I have found that one of the most difficult things with this merger is divorcing myself from the "ownership" of being "Continental" or "CAL ALPA". I owe neither any loyalty, and the "we are bringing this" or "your guys did that" stuff is just distracting, yet painful noise.

I think the simple adage of "Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way" is quite appropriate now. We ALL have been screaming for some leadership, and now here it is. Some might not like how we arrived here and are clinging to old persecutions and slights to dismiss this new direction, but nature abhors a vacuum and I think we ALL can agree that the past 2 years have been a vacuum when it comes to verifying any measurable progress in making our COLLECTIVE lives better.

Somebody is leading, doesn't really matter at this point who it is. The choice is simple. Follow, or get out of the way. I have spoken to my Reps about this, we'll see which way they go Tmrw.