Time for our second tally of voters so far. - As a dedicated PB precinct captain, it is my sworn duty to faithfully tally and deliver election results (the fact that D-ski went to a baby shower so I don't have anybody to bug might also have something to do with my perceived committment). - I'm going to try 2 methods of reporting the tally. The first method will be the same as the first tally. I simply tallied all the votes, regardless of their location within the top 5 of each ballot. The candidates are arranged in order by votes; first candidate listed = with most votes. The snapshot looks like this: - 16) To provide escape, peace, and relaxation (therapeutic or otherwise) 42 votes 24) A fun place to gather with family and friends 38 votes 1) Quality private fishery 35 votes 2) To enhance land value 18 votes 9) Swimming hole 16 votes 6) To attract wildlife for viewing and/or preservation 15 votes 5) To attract wildlife for hunting 14 votes 21) A family or personal challenge to maintain a complex ecosystem 13 votes 22) To provide safe, fresh fish as food 13 votes 3) Ornamental landscaping 7 votes 10) To study aquaculture 7 votes 20) A family or personal challenge of actually building it 7 votes 4) Provide affordable and convenient water frontage real estate 7 votes 23) Water source for fire fighting 6 votes 8) Grow-out pond (to raise young fish for transfer) 6 votes 15) To provide non-powered water sports (ie; canoeing, rowing) 5 votes 11) To study all of nature and/or biology 5 votes 12) To water livestock 5 votes 13) To irrigate crops 2 votes 14) To provide powered water sports (ie; skiing, jetski) 1 vote 7) Fish hatchery (commercial) 1 vote Other: been a dream since I was a kid 1 vote Other: just for the heck of it 1 vote Other: because I don't have the money or land to own a lake 1 vote Other: create a generational legacy to pass down 1 vote Other: reservoir to help maintain another pond 1 vote Other: financial investment 1 vote 17) Reduce local insect population (fish eat bugs) 0 votes 18) Erosion control 0 votes 19) To create and enjoy the sounds of moving water (ie; waterfall) 0 votes - - A couple of notable dynamic shifts from the 1st tally to this new tally:
first, second, and third place remain intact by similar margins
previous 5th place, #2) To enhance land value, has jumped up to 4th place, displacing #6) To attract wildlife for viewing and/or preservation dropping it down 2 places to 6th place
#9) Swimming hole...has jumped up from 6th to 5th place
#7) Fish hatchery (commercial) ...finally got a vote
...and some other shifts further down the list, along with 3 new "Other" write-ins
