Monday, May 24, 2010

A New Village Grill

Has our Board been watching a little too much C-Span, CNN, MSNBC or Fox News? Recently our Directors acted like some kind of Congressional Committee when they took turns GRILLIN the road patching contractor at the last Coffee Meeting.

During this planned spectacle it was said two thirds of the Village money has been paid to this guy and that his work has left our roads in worse shape.

Really!


Now who would have thought that this could have ever happened from a contractor who was selling tacos just a few short years ago? Wasn’t it last November that our Board hurried to accept this contractor’s new lower bid to take advantage of him?

In my opinion the Coffee with the Directors Meeting is meant for owners to voice their concerns, not to watch some dog and pony show resembling the political puke theater Congress has been displaying these past few months. The Board’s reason to do this in front of the owners seemed evident; take the onus off their poor decision with a dazzling exhibition of demonization.

Everyone agrees this contractor’s little company has done shoddy work, but again, no one seems surprised! I find it somewhat disturbing that we have certain Directors who treat people like a piƱata and take turns swinging their authoritarian verbiage stick at them. For those who were there, sit back and think about what they saw. What a disgrace. This was an improper way to address an apparent poor business decision by the Board that may come back to haunt our Village in the long run.

Comments

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amen! I think you nailed it about covering their bad decision. Good article!

Anonymous said...

You gotta love Joey! Thanks for your right-on, observations.

Helga

Anonymous said...

I would agree that the road contractor was publically pilloried to deflect the BOD's responsibility of hiring a questionable contracter and before seeking additional bids. The discussion of his sub-standard work should have been held with him privately. To repair out new corduroy roads, complete with built=in birdbaths, the BOD should be responsuble for getting THREE BIDS.