CRITICAL ISSUE #10CONFLICT
YOUR WORD VS. OUR OATH
BROTHERS:
OUR CURRENT BUSINESS MANAGER HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT MUCH, BUT HE HAS MANAGED TO GET SOME "COMMITMENTS" EARLY ON IN THIS ELECTION PROCESS. SOMETIMES EARLY COMMITMENTS ARE MORE ABOUT WHO THE INCUMBENT IS, WHO'S "CONNECTED," OR WHO SEEMS LIKELY TO WIN IN THE END THOUGH, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO SIMPLY WHAT IS BEST FOR US, OUR COUNCIL, OUR UNION, AND OUR MEMBERS WHO COUNT ON US!
I GAVE MY WORD...
WE HAVE ALL GIVEN OUR “WORD” AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO COUNT ON IT MOST! ALL OF YOU IN ONE-WAY OR ANOTHER GIVE YOUR WORD EVERYDAY TO THE MEMBERS OF YOUR LOCAL UNION TO DO THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE, TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THEM. THE PROBLEM IS YOU MAY HAVE GIVEN YOUR WORD TO JOSE MORENO (FOR WHATEVER REASON,) THAT YOU WOULD HELP HIM TO HIS THIRD TERM.
THE OATH
WE ALL TOOK THE OATH. I TOOK IT, AND TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT THE CURRENT BUSINESS MANAGER DOES NOT. DO YOU? IF THE CURRENT BUSINESS MANAGER DOES NOT TAKE THE OATH SERIOUSLY, (FOSTER HARMONY, OR UNITE US ALL,) THEN, ON ELECTION DAY, WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE:
- PICK THE OATH OF OFFICE AND VOTE TO UNITE OUR COUNCIL, OR, KEEP YOUR WORD TO MORENO, EVEN IF IT MEANS BREAKING THE OATH AND YOUR PROMISE TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
NOT A TOUGH CALL, WHEN CONSIDERING THAT ONLY AN UNHONORABLE MAN WOULD EXPECT YOU TO KEEP YOUR WORD TO HIM UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES!
THE "SECRET" BALLOT
OUR COUNCIL'S SAVING GRACE MAY BE THE LONG-STANDING PRACTICE OF THE SECRET BALLOT HE COULD NOT CHANGE! HE KNEW THIS TO BE TRUE, WHICH IS WHY HE CALLED SPECIAL MEETINGS LATE LAST MONTH FOR PURPOSES OF LINING UP THE VOTES TO MANIPULATE THIS ELECTION. HE DID NOT CALL EVERYONE ON THE BOARD, JUST THOSE HE CONSIDERS HIS SUPPORTERS TO DO A REHEARSAL OF THE VOTE. (MORENO ACTUALLY FLIP-FLOPPED ON THE ISSUE LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER BECAUSE HE GOT WORD THAT THERE WOULD BE A SECRET BALLOT NO MATTER WHAT! ) SO, HE WILL NOT KNOW (BUT EACH OF US WILL) WHETHER WE ACTUALLY PRACTICED OUR OATH AND, IN THE END STOOD FOR A UNITED COUNCIL AND A MANDATE TO BRING BACK HONOR AND PUT THE MEMBERS FIRST, OR SIMPLY KEPT YOUR WORD TO A MAN WHO BROKE HIS TO ALL OF US, OUR UNION, AND OUR PROUD MEMBERSHIP!
WHEN YOU ELECT ME, SUCH "CONFLICTS" WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST JUST LIKE “REHEARSAL” MEETINGS, MANIPULATIONS, SCARE TACTICS AND THE SYSTEMATIC SUPPRESSION OF ANY DISSENT! OUR CONSTITUTION WILL BE OUR LAW, OUR OATH WILL BE OUR PROMISE, OUR MEMBERSHIP WILL BE OUR MOTIVATION OUR MANDATE WILL FINALLY BE CLEAR...A UNIFIED NCDCL WORKING TOGETHER FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP AND OUR GREAT UNION!
REAL BUSINESS, REAL COMMITMENT, REAL UNITY!
HTTP://UNITETHENCDCL.BLOGSPOT.COM
