John, if you want to know how this District 1 rep voted I will tell you. I am not ashamed of any of my votes. In 2008 I voted NO with the majority opinion, in 2009 I voted NO against the majority opinion, and in 2010 I let the argument that "you can't pull the rug out from under them� sway my vote and voted yes with the slim majority. I did say that would be the only time I would vote to allow them in the tourney. This year I voted NO and my vote is still NO.

I also voted for the amendment that would take this power out of the Board�s hands at the Fall Board meeting and spoke in favor of the amendment at the Fall State body meeting. It is not very often that elected officer�s vote to limit their authority. The Board voted to send this amendment to the body with a favorable recommendation. I guess enough of us on the Board were frustrated with debating this issue every year....and after eight pages of posts I am now really tired of it. I only hope the state body agree with me at next year�s meeting and vote to end the nonsense.