We can be absolutely SURE that Dutch will do everything possible to spend our money wisely.

Please don't include me in your "we" group. I have zero idea as to what Dutch would do or not do, beyond his stated primary goal of firing the General Manager, and his chances of seeing that accomplished are extremely thin -- at best..

I am thinking he (Gomsak) may want us to live a little "too high on the hog". He may think that all of us have plenty of money to spare.

Such thoughts are understandable, and I cannot say I have not considered them myself. However, no one person is going to dominate the board; no one candidate is going to bring qualifications or policies to totally satisfy the very diverse group of OPA association members. In short, no one is a perfect candidate. Based on my observations, and as someone who has attended more board meetings than the vast majority of association members, my choice of the four candidates boiled down to Gomsak and Thompson.

Certainly I do not expect everyone to agree with my choices. However, I do expect association members to vote for individuals based on the totality of their potential contributions to the board going forward, and not just some single nebulous concern over assessments.

What no association member should want is a return to candidates campaigning on a platform of lowering assessments. Such thinking is exactly what resulted in the poor maintenance of our infrastructure everyone has been complaining about.