Question: Federal legal aid officials drew up the new service area uniting Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties in June, insisting the change will trim administrative costs without compromising services.
Federal legal aid officials changed the service area.

Answer: yes

Question: Board independence does not require the elimination of all inside directors but it would seem to call for ensuring that a super-majority of board members are truly independent both in fact and appearance.
There can be some inside directors on the board, but the majority must be independent for board independence.

Answer: yes

Question: a lot of debate going on with that
Some of the debates have gotten extremely passionate to the point of some people almost fighting.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell