There is no way in hell you can walk in twice a month and think you can run the third-largest public organization in the county. Reducing the number of monthly board meetings by 50 percent was one of Larry Wilson's goals when he became a board member three years ago. Wilson, a former employee of the district, said staff time will be saved in preparing a board agenda every week. He said that rather than four half-day meetings a month, the board could meet two times for a full day. But there is a widespread perception at the district that the board has failed to hold the feet of district management to the fire when it comes to the problems last week's meeting was meant to address.
Board members admit the pace toward reform has been sluggish.
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