mail that one RC was purported to be voting the
way that RC deemed correct and the input of the NC's be damned. We have
been unable to find anything further on that story but we haven't stopped
hunting for more evidence. For you rumour mongers, none of the SUPER-BITCHes of
the Zone were involved in this tip so look elsewhere.
The normal moderator of both the Z1_ELECTION and Z1_POLITICAL echo, Martin Belcke,
has taken a backseat for this event feeling that it was best that a current RC
not moderate these discussion echoes. He appointed Joe Jared
the temporary Moderator of both echoes for the election period. We know Jared
best as the R10ResidentVillageIdiotAndHotHead who loves power and Kontrol
to the same extent as the departed R10C, Bob Kohl. Was there really a
reason that Kohl insisted that the IQ fell at least 20 points or more when
entering Orange County (CA)? Let's take a look at what happened when Jared
and Kohl duked it out in 1997.
Jared, the surly NC shows true colors
Region10ResidentVillageIdiotAndHotHead
With a reputation that preceeds him, FidoLose tried to find out why Jared
was appointed as Moderator during an important time period for these echoes.
Although Belcke was questioned about it in the echoes, he at first gave no
answer. Later he indicated that the RCC (the collective RC's) were in favor
of Jared's temporary postion. Hold on, Martin, you don't expect FidoLose to
swallow that whopper do you? Martin is the Elisted password holder of the
echoes to be used for discussion and all of the RC's horses and all of the
RC's men (and women) can't force a Moderator to give up their position. Martin,
we at FidoLose would like to know two things. Why did you say the RCC was in
agreement with your appointment of Jared when that is not the case? You did it
on your own. And secondly, why on earth did you chose Jared when many
qualified people would have served the position better? We will give you
equal time for your answer, Martin, and will place it here on the pages
of FidoLose if you post it in either of the election echoes. Otherwise,
we are going to think something very fishy was going on! Be forewarned.
Bob Satti had informed the Zone he was not going to seek another term as
Z1C. The Zone waited and waited and waited and waited. It seems nothing
was being done to find his replacement. Complaints were heard in the echoes
and yet no response came forth. At long last, it was announced that Ross
Cassell, R18C, was to be the Election Coordinator. Ross, who is an elected
RC in the democratic tradition of allowing the SysOps have their say in FidoNet,
was instrumental in getting the show on the road at long last. He made daily
posts in many echoes informing the readers of the impending election along
with a schedule of events. While some echo participants were miffed at his
daily posting, FidoLose commends him for his excellent job in trying to see
to it that the SysOps were informed to the best of his ability to do so.
Further, Ross declared himself not eligible as a candidate in the election
since he was acting as the EC. Now that's a man we can admire! Imagine if it
had been Kohl who spurred on the ZEC election for his own purposes.
And so the election began! The candidates were nominated by the SysOps and
the list includes (alphabetically by last name) Todd Cochrane, Dallas Hinton,
David Moufarrege, Douglas Myers and Bobby Queen. The election was off to a
rousing start when Todd showed all of Zone 1 that he cannot spell, has no
sense of grammar and wants a "fight to the finish". Yes, Todd declared
war in what was to be a competition of the best Fido has to offer for its
Zone 1 Controller, err, Coordinator. The ZC is to lead the way into the
Year 2000 and the 21st Century and many feel that if Todd is elected, the
demise of FidoNet will be so immediate that any "New Year" issues will be
unimportant.
The Super-Bitches of the Zone were quite concerned with Todd's total lack of
communication skills and the fact that Todd proclaimed
himself to be a FidoNet SysOp since 1987 or 1988. The SUPER-BITCH echo was
laughing each day as Todd kept sticking his foot in his mouth with his
every post. In one diatribe, Todd used the words "agenda", "henchmen" and
"conspiracy" in the same post. Many were reminded of the underhanded political
tactics that accompanied the ZEC election in 1998 when Bob Kohl won the
election and Zorch, his chief guard dog, was asked mutitudinous times how
many times he had voted in that election. Another connection was made for the
times it was observed that posts did not seem to have originated from
Todd (without help) and due to the fact that Todd wants one main backbone
hub for echomail distribution. This Kontrol of echomail was something which
Kohl and his various groupies had planned but which seemingly fell by the
wayside. Lately it has been noted that Todd wishes to place echomail under
some sort of yet to be determined policy which will allow the
filing a complaint similar to a Policy Complaint. Excommication for echomail?
He has to be kidding! It has been said almost one year ago in these same pages,
that Kohl and Zorch dearly wished such a method of Kontrol. By reading the
Policy Complaint that the four clowns filed against Ruth Argust, it is clear
to see that their accusations were largely based on echomail. Check it out and
bear in mind that those sections have not been revised.
Ruth Argust, having a large collection of old Fido Nodelists found
no trace of Todd in any Fido Nodelist prior to 1992. Questions as to
why Todd has either lied about his Fido experience or his possible use of an
alias "seemed to be" responsible for Ruth Argust having the first feed cut
from the election echo. Jared tried to enforce a Zone Level feed cut but since
he had no knowledge of the requirements one must meet for same (not surprising),
had to be content with "read only" access for Ruth for one week. Ruth, in the
meantime, was denied any opportunity to nominate or place a second on
a candidate for the election. No one really knows why Jared cut the feed and
he cannot or will not produce any message that caused his knee jerk response.
He went even further, however, basically warning that any participant in the
widely read SUPER-BITCH echo was subject to an immediate feed cut. This is the
first time in history that a Moderator of a critical administrative echo has
based his feed cut decisions on purported actions in another echo. Jared proved
to the many echo readers that he indeed was the R10RVIAHH by publically
accusing Jack Yates, a participant the S-B echo, of an action that was totally
false. While Jared made a very half-ass apology, he again stuck his foot in
his mouth by another wrong assumption he made towards Jack in the same post.
Since Todd and Jared enjoy the same activity, sticking their foot into their
mouths, one wonders if they enjoy sucking on each other's feet.
Jared's Moderator abilites have been questioned by many other participants,
including other candidates. FidoLose has learned that a well respected member
of the Fido community, Clay Tannacore, has now had his feed cut to the
election echo. Where will the feed cuts end? Will Jared start cutting feeds of
the candidate's themselves?
We shall be continuing election coverage to bring you the highlights of each
candidate's statements and other juicy tidbits so keep checking this page for
updates!
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