Let’s Shake Up the CVSan Board

Dear Editor,
I am sure all of us have witnessed the new CVSan building being constructed on the corner of CV Blvd. and Center St. Amazing that a bedroom community like CV needs a sewer and garbage office that now looks larger than our own CV Library - make no mistake, you and I are paying for that huge building!
There are three new candidates vying for a seat on the CVSan Board, and it is time to elect NEW LEADERSHIP! The incumbents represent a total of 62 years on the board and have been unchallenged for many years. Unfortunately there are no term limits, but maybe there should be. It is time to turn the page and welcome new community members with new ideas and new thinking! We need new open-minded board members from diverse backgrounds who bring their own new ideas. We need a new board who support community-friendly board meetings that welcome new thinking and a willingness to engage in dialogue with constituents that have ideas different from their own and/or different from CVSan management. I speak from first-hand experience with the current board, and the feeling of being very unwelcomed at their meetings. The current board have a track record of rubber stamping the recommendations of CVSan management, and that is not always in the best interest of our community. I encourage you to join me in voting for three new candidates; Joseph Grcar, Kenneth Owen, and Darshan Saini to the CVSan Board and let's shake up the CVSan Board a little for the betterment of our community.

–Karen Robertson, Castro Valley