Piedmont1984
Veteran
- Jan 12, 2004
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We may be voting on the NIC sooner than we think, at least indirectly.
The C&BL's stipulate that a candidate for president must be a MIGS. If the west fields a candidate who campaigns on the promise that once elected, he will work to remove DOH language and replace it with the NIC, that candidate will have at least 1000+ PHX votes and a few hundred east votes. How many votes did Cleary get last time? Is the east more or less unified than it was three years ago?
What we get from the Cleary/Mowrey team is continuity, experience, a knowledge of the issues and players, and a dogged willingness to fight anybody and everybody. We also get controversy, scandal, disunity, complete alienation vis a vis management and the west, a record of defeat,(with the reprieve from the 9th being the sole exception) - and a dogged willingness to fight anybody and everybody.
I suppose Hummel could claim the same assets above, while distancing himself from the liabilities. We'll see.
But for me to consider voting for Cleary, he needs to articulate a clear exit strategy with regard to the SLI dispute. At some point the appeals need to end and the attorneys need to go home. If Silver issues an unambiguous summary judgement against USAPA by ruling that the NIC is binding, that would be a good time to fold our tents.
Cleary also needs to begin repairing the breach between east and west. A good place to start is REAL west participation on the NAC, Grievance and Merger Committees - and to begin focusing on our REAL adversaries.
The C&BL's stipulate that a candidate for president must be a MIGS. If the west fields a candidate who campaigns on the promise that once elected, he will work to remove DOH language and replace it with the NIC, that candidate will have at least 1000+ PHX votes and a few hundred east votes. How many votes did Cleary get last time? Is the east more or less unified than it was three years ago?
What we get from the Cleary/Mowrey team is continuity, experience, a knowledge of the issues and players, and a dogged willingness to fight anybody and everybody. We also get controversy, scandal, disunity, complete alienation vis a vis management and the west, a record of defeat,(with the reprieve from the 9th being the sole exception) - and a dogged willingness to fight anybody and everybody.
I suppose Hummel could claim the same assets above, while distancing himself from the liabilities. We'll see.
But for me to consider voting for Cleary, he needs to articulate a clear exit strategy with regard to the SLI dispute. At some point the appeals need to end and the attorneys need to go home. If Silver issues an unambiguous summary judgement against USAPA by ruling that the NIC is binding, that would be a good time to fold our tents.
Cleary also needs to begin repairing the breach between east and west. A good place to start is REAL west participation on the NAC, Grievance and Merger Committees - and to begin focusing on our REAL adversaries.