How to resolve AdBlock issue? Why CMWD board has failed
By Eric Vang
The sole requirement of the license issued by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to Casitas Municipal Water District is to “store water.”
— Not to have a money-losing recreation area.
— Not to open a water park that requires a subsidy each year.
— Not to have a huge payroll and a significant number of retirees with pensions and medical-benefit payments.
The mandate was, and is, only, to store water. This is a failure on the part of the Casitas Municipal Water District Board of Directors.
Nordhoff High, Ojai deserve a better pool
By Marc Whitman
Winston Churchill said, “We shape our buildings, and thus: they shape us.” This can also be said for our public facilities. Ojai is one of the most affluent communities in the county. Yet, its public pool is one of the worst, if not the worst, public pools in Ventura County.
The Nordhoff High School pool was built in the '60s using volunteer labor and a backyard pool design. It was not built using any standards for a competitive aquatic pool. It is extremely shallow, does not have a gutter system, the coping is out of date and is not deep enough for a diving board.