HPOCA is no more a club than football is a sport. They are both businesses. Do the math; 6,200 members at $30 each is not chump change. Lives and reputations have been ruined over a lot less.

Terry saw a need to protect his interests by hiring an attorney. Hopefully Sherry will do the same. It&#039;s very obvious to me that the whole story will never be posted here nor printed in the magazine. But I suspect that in the light of a courtroom, under oath, something approaching the whole truth will emerge. The “good old boys” have posted enough BS here to fertilize a couple of sections so I’m betting on Sherry.

Yes, it&#039;s sad it&#039;s come to this but as long as we have members who refuse to hold their elected officials accountable for their actions, then we all end up living Aristotle&#039;s axiom... &amp;quot;Absolute power corrupts absolutely&amp;quot;. There is no mystery here, it’s the same thing that’s happening in towns, cities, states, and that den of corruption we call Washington, D. C. Bury your head in the sand if it makes you happy but that’s not for me.

I joined HPOCA knowing very well that the actual value of the magazine is maybe $6/yr. I knew that the other $24 was going to support the tractor collecting habits of a handful of “good old boys”. No problem until they betrayed my trust. Now it’s a problem. They won’t be seeing my $30 ever again and I’ll bet there are hundreds and maybe even thousands of soon to be ex-members who feel the same way. We might not hear from them, they just won’t write that check. And the “good old boys” will have nobody to blame but themselves.

Good luck and a Happy, Blessed Thanksgiving to all my Oliver friends!