While this is an tnteresting news report, MCOG isn't helping anyone by wasing money finding out who wins a popularity contest. I also don't think MCOG polls had any meaningful role in getting road taxes on the ballot for these cities. Are individual supervisors actually inclined to put road taxes on the ballot in order to improve the reputation of the entire board?
It's a performance review by the public, no matter its shortcomings. Despite that, the individual members of the Board will still be popular with the voters at election time. Which is why nothing changes or gets better and the BOS can safely ignore surveys like this
While this is an tnteresting news report, MCOG isn't helping anyone by wasing money finding out who wins a popularity contest. I also don't think MCOG polls had any meaningful role in getting road taxes on the ballot for these cities. Are individual supervisors actually inclined to put road taxes on the ballot in order to improve the reputation of the entire board?
It's a performance review by the public, no matter its shortcomings. Despite that, the individual members of the Board will still be popular with the voters at election time. Which is why nothing changes or gets better and the BOS can safely ignore surveys like this