Re: Where's the Beef??? Where was Ralph Shnelvar???

[Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Where was Ralph Shnelvar???

Ralph Shnelvar was sitting outside the County Building at 6:45 that evening
struggling with trying to figure out if I wanted to participate in the
process.

I was sitting on the bench right outside the entrance when Tom Halicki and
someone Tom was talking to walked passed me as I was sitting there trying to
make eye contact.  There was no acknowledgement of my existence.  There were
no other people besides the three of us on the sidewalk.

Let me try to be fair.  It is possible that Tom was so engrossed in his
conversation and so busy with the election that he didn't want to be the
least bit distracted.  It is possible that Tom did not recognize me.  If
either was the case, I can't blame him.

A few minutes later, Larry, the County Attorney, walked by and he stopped.
He gave me a broad smile.  We shook hands and had a pleasant conversation
for a minute-or-so.  I accidentally addressed Larry as "Tony" (I don't know
why) and he corrected me.  We joked briefly about the electoral process and
then Larry went into the building.


I sat there a few more minutes struggling with whether to go in or not.  I
walked by the north-west corner of the building and watched the
hustle-and-bustle of people standing around.

I decided to leave.  I have already caught enough nastiness and decided that
my presence would not help anything at all. 

Ralph Shnelvar



On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:55:28 -0600, you wrote:

>There were supposedly over 100 CVV people ready to assist the Clerks office
>with election work.....most notably the hand counting that was demanded.....
>So, howcome only 4 (that's all *I* heard about) people from CVV showed
>up?????
>
>Where was Joe Pezzillo??
>Where was Ralph Shnelvar???
>Even Al K. could have been there as a poll watcher or election judge.....if
>he *really* wanted to.
>
>Is all these people do is complain and don't do anything about it?
>I don't see how these people can criticize and then refuse to be part of the
>process, where they can actually MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
>*Not* interfere and make a shambles of a process that is already in place,
>whether it has flaws or not......but actually be a *part* of the process and
>be able to point out CONSTRUCTIVE criticisms, in a civilized manner.
>
>THAT's how you get taken seriously......
>
>Bo
>