Comments at the April 20 meeting of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District
Board President Gene Radcliffe
I do not want to have this debate in the paper. I want to have the debate person-to-person. I am really concerned that our committee member, while this conversation was still going on – no decision had been made, no vote had been taken – that this conversation was taken to the media.
Richard Moran, citizen
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Director Margaret Bruce
When that item was reported to committee, we had an opportunity to share our thoughts with the public, with each other, in a thoughtful deliberative way, and hear everyone’s perspective, emotional and scientific, with equal regard. And, by taking it out of the context of a committee and then a board conversation, you catapulted what could be – could have been, and might still be – a thoughtful conversation, into a whirlwind, and your statements were misleading and aggravating.
Moran: How was I misleading?
Bruce: By saying we are going to be spraying…
Moran: I never said that. You show me where I said that, said spraying, you show me where I said spraying.
Radcliffe gavel several times.
Bruce: If you don’t lower your voice, I am going to ask that you be removed from the room. Please listen. We want to have a conversation where all voices can be heard. Not in a petulant way, Mr. Moran.
Moran: Don’t lecture me.
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District Manager Brian Lee:
“He (Bruce Holloway, successful plaintiff in the Terry Vierra conflict-of-interest lawsuit) is really nothing more than a thief.”
Later in the meeting, Lee said:
“I would like to publicly apologize to Mr. Holloway for my comments. I started off with a statement that quickly went south, and I knew I was wrong-headed the minute I started, and I’m sorry.”
