Island politics...

Well, maybe not quite politics - I went to a board meeting today.  Joan suggested I go to "find out what's really happening here."

Like most boards, there is a lot of talking and not much happening.  About half of what was on the agenda was either tabled or "nothing to report."  When it came time to report on the dredging operation, I once again had to find a polite way to say, "Bullshit."  The head of maintenance said the dredge operation was bringing in a second dredge to "speed up the process."  We are WAY beyond speeding anything up.  And, why bring in a second dredge when the "new boss" on the dredge said they were "3 or 4 days" from completing our canal (supposedly the last canal they will be doing)?

Exciting news: we may be getting a mailbox number that actually matches our address.  This really is kind of a big deal, since we now have to determine how something is being sent to us to know what address to give them.  The board voted to approve this project... it will be interesting to see how long this takes.

It was interesting (not) to listen to them discuss "what color is that?" regarding the paint for the fencing and our guard house... sand, ecru, beige... (yawn).

One of the board members resigned.  The board appointed a new member... beats the heck out of trying to get someone who will side with you elected.

The best part of going to the board meeting: I took my scoot!  :-)

After a nice lunch out (Italian), we came back home... looking down the canal, I could see the dredge was running... doesn't seem to have advanced much in the past 24 hours.  They're going to have to go like hell to meet that "3 to 4 days" for completion.  Or, as we in the business say: "Bullshit."