Along the lines of change that we as a community and as a nation, are craving, the recent moves toward managerial efficiency are showing themselves as proving true. Ex-chief Edward Santiago was found guilty of two counts of insubordination; counts that are not conducive to the healthy management of a positive and successful department. He most certainly failed his obligations as a leader to correct the issue regarding complaints of speeding within the community. Officers lacked working equipment to correctly resolve this issue. Now that their voices are falling on ears that are listening, faulty equipment has been thus corrected, and the number of speeding tickets has increased drastically.
It surprises me to read the positions of the ‘usual suspects’ regarding my stance on the fight against favoritism and double-standardized work implementation in dealing with the wayward city inspector. It was made clear to MOST, yet blurred to a handful for some reason, that my explanation of this ordeal attested to the fact that there is absolutely NO ROOM for favoritism. I thought it was deserving of our community to know that the owner and I met all of the requirements to operate the building, as well as paid for each and every permit needed for operation. Thus, the badgering should have stopped when the credentials were presented, but, that was not the case. This ‘after-the-fact’ harassment, which is the fruit of the favoritism and double-standardized way of doing business for this inspector, is coming to a halt. I am currently asking that policies be placated that ensure owners that once ownership changes hands, loopholes for bullying are not accessible.
Feathers are being ruffled in the camps of the ‘usual suspects’ because EACH issue voiced on my blog is researched, yielding SECURED truth in EVERY matter. The premise of this blog is to research issues within our community, and shed truthful light on them, aiming to bring about unified resolve. The reason a few feathers are being ruffled is because for such a long time, issues were not being handled correctly, and this type of behavior stoked the fires of complacency within this small handful of spoiled, inactive members of our community.
After noting the positive movement towards healthy reformation with the Plainfield Police Department, the ruffled ‘usual suspects’ labeled me as “trying to run Plainfield.” The Don Davis case, which highlighted the poor conditions of the past administration of the police department, should have been a solid example of how my research into matters consistently produces and sides with the verdict of TRUTH. I was thrown, by the ‘usual suspects’, under the bus for acting on the belief that Don Davis was innocent until being proven guilty, yet when Mr. Davis was found innocent, again, I was under the bus by the same bunch. Moreover, TRUTH again revealed my innocence in petty investigations against me, and showed ex police chief Edward Santiago’s guilt.
The behavior of these ‘usual suspects’ is reminiscent of the actions of the McCain/Palin ticket, which I termed, “McCain/Palinism.” This ideology practices the consistent voting or labeling of phenomena a certain way, consistently. However, when looking for PERSONAL gain and advancement, their locked-in way of thinking is suddenly forgotten (much like the Bush administration). Thus, when truth is revealed, and moves are challenged by that of truth, mud is slung from those sorts of camps onto those sharing and revealing the truth.
After eight years of the McCain/Palinism behavior in our community, it most CERTAINLY is time for CHANGE. It is time for US to wake up as a community. That old way of thinking was hurting our community, doing much more harm than good. I hope and pray that our city of Plainfield begins to wake up, just as the nation is waking, and acknowledge that the time for change is NOW. So then, what sort of instrument can be used to institute this change…? The answer to that question is YOU; the power of COMMUNITY!! Because Together, EVERYONE, Achieves, MORE!!
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