I have often been asked “Norm - Why do you still cause trouble and raise such a “fuss” about something that happened a long time ago?”. Recently I have asked myself that same question - many times. I guess the only answer I can give follows.

What happened to the residents in this community that purchased a Villa home was (to put it mildly), was unfair and unwarranted. I really don’t care if Mike Dixon or Roz Berman or Jack Troia or Favil West or Kay Dwyer can claim what they did was for “The good of the entire community”. In my humble opinion that’s only a “cop out” that leads to corruption.

One of the problems I have with politics is that some politicians really believe that a “majority” can NEVER be wrong. History has proven time after time that is not true, and if taken to the extreme it can result in entire countries being dragged into war just to satisfy the ego’s of a few people. That why this country is so great. We have (in America), devised a government of branches - one branch to counter balance the others. If one citizen (or a minority group of citizens), believe they have good cause to complain to the government, they can take their case “all the way to the top”, and they will receive justice. The Villa owners may be a “minority” in the eyes of the majority members now sitting on the current board of directors, but in my view I have every right to be vocal and complain about what happened in the past. What saddens me is the fact that many of residents who do not understand and who listen to people like David Berman who defends the transgressions of the past have joined hands.

Barney, your words yesterday convinced me I was wrong, and I now apologize. Your name is now on my ticket.