Board silent on grand jury report

Sale to Calvert called illegal
By Jesse B. Gill,
Special to the Daily Bulletin
July 14, 2007

The Jurupa Community Services District board Monday night refused to address a grand jury report that said the district broke the law by selling a piece of land to Rep. Ken Calvert without first putting it up for sale to other public agencies.

Board members declined to respond to the report's recommendations at their meeting Monday night, instead opting to first closely examine the legal outcome of such a response.

"We want to wait because it's the prudent thing to do," said board member James Huber. "There are just some legal aspects that we need to have our attorney look over."

The board voted 4-1 to delay a response to the report, with board member R.M. "Cook" Barela the lone dissenter.

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