I Know Where the Meat Heads are, but Where's the Meat?

I am very frustrated by Council 220. They can paper the walls with stupid bargaining requests; but, seem unable to follow through unless they are using the talents and skills of NON Council 220 reps (which means reps that are stealing official time from their own Locals and Regions that was intended for local and regional representation).

I am NOT minimizing the importance of BIG PICTURE activities such as lobbying, doing training and accumulating frequent flier miles which can be used personally -- okay, I'm being mean -- training is important because it is campaigning and if the Council 220 Officers want to be re-elected on their sorry record then they really must visit the Locals, glad-hand, smooze and be seen because the personal touch, as history in our Council has proven, is far more important at election time than good administrative skills, competence, effective husbanding of official time, effective use of our vanishing treasury, and a track record of effective representation -- ...

Picking up my prior train of thought, I'm not minimizing the importance of big picture activities, I'm bemoaning the lack of effective representational activity by individuals who get Council 220 official time and stipends.

Perhaps the new motto of Council 220 should be, "The light's on; but, nobody's home."