I did a lot of soul searching on this issue, making sure this is not just a personality thing. It is not. When you folks voted me onto this board I said I would among other things work to hold down your dues. I have done so and if this measure passes we could no longer say we did everything feasible to hold down costs. It is that serious to me. I also looked at it in the perspective of what would I do if this was a corporation and I was president of the corp. Not a chance I would do this to the shareholders.
You can see I feel very strongly about this issue. Our reputation as a board for the people is at stake in my opinion. Pray the correct decision is made. This isn't about me winning or losing the battle, this is about what is right.