THE BURNING EMBER 7

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE

Well it is just days away from the general membership meeting and as noted your local president was a no-show for the executive board meeting on Thursday. Odds are still against him showing up because there are some members who are hot because of his foolish actions and are waiting to hold him accountable. His reason for missing the executive board was because he wanted to play steward. What is funny about that is that not only do all of the other executive board members think that this is peculiar of him, but management’s Step 2 representative for Astoria thinks it is rather strange. I was shown a fax wherein management’s rep was questioning “Bullfrog” as to why he insisted on being at the meetings when there is a highly competent steward in Astoria already and it is the usual practice of this local that the steward who filed the grievance at Step 1is the one to meet at Step 2. After that it is usually the Director of Associate Offices or the Director of City Stations that back up the stewards and help as needed. Having the “Bullfrog” spend three days and nights in Astoria is just a waste of the local’s money which by the way comes from you the member. I guess the “Bullfrog” just wanted a trip to the beach. I wonder if his wife went with him, sure would like to find out—seems that he thinks that the local is just his private “country club” there to pay for his gallivanting around. The question that should be asked though is how the business of the local is being done while the person who is supposed to run the business, who is so afraid of losing power that he involves management into the affairs of the local, is off on his self-serving and selfish adventures. Well the answer is quite simple; the rest of the executive board has been picking up the slack.

In our local constitution the general membership meeting is the highest authority—the will of the membership meeting is the final say in the affairs of the local. The constitution also states that the executive board shall run the affairs of the local between the meetings; that is what has been happening. The rest of the executive board, who except for the vice-president are part time officers have stepped forward and have kept the local running in spite of the “Bullfrog.” There are some highly qualified people who work as officers of the local. These officers work full-time for the Postal Service and normally work for the local on their time; the local does compensate for any lost time LWOP, but not overtime nor the personal or family time that is sacrificed. Furthermore, because of Stinson’s misdoings these part-time officers have had to put in more far hours than should be needed. We even have some non-paid officers and members who show up far more often then Stinson and contribute to the betterment of the local. All of this has been going on the last two and a half years while the “Bullfrog” shirks his responsibilities and shuns his duties while cozying up to management or playing shop steward--shame on him for expecting others to do his work for him.

Makes one wonder how much longer we can pay a president who is casually dumps his constitutional obligations, which he was elected to perform, off on others.
Maybe you ought to give the “Bullfrog” a call or drop him and e-mail and find out see what shenanigans he is up to now. You can call him at 503-231-1797 his cell phone is listed in the comments on an earlier post or e-mail him at orbulldog1@verizon.net or gstin29803@yahoo.com