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Recall our article written just minutes ago, in which we lauded Tad Pohl’s redefinition of the class rep position. Pohl’s unprecedented ideas had won him the votes of nearly his entire class. Unfortunately, he has been pathetically unable to turn any of his talk into reality. Pohl campaigned on increasing communication, munches, class trips, and apparel. None of that has happened. Quantitatively, the amount of munches has decreased 15%, class trips 300%, and apparel sold by 38%. As for transparency of communication, Pohl does not attend class meetings and he is yet to address the class in person.
There have been many class reps who have performed this badly in the past, but what makes this situation especially disheartening is the expectation that Pohl would bring change. He brought hope to the students that there may finally be class reps following through on campaign promises. Coupled with his ingenious proposals for change, Pohl became the favorite of not just the class of 2023, but the whole school.
Everyone lost in this situation. Obviously, Pohl has, as he has lost all his friends at PA. The voters who were mislead into throwing their weight behind Pohl have also lost. More importantly, though, everyone who aspired to see change in the position of class rep has seen these hopes coldly dropped. The future of class reps looks bleak. Thanks to this fiasco, voters may forever be unwilling to trust any of their class rep candidates. Even if a candidate emerges, genuinely promising all that Pohl did, voters are unlikely to put their faith in him. It has been a depressing year for Andover politics.