I’m learning to appreciate County politics. God help me.

I never thought I’d be interested in County politics, and I’m still a novice. Perhaps County politics is an acquired taste, like smelly cheese or fertilized eggs, biologically active and redolent enough to make the novice gag.

But the unincorporated Coastside has a huge stake in County government—and next to no influence. The County Times has a story on how the Board of Supervisors will look in the wake of Supervisor Mike Nevin’s departure.

The most interesting — and perhaps most telling — moment came when the board considered which supervisor it should appoint to the SamTrans board. Board President Rich Gordon had designs on the spot, but Supervisor Jerry Hill nominated new Supervisor Adrienne Tissier.

The move drew charges of "cronyism" from Gordon, who said there were already three other members of the SamTrans Board from Daly City and that the post should go to a non-Daly City resident. Hill said he believed Tissier’s experience would be invaluable on the board.

Hill, Tissier and Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson voted for Tissier, while Gordon and Supervisor Mark Church voted against the proposal. The split vote and Gordon’s comments were a departure from the consensus driven board under Nevin.

So what does it all mean?

One supervisor said he saw an alliance emerging between Hill, Tissier and Gibson with Church and Gordon on the other side.

In the same column, the Times took a look at the Peninsula Politics blog, whose headlines we’re featuring on Coastsider. PenPol has drawn attention to the Nevin-driven Daly City domination of the County and its transportation agencies.

Sources said former county Supervisor Mike Nevin believes the blogger is an aide for Assemblyman Leland Yee, D-San Francisco.

The source said Nevin believes the blog is slanted toward Yee and may be an attempt by Yee to hijack the political discussion on the Peninsula. Yee and Nevin will be squaring off for Jackie Speier’s State Senate seat.

A Yee aide quickly discounted that rumor.

There you have it, an anonymous source being quoted on the identity of an anonymous blogger. Maybe County politics is more interesting than I thought.