Hamilton's little helpers
Mr Brian H
Fairly easy to determine who kowtow's to BH:
1. Read who he has carefully selected for his ticket. They are the ones he wants on the Committee. For his generous sponsorship that will guarantee a position on the Committee he will expect obedience, support and the crucial vote when it counts.
2. Some of the more honest drones have publicily declared their faithfulness to Him (eg Mr Murphie).
3. Some have never had the temerity to vote other than the way He votes (eg Mr Lyon).
Yes RB may well turn out to be independent, this is yet to be demonstrated. But a President who is out of kilter with the Hamilton clique will not get very fair (eg Mr Lawford).
Administration:
Yes an Administrator will cost. But what is going to more expensive in the long run ? Another year of mismanagement ?
What AOPA needs is a clean sweep and a new committtee. Apart from that AOPA may be broke (how can we know if the accounts are not published ?) anyway.
Blame:
Interesting that those dispensing blame find it convenient to blame the "evil four" or Ms Pagani, yet they were on the Committee at the time. I wonder if they raised these concerns during Committee meetings, bet not.
New Management:
The new committee needs to tell members what their plan of attack is to fix up the mess. Demonstrate that they are prepared to put the members ahead of their egos. This is really the next phase, the election is over, Rover.
They need to get the members back on side, show that they are in control of the situation, turn adversity into triumph. I reckon that this 'ask' is well beyond those now in control.