If this is not a clear violation of the election sign rules, what the heck is? The current OPA board majority may wish to see candidates elected who will continue to support their policies, but this ongoing ignoring of the rules must end. Both the board as an entity and the two candidates should publicly disavow this impropriety by Cordwell. Cordwell's comments in local papers of late as well as his threat against a fellow board member make one wonder why any candidate would want his support, or why any association member would consider his advice as to what candidates to support.

At the OPA Board of Directors meeting on 6/25/2016, Cordwell also expressed support of a recommendation to have the Board of Directors do criminal background checks on all OPA Board of Director candidates and then have the sitting board decide if each candidate was qualified to run for the board. Cordwell made some reference to past board members with backgrounds he apparently deems should have precluded them serving as board members.

After the meeting a chairman of one committee even brought up the issue of criminal background checks for committee members.

While Cordwell was improperly promoting his support for Supik and Simon on OPA property outside the board meeting, during the meeting he also railed against a proposal by Jack Collins to bring transparency to the vote counting process. Collins, as a part of the discussion, asked that the board suspend the rules to allow the chairman of the Bylaws & Resolutions Committee address the board on that issue.

Cheryl Jacobs, presiding over the meeting, refused Collins' request. Her refusal marks the first time in about 30 years perhaps, maybe more, that the board refused to suspend the rules to allow a committee member address something related to the committee and a motion on the floor. Interestingly, Jacobs may not even have the authority to make such a unilateral refusal, however no other board member even questioned her decision.

While only Cordwell has thus far been the only sitting board member to express public support for criminal background checks (others expressed no opposition or support), if Cordwell and the current board majority see certain candidates win, maybe the board will investigate each association member's criminal background to see if we should have the right to vote. 

If you want to put an end to this "iron curtain" descending over what remains of transparency in management of OPA, think twice before you vote for Cordwell's picked candidates.