Voting bloc

On yackon.com, a YACKer, asked a question regarding a voting bloc I objected to during last year's election. Last year i objected to a possible three-way bloc and this year I could be part of one. What gives? Here's my answer:

It's not the bloc I objected to last April, it was the policies of said bloc.

I see Kopko and Willauer doing some pretty good work. Last year, I saw Glowacki, Watts and Chadwick dismantling or dropping much of the good work done by Finn, Matt, Frank and Steve Bender. Years of work.

Here's what I said in the "Stop The Voting Block" thread back on April 9th:

Here's the thing.

It's been hard for me to watch how the BOS has been run this year. What have they done? Where are we with a comprehensive sewer policy? What's going on with one big beach? What about the car limits and speed limits home rule petition that was thrown under the bus despite a clear mandate? And what have they done about growth? It's terribly discouraging and disappointing.

I'm not alone in my feelings. 70% of those polled on YACK feel the BOS' performance this year has been between so-so and awful. Do we want more of that?

It is my belief that not only is it the right thing to remind my friends about this possible three-way voting block, doing so may actually result in better, more effective government and the possibility that a wider more divergent view will be considered and acted upon by the BOS.

So, now, as was the case then, if you like the new programs that started to come to the fore when Mr. Kopko was elected, you can vote to strengthen them. If you don't like them, then you can vote to put a person in place who may work to disrupt or dismantle them.

Call it a bloc if you like. I call it a way to continue some very smart policies.