Canadian a platform from which lorries, goods trains, etc, are loaded and unloaded

vb

7. (Nautical Terms) to moor (a vessel) at a dock or (of a vessel) to be moored at a dock

8. (Nautical Terms) to put (a vessel) into a dry dock for repairs or (of a vessel) to come into a dry dock

9. (Astronautics) (of two spacecraft) to link together in space or link together (two spacecraft) in space

According to the definition above, does the "dock" on Duck Island qualify? Maybe we should call it the platform, because that is what it truly is, just an overpriced platform for the 20 or 30 people that want to fish. Boats do not use it, although it would make sense if they did.
WPRF is wants to repair the dock and the bids for the repairs are in the $30k range for replacing the deck. Just The deck. The pilings under the dock may or may not still be good, there are no guarantees that they will. If not, this could more than double the price. Why spend this kind of money just to benefit 20 or 30 people?

It irks me that some complain about paying for WiFi which would result in a savings for thousands in the village and yet I don't hear them complain about spending 30 to possibly 60 thousand for the benefit of 20 or 30 people. Oh wait...anyone can have access to the dock, so it would be more than 30 people... same could be said of WiFi. Anyone can have access and rather than paying 20, 30 40 a month it could be 5. BIG DIFFERENCE. Then there are those that will say "Well, I don't have a computer, so what do I need WiFi for?" But they have children and grandchildren that visit and then they are bothering their neighbors for access to THEIR WiFi passwords... or they are calling on Neighbors with computers to look something up or send an e-mail for them to their kids or some business.

I don't ride the buses, but I pay for them. What would happen if everyone that didn't ride the bus decided to "OPT OUT"? I'll tell you what would happen, your bus service would be drastically cut to just the bare essentials. No Morse, No Family Dollar, No Imaging center, No Library, No Humana, No Post Office, No Dr Sapenoff, No Nana's Diner, No Church, No Dollar Tree. Just Wal-Mart, and Publix...and not 13 times a day, probably just 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Missed the bus? Call a cab. And forget Excursions to the casinos, Flea Markets or State Fairs, they would be gone too.  

Just because I don't ride the bus doesn't mean I should opt out, same is true for the WiFi. It benefits MANY in the village. Not 20 or 30, but thousands.

How many were here when cable came in? How many opposed it? How many would complain if cable was suddenly taken away?
 Back to the Dock, The Dock from what I was told, was used mostly by the fishing club for catch and release fishing (which is probably the best way to fish here). WPRF should use the money for something other than repairing a useless dock.
the fishing club, and anyone else wanting to fish can do it the way it was meant to be...from the shore.

Carol Schermerhorn, Rest In Peace

This morning UCO lost an angel.
Carol Schermerhorn, Advertising Finance manager for the Reporter passed away this morning.
She was a good friend and a great UCO volunteer. She will be missed.

Civil? not hardly.

If you read the posts on the malcontent blog, on the very top it states, be civil and polite. What a joke.  They can call you anything they want, but heaven help you if you call them anything... Then you get labeled a nazi, a fräulein, or something worst. I got one for the biggest propagandists over there... How about HYPOCRITE. They criticized the use of volunteers that are renters for the past two years, but when it comes to using one to do their video taping and posting on YouTube, they suddenly have no problem with that.

Response to some comments made under the Mob Rule Scorecard post.

I put the following on Dave's blog in response to some comments made under the Mob Rule Scorecard post.

Turning the village over to so-called professional management will accomplish many things... one of them will be to make dues so high that all those people that some are crying poverty and can't afford a 25 cent raise without changing to catfood for meals, will have to sell and move away. This is a small city, and the cost of hiring management is ludicrous. I doubt that the lower 25% can afford it. 
Some in this village seemed to think they are privileged. Some think that just because someone is a renter, that they do not care about what goes on in this village. Both are wrong! There are many renters that not only care, but volunteer in UCO. More than I can say for a lot that say they should not be there. At least they do something other than bitch and moan. As for the ones that think they are privileged, well, you are not. fact is, unless you are paying for a show and have a ticket with your seat number on it, there are no assigned seats in the auditorium and for one delegate to want another to move because they sit it a particular seat "11 months out of the year", well guess it wasn't your month.