During a past presentation to the board about a year ago, Beacon Director Dr. Memo Diriker, said the key to the entire study would be five or six questions to be answered. The questions would come from OPA. Dr. Diriker admitted the questions themselves could well be political in nature.

The proposal to employ BEACON, as approved by the board, contains an Appendix A detailing nine questions. Some are very political in nature. The questions originated totally within the OPA Comprehensive Plan Committee with no discussion by the board or involvement of the community at large. Association members were told that the questions would be subject to change as the project progressed, but it is a safe bet the die is more or less cast.

Why the board voted to proceed with the committee's nine questions as the starting point is incomprehensible.

Let's take a look at some of the questions.

Question 7 -- Actually two questions. "Who are the OPA community stakeholders (residents, board, staff, county, etc.)? What is the sphere of OPA's influence (local, regional, etc.)?"

The reality is the primary "stakeholders" are not even mentioned in the question. Those are the owners of property in OPA; the people who are the association members; the people who pay the bills for OPA. OPA's sphere of influence?

Unbelievable! There is a sucker born every minute.

This is all cover for a certain cadre of folks in OP who would like the salaries and perks associated with municipal status. Not to mention the ease with which they could parley OP office into county/state office where the real money is.

They have infiltrated the volunteer panels/committees and it is they who will steer this dialogue with their already prepared questions towards the desired conclusion from this bought and paid for group of 3rd rate academics.

That's what this is about.