All aboard

Last week's article, "Acosta resigns from Triunfo Board," makes clear to me why we should have an all-elected board. With most sewer and water districts, board members have to live in the area they serve, but not Triunfo.

It is possible that three out of five Triunfo board members could live elsewhere. But how could they carry out the wishes of the rate payers they represent?

The population and service figures of Triunfo make clear to me that it is easiest and fairest to elect the five-member board at-large, not by district.

Oak Park has more sewer service connections than the part of Thousand Oaks that is served. (4,858 to 4,527). In looking at population served, it is customary to look at the number of registered voters in a district, when the census is no longer current. Triunfo serves a population of over 30,000, and the registered voters in November 2006 were virtually the same for Oak Park (8,092) and the Westlake and North Ranch part of Thousand Oaks (8,093).

Add to the mix Lake Sherwood with 579 connections and 978 voters and Bell Canyon with 547 connections and 1,170 voters, and you see how hard it would be to divide this up by district.

That is why I support electing at-large, all the Triunfo board members, just like members for both the Thousand Oaks City Council and the Oak Park MAC. That way, people will run who are interested in the district as a whole and want to do the best for all rate payers.

Janna Orkney

Oak Park

Orkney is the vice chairperson of the Triunfo Sanitation District