Gary Buffo: NLA CANDIDATE

Gary Buffo from Pure Luxury Limousine Service, Petaluma, CA

[This message was edited by XENEFOX Media Corporation / Limos.com on January 05, 2001 at 11:46 AM.]

The following is Gary Buffo's response which was posted earlier in the General Topics Forum. Thanks Gary.

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I guess there is no better time to introduce myself. I'm Gary Buffo, I own Pure Luxury Worldwide Transportation, which began operation in 1991 with 1 limousine. Today, I operate 56 vehicles, in the San Francisco Bay Area, not that this makes me any better than anyone else.
Our industry has to come together to become a STRONG entity, because many Government Agencies have began targeting us. This will truly hurt all of our bottom lines, especially the smaller operators. Our first step is to start talking about the positives in each of us, instead of just the negatives.

With that out of the way, I will say that I cannot change the entire industry, but as a group we can certainly put a dent in it. I have the pleasure of knowing some of the most extraordinary operators in our industry, from the Bay Area. Together, we joined forces and fought San Francisco International Airport, when they began to cause havic to our local operators. This kept them from destroying all of our businesses, locally.

We need to find the solutions to all of the problems with our industry. Solutions is the key word and I will certainly give 120% to every problem that haunts us. I will be the first to say that I am not in this business for me, but more so for all of us.

My personal email address is gbuffo@pureluxury.com, you are always welcome to write to me.

Thank you for the opportunity to help,
Gary Buffo

We would like an unequivocal statement from you as to where you stand on either termination or non-renewal of the management contract between NLA and Host Communications. We would also like an unequivocal statement on where you stand with respect to the reelection of Darryl Norman as president of NLA.

This is what a Nominating Committee gets us - candidates for director who have been begged to run to meet an arbitrary requirement of electing directors by "region" which has no support in the by-laws and who plan on "coasting" onto the board by avoiding any questions, taking no positions, and no way for the members to nominate candidates that THEY want. We have to pick from this group??? No wonder the board is a clown act.

Does Gary have any intention of answering the questions posted here, or telling is why we should vote for him? Probably not.