Response To Mr Ellis

Membership,

I am never disappointed; leave it to Bill to educate us feeble minded officers on how the county might come at the Association. The Association is more than capable of figuring out what the county might be up to. Ellis is premature on his view that this issue will go to the voters. Ellis is entitled to his opinions but the fact is that the Association does not like to be strong-armed or threaten. Historically the Association has been able to come to terms with the county on contract issues. The Association has no reason to believe otherwise.

As I mentioned before the Association’s E-Board is working together with CLEAT in anticipation of the county’s request. The E-Board will take its time to analyze and weigh all our options before making any decisions that affect our membership. We will formulate and execute a well thought out strategy in order to come up with a solution for any request the county makes. The Association would be irresponsible if we made a move without membership approval and input.

The Board and I appreciate all the calls we have received over the past few days. I hope we have managed to answer the questions you have. Some answers we do not have because the county has not made any request on exactly what they want from us.

The Board will hold an emergency meeting as early as Monday, March 15th. The hope is that the county will have made contact by then so we can present their request to the membership and get input.

The Association will not be threatened or coerced into making hasty decisions, as for Bill "It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage that we move on to better things"

Jose G Marrufo

President-EPCSOA