" This is looking more and more like dysfunction by design. No attempt by IID management to calm the waters. One scandal after another stumble. We expect this dysfunctional management of IID to continue until two new Board members are sworn in after the next election. Where is the leadership at IID? This is a mess designed to continue through the next election. "

" Let's see if I get this right....she would be paid the equivalent of $525,000 a year....board members met with her two at a time, but all agreed prior to the meeting, ANOTHER blatant violation of the Brown Act (where is our District Attorney????).....the board members thought the public would understand them hiring someone from a rival agency who would be there long enough to learn all of the Districts operating procedures and access to all of its privileged, confidential documents...forgive me, but is this board sober? "

" not only does the hr dept only hire their own family, they are not qualified. it really brings down the moral. start with canning marcy "

" oldfarmboy, as you can tell i like to be involved, thanks for the info, unfortunately for us, iid takes thousands of dollars from us every year, and many people dont care to show an interest. because of the indifference we unecessarily paid out more than 60 million dollars. i hope we can encourage others to get involved. "

" If the board want's to clean the IID it has to start with human resources, it only hires relatives of the all ready managers and employes. "

" Robamor, you are right, As ratepayers we need to be informed and participate. If you are reading this, it means that you have both a computer and internet access. Try "googling" some of these high paid IID consultants. For a starting place, look at the district's Sept. 11 board agenda (http://www.iid.com/Media/September-11,-2007-Regular-Meeting-Agenda.pdf). Richard Ferreira (http://www.fppc.ca.gov/Agendas/December02/Ferreirax.pdf), who according to the agenda (page 96) is also advising the board on organization, ZGlobal (http://www.zglobal.biz/team.htm), D&G Energy (http://www.dgenergyadvisors.com/D&G/Principal.html), and now Marcie Edwards (http://www.mwdh2o.com/mwdh2o/pages/board/board/edwards.htm). See if you can find a common thread (can you spell CAISO?). Now, ask yourself what you know about the district's uber-secret GreenPath project? Remember the (we can't negotiate a deal in public) QSA that is also discussed in today's paper. Get ready for rolling black outs and 30-cent electricy, just like CAISO has brought to most of the rest of California. "

" Another example of the mentallity of Stella Mendoza."the board could request that Edwards resign her position with the MWD board." Even if she does resign from the MWD she can still take actions favorable to the MWD. The IID presently has enough problems without knowingly hiring a GM that has a conflict of interest. "

" From what I see its like at the county. There are only a handful of managers, most of them doing their job and are apparently hard to replace. Meanwhile the rank and file positions (complainers) can be filled by any of the hundreds of applicants from the general public that would like to have a cushy 8 to 5 job with lots of benefits. Stop your whining crybabyman. In case you didn't notice you are already in Aztlan. "

" Sounds like this whole deal can get real messy. Find another, well qualified consultant with no potential conflict of interest. "

" make the lady a hatchet person and have her clean up the overpaid outside managers. If the mangers are there at IID, to take advantage and inrease thier wealth .... Get rid of them!!. If the manager is thier for the public ..give him a promotion... getting rid of one lazy and costly manger will save the public 150k dollars a year. This Mexican-American supports the Director action. After all is said and done,,i look forward to an new IID that does care for the valleyites, and rids us of the current managemnt mentality of "lets rob the public because they are dumb, powerless, and the majority are of mexican heritage" Change is good especially if it's positive. "

" The only way IID can be held accountable is for citizens to participate in the public hearings. Thank you Mr. Kuhn and Mr. Hurley. Otherwise the board will be wasting away taxpayer dollars. "