Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Rick Horey responds to Griffith's blog entry...

I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR UP A FEW THINGS YOU STATED IN YOUR BLOG. FIRST OF ALL ALOT OF PEOPLE DID KNOW ABOUT THIS RUMOR AND HAD FOR SOMETIME BEFORE I FOUND OUT. I HAVE HAD PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS FROM MANY STATING THAT THEY KNEW OF THIS RUMOR AND THANKED ME FOR ALERTING THEM THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE STORY. THEY APPRECIATED THE INFO SO THEY COULD CALL THE OTHERS INVOLVED AND FIND OUT ABOUT THE OTHER POINT OF VIEW FOR THEMSELVES. ITS SAD TO SAY BUT I CONDUCTED A MORE IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION IN ONE HOUR THAN THE UNION OFFICERS DID. I TALKED TO EVERYONE INVOLVED AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE CONTENT OF THE RUMOR WAS BASED ON A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. SIMPLY BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO GET ALL THE INFO BY TALKING TO CHRIS AND ALL THE OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED. WE ALL NO HOW FAST RUMORS ON THIS JOB CAN SPREAD AND GROW. I THINK THAT IF ANY OF US HAD A RUMOR SPREADING AND GROWING ABOUT US WE WOULD WANT BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY TOLD, SO WITH WHAT I HEARD AT THE TABLE IN WHICH THE WORDS " REPRIMAND AND PUNISHMENT" WERE USED. I FELT THIS RUMOR SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT COULD HURT THE CHANCE OF A FAIR ELECTION, NOT TO MENTION THAT IT WRONGS CHRIS AS A UNION BROTHER. AND SINCE THE BALLOTS HAD JUST BEEN MAILED THAT DAY I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME CRITICAL SO I CALLED THE UNION VICE PRES. AND ASKED THEM TO SEND OUT A LETTER TO HALT THIS RUMOR. LATER HE CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THAT AFTER TALKING WITH BORG AND BACON THEY WOULD NOT. TO ADDRESS YOUR LAST PARAGRAPH YOU SAY THAT IN THE END OF MY LETTER I ENDORSED CHRIS PHILLIPS, MAYBE YOU SHOULD READ IT AGAIN. I SAID THIS MIGHT MAKE YOU REALIZE THAT YOU NEED TO VOTE FOR ALL NEW BLOOD IN THE UNION. THERE ARE THREE OTHER PEOPLE RUNNING FOR PRES. AND OTHER POSITIONS IN THIS ELECTION BEING VOTED ON SUCH AS E-BOARD,TRUSTEE, AWARDS COMMITTEE. I DIDN'T SAY WHO TO VOTE FOR, I SAID IF THE RUMOR WAS GOING TO AFFECT WHO YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU SHOULD DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND TALK TO EVERYONE INVOLVED BEFORE YOU VOTE. SO MAYBE THIS ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION ON WHY I WROTE MY LETTER. I THINK THAT BEFORE YOU WROTE YOUR BLOG LETTER YOU SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO EVERY ONE INVOLVED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS ISSUE AND IT MAY HAVE CHANGED THE WAY YOUR BLOG LETTER READ. I GUESS IN THE END JUST ASK YOURSELF THIS. IF YOU WERE PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE THE UNION WAS LOOKING INTO AN ALLEGATION TO SOMETHING YOU DID, WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO TALK TO YOU AND ALL THE OTHER INVOLVED PARTIES BEFORE THEY MADE THEIR DECISION. OR WOULD YOU SIMPLY DO NOTHING ? I THINK BOTH OF US KNOW THE ANSWER MIGHT BE THAT YOU PROBABLY WOULD DO THE SAME AS I DID AND TRY TO CLEAR IT UP OR GET THE CORRECT INFO OUT BY SOME TYPE OF E-MAIL. ITS NOT TO LATE TO CALL THE OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED SUCH AS PHILLIPS, ZAM, Mc CLATCHEY, SMATHERS, CH. SCHAFFER AS I DID. AS FOR MY OPINION ON HOW OUR UNION OFFICERS AND E-BOARD HANDLED THIS. EVERYONE KNOWS I HAVE NO PROBLEMS EXPRESSING MY OPINION. BUT BEFORE I DO I THINK ITS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO ATTEMPT TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION

THANKS RICK HOREY

PS. PLEASE EXCUSE MY GRAMMAR AND SPELLING, SOME TIME AGO AT A RODEO I WAS KICKED IN THE SPELLING PART OF MY BRAIN.

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