“After two years of trying to find someone to replace him as South Whidbey’s representative to Island Transit, Neil Colburn found someone to spell him Wednesday night after five years of being the local voice for public transportation.Doug Allderdice, a freshman member of the Langley City Council, will take over Colburn’s duties as a member of the Island Transit Public Transit Benefit Area Board of Directors.Colburn, an enthusiastic booster of the transit system, said Wednesday that he is no longer able to reliably attend board meetings and cannot adequately represent South Whidbey’s public transportation needs. He said having an elected official from South Whidbey on the board is important, since the local community has done so much in recent years to keep the buses running. In a special election last spring, South Whidbey citizens voted overwhelmingly voted to prop up Island Transit with a new sales tax. The transit system needed a cash infusion after Initiative 695 deprived it of funding generated by license tab sales.People from Coupeville south voted 80 percent for fare free buses, end of story. Next, Colburn said during Wednesday’s Langley City Council meeting.The five-member transit board includes Island County commissioners Mac McDowell and Bill Thorn, Oak Harbor city council member Sheila Crider, and Coupeville city council member Phil Williamson. “