Hey Tracey - Should The Pins Be Eternal Flames or Rats?

Tracey:

A long time ago our Grandfather told us, “That if you feel you’ve been insulted, odds are, you probably deserved the insult.” If you read what is posted here and what your peers are stating about you, you only have yourself to blame.

Case and point: Very recently (heck …it was just the other day) you sat in a Uniform Committee Meeting to discuss the PSB pins and how they should be an “Eternal Flame” for Trust and Integrity. During this robust discuss, your buddy Steve Soha kept commenting (we hear at least ½ a dozen times…maybe more) how it ought to be a “Rat.” It was both annoying and condescending at the same time. It wasn’t funny. What does Stan Hoover and George Richards think of that? That Soha thinks PSB’s pin ought to be a “Rat?”

Here’s the point, in case you missed it. Soha should be off The Radar. He can’t get back into the Marines because of his DUI and he is wasting taxpayers’ money getting chauffeured everywhere he goes. He has no where to go and can only now work at the PPD. He won't be able to get a job with Louie Tovar at the Target on Bell/7th with his record. No job on this planet offers a free ride to/from work. If he had ½ a brain, he would be quite, go to AA, crawl into some administrative hole with the Homeland Security Bureau and let the dust settle. Clearly this is not the case.

Next time you see Steve, check the soles of his feet.

Really.

I will bet one foot says “Tracey” and the other “Montgomery” for the way he just walks all over you and disrespects you! One of the best test of leadership is when someone rises through the ranks to manage their peers, and how the - now subordinates - act and react. It is clear that Soha has no respect for you, your position or any superior. Starting fights with a Lieutenant at an Officer's Funeral? Even the Gilbert cops were going to give him a break until this A-Hole flashed his badge and said, "Hey, I'm with Homeland Security." Is this really what you want to associate with?

If you had any smarts, you would have stopped the meeting or made a blatant and overt comment to Soha, publically stating how obtuse and inappropriate his comments were. This would have begun to establish some credo with you and set you apart as a leader.

But you didn’t.

It is clear to everyone that Soha’s mouth is good for two things – saying stupid things and drinking booze. All you are good for is covering for him and wasting more time on Pins and what a uniform looks like. It is clear to everyone else you simply don’t have the chutzpa to lead, manage or inspire. You are your own Rat. A Lab Rat. You are part of the Diversity experiment with Fairbanks, Gordon and Washington. Sort of ironic that you have oversite for a Lab....No?

So when you go home at night and you and your Prosecutor friend lament over the day and the insults on this site, while watching re-runs of Cagney and Lacey, just think about how these comments get teed up, and if they are rightfully deserved.

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