aapitbull
Veteran
I have no idea why you are claiming that your movement to position of Organizing Chairman was related to you talking with Dell and/or Lee. Just another example of your "Big I" syndrome. The way I remember it we were beginning a resign drive once again and because some potential signers were hesitiant becuase I was not an A&P but instead a welder, we agreed to put a new face on the drive to overcome that obstacle. I was still right there as Co-Chair and hardly sit on my ass.
We certainly remember things differently I remember Gary S sending out a e-mail saying it was time to get the drive started again after the concessions and no one but me evening responding to it, he has told this story dozens of times because my response was that I agreed but no one wanted to lead it, he suggested I lead it to which I responded I was the wrong guy because I rub some people the wrong way we had the same conversation many times still you ask me to take the postion, now you suggest that I have a overblown ego and took all the credit yet you know I did not want the job to begin with, as for Dell & Lee goes I said after I took the job they started dealing me instead of you and that is when I began to hear about you not getting credit for your work, I also never accused you of sitting on your ass during the AMFA drive.
We both have big egos without a doubt, but I am also capable of being humble and admitting error in judgement once the facts are laid out clearly in front of me. Some seem to be unable to express any humility regardless of time proving that a mistake or misjudgement took place.
The point is that freely giving another concession was simply kicking the can down the road, sure we would have got 16,000 dollars but it would not force the change that was clearly coming and I was not going to be party to more concessions to maintain the status quo I am 47 years old if I going to start over better to do it now than 5 years from now. No matter what you say I cast my vote with my best interrest in mind and do not vew it as a mistake you feel differently fine but that does not make you right.