David Epling Wrote:
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> The decision to lay me off in 2011 came one week
> after the WP hospital burned down. The damages and
> necessary cleanup exceeded one year of my salary.
> The museum could not support both needs. This of
> course is factual contradiction to what James
> Mason stated publicly at Winterail by telling
> myself, Reininger and a couple of others who's
> identity I won't toss out there that Rod laid me
> off in retaliation for comments allegedly made by
> me and repeated to him by Frank Brehm. The
> comments were not made, the person who stirred
> that pot has been proven to have lied. the
> incident in question, Frank wasn't present and
> happened at Colfax RR Days 2 weeks after Rod told
> me I would be laid off.
>
> just another one of James Mason's lies.
>
> James Mason had been pushing hard for my layoff
> going back a year before the hospital. his beef
> was I refused to accede to his demands as to how I
> should perform my job. Contrary to his little
> wpdream page, There is a business plan in place.
> We were visited by a group called the Harvard
> Business Partners. This group is made of of large
> corporation CEOs. There are 5 of them, they each
> individually visited the museum on separate
> occasions without our knowledge. They then decided
> to assist us in business practice improvements.
> Most of the improvements were aesthetics.
>
> One of the items they mentioned was branding. I
> had already started obtaining merchandise for sale
> carrying the WPRM Logo and name. I even secured
> bottled water with a museum designed logo on the
> label.
>
> James Mason had a major problem with that
> apparently as we argued frequently. The concept of
> spending money to make money is foreign to him.
> These arguments usually ended with me reminding
> him that I worked for Rod and not for him and to
> take his issue up with Rod. The fact that here we
> are now is proof that this isn't about "Saving our
> Society"..it doesn't need saving. This issue is
> about control. James' issue is solely personal
> where Rod is concerned.
>
> I served as the FRRS Election Chairman for 4
> years. I am qualified to speak here. FRRS
> Elections rules were in place well in advance of
> this year's issues as it came up last year as
> well. There is a likely probability that the
> challengers Mason and Reininger deliberately
> missed the deadline to foment this crisis (Meeker
> followed the rules this year).
>
> Reininger is awfully informed as to the FRRS'
> apparent problems considering the man has NEVER
> been to the museum nor has met any of the active
> volunteers. I was uniquely surprised that he had
> information regarding a safety issue several years
> ago that was only discussed in closed FRRS Board
> session from a report I wrote. Another example of
> Mr Mason's disregard for the rules.
>
> I currently support 7 of the 9 sitting Board
> Members and none of the 3 incumbents although
> honestly, Bill Meeker, if he wasn't hitched to
> James, I would consider voting for him at some
> point down the road, but it won't be this
> election.
>
> One final observation about James Mason's lies.
> he's got good people believing them. be careful
> everyone, ask questions from both sides. I am
> saddened that good people have been taken in by
> Mason's BS
>
> David Epling.

Dunno what the issue is, who you are, but...
Carry on, I admire your guts.
Most of us would have just said fk it, and left. Bravo for hanging in there.