Last August, Idyllwild Water District customers ousted two directors, one long-standing, in an election in favor of two new candidates for the IWD Board of Directors.<\/p>\n
Obviously, you spoke that you desired change. And maybe you felt a great success in that action, and trust that all is in good hands now.<\/p>\n
You would be wrong about that. You see, the remaining three directors \u2014 President Jim Billman, John Cook and Michael Freitas \u2014 formed a bloc against your two new directors. They, along with GM Tom Lynch, decided the two newcomers are enemies.<\/p>\n
Against the Brown Act, and the California Public Records Act, they refuse to give information to June and Steve. They refuse to allow Steve into a closed-session meeting claiming \u201cpending litigation,\u201d and they ridicule and harass the two in public.<\/p>\n
All will continue in this vein unless either there\u2019s a recall or legal intervention. In the meantime, what IWD customers can do to help the situation is attend the meetings (the third Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m.).<\/p>\n
June and Steve both had the courage to run against an old-boys\u2019 group and now they need the courage to hang in there and keep fighting for you.<\/p>\n
So why don\u2019t you find the courage to get behind them and not leave them stranded at those board meetings?<\/p>\n
Only about five people attend now. Do you know what that bloc did at the last meeting? Put a clock on the wall to limit speech\u00a0 \u2014 without a vote. Neither Steve nor June were made privvy of that until they arrived at the meeting.<\/p>\n
The GM said in an email it was because public comment had become \u201cunregulated.\u201d Give me a break!<\/p>\n
Becky Clark, Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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