Top Ten!

Top Ten TSA Decisions of the Decade (Good or bad, right or wrong, will depend upon the reader’s perspective). Except for #4, I remain noncommittal, at least until the (my) next book is written.

1. Leader’s Conference preceding Centennial Congress in Atlanta: Decision to flatten rank hierarchy and add alternative Lieutenant rank, after worldwide consultation of rank and file, and endorsement from the Leader’s Conference.

2. Decision to reverse the above decision without consultation and widespread feedback from the rank and file (as Cadet and Officer ranks continue to diminish in the Western world).

3. Decision of the Commissioner’s Conference (USA) to provide health benefits for extended family members, for the right reasons, and to get in step with the rest of the Western world, i.e. socialized medicine.

4. Decision to reverse the above decision for all of the right reasons explained in my book, “Lean Right, Love Left: Balancing the Body” (www.joenoland.com - Creations).

5. Decision of a Territorial Commander (Commissioner) in a substantial territory to resign from officership (including decision not to give an explanation), creating chaos, confusion, gossip and innuendo throughout the territory and beyond – unprecedented, at least in modern times.

6. Decision to reaccept said officer with another substantial command appointment, again without explanation, rekindling afresh the gossip and innuendo.

7. Decision to elect John Larsson as General, especially in light of the financial scandal in the United Kingdom Territory that occurred under his watch.

8. Decision of same General to select a black American (interracial couple) as his Chief of the Staff, again unprecedented.

9. Decision of the High Council not to elect a black American (interracial couple) as General (A close election).

10.Decision to extend selected leader’s beyond their previously mandated retirement dates, thus keeping decision-making in control of an aging (not post-modern) generation (Again, all good or bad, right or wrong, depending upon the reader’s perspective).

Commissioner Joe Noland (r)