The May delegates assembly was one for the books.

The biggest issue facing the delegates was to vote on a motion to accept Atlantic Broadband's contract. Though we heard assurances from the David Israel that the vote is not final and that the contract would be put before the delegates for approval at a later date, the way the whole thing was conducted was strange to say the least.
Normally a contract would be finalized and put before the delegates for a vote and either accepted or rejected on it's merits.
There is no final contract yet, David  Israel avowed that the contract is still in negotiations and there are some serious issues that need ironed out.But the motion passed on a  vote that was questioned by some delegates as to authenticity. It specifically states that the assembly approves the deal with Atlantic Broadband, giving David Israel the right to sign a contract  despite his statements that it's not final and another vote would be taken before signing up.
The concern is that David Israel has a history of saying one thing then doing another. For example: We remember his agreeing at a delegates assembly  to allow a forensic audit of UCO's books, avoiding a motion and a vote, then later  refusing to allow access to the volunteers who came to conduct it. Behavior like this is reason enough to mistrust Israel's word on anything.
It's disturbing to witness delegates going along with the whole thing, They voted to accept a contract that is still under negotiation. Does that make any sense to anyone?
Taking a vote on an unfinished contract  makes even less sense. I suppose the delegates were lulled into trusting that David Israel would follow through on his promises of another vote and all that, which is ridiculous, there's no good reason to make a motion, take a vote and inform everyone the vote doesn't really matter as another vote will be coming soon.
It doesn't matter to David Israel what anyone  said. What matters is what gets put into the record and the results of the vote
Bottom line ? The delegates just gave Israel the authority to sign a contract with Atlantic Broadband.
Negotiations?...... They're over.
Why would Atlantic negotiate anything when they have it in the bag?
 Israel's explanation that he wants to use the vote as leverage in further negotiations with Comcast  is another ridiculous premise. Israel and his "team" have been negotiating this for two years. Comcast already said they have gone as far as they are going to go. It's become glaringly obvious that "team Dave" support the Atlantic Broadband proposal and are really not interested in trying to negotiate anything else with anyone else.
There is some concern that if Atlantic isn't ready to assume the service when Comcast's contract expires the village could be without cable TV and Internet until they are ready.Atlantic estimated that it would take a couple of years to build their infrastructure, and time is getting short.  Israel says that Comcast will provide service in the interim....... Really ?.....  It's doubtful Comcast would consider going along with that . Would you ? Did anyone ask Comcast if they are prepared to provide service while Atlantic gets their act together? CSI who are engaged in the negotiations could have easily asked Comcast about it  before the vote. But they didn't. Why not ?
We can only hope that Atlantic Broadband will deliver the great service they promise, but judging by the ratings posted by accredited rating organizations putting Atlantic at or near the bottom when it comes to delivering customer satisfaction, Century Village may be in for a disappointment.