Scott Herhold on the District Act

Despite the fact that the amended District Act was recently passed 7-0 in the Assembly Local Government Committee, Scott Herhold is trying to keep the issue alive in today’s column in the Merc.

I’d much prefer it without all of the “teenager-kegger” sniggers. The County oversight of the District was mostly theoretical, anyway; it’s not as though the SCVWD pulled a fast one in evading County scrutiny. Santa Clara County was just as eager to escape possible liability in lawsuits against the District.

The fact remains, however, that this amended District Act is almost entirely self-serving on the part of the Board. As Scott quotes me at the end, I, indeed, do feel that this piece of legislation should not pass, term limits or no.