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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Kafkaesque reasoning

Columnist Arturo Bojorquez opines that democracy is badly served (IV Press, July 2) by the IVC and Imperial County Office of Education (ICOE) trustees’ votes to not hold special elections for the court-ordered vacated seats unlawfully hogged by the incarcerated Annette Gonzalez-Buttner. Conceding the IVC board “is completely in accordance with the law” regarding their latitude to fill a vacated trustee seat, Bojorquez wants them “to think twice before” they follow the path of democracy he abhors: IVC trustees mirroring the ICOE trustees’ vote to select a business owner with experience in making payroll and serving on a city planning commission.

Gonzalez-Buttner trial begins Monday

 BRAWLEY — The jury trial of Imperial County Board of Education Trustee Annette Gonzalez-Buttner are set to begin Monday. Opening statements will be delivered at 10:30 a.m. at the Brawley Superior Court in the long-delayed case that will decide, among other things, whether Gonzalez-Buttner lied about her residency when she ran for her board seat. There are 28 possible witnesses, including Debra Porter, retired Imperial County registrar of voters, and Todd Finnell, Imperial County Office of Education superintendent. The trial is expected to go a week or possibly two. Superior Court Judge Christopher Plourd will preside. Gonzalez-Buttner, an Imperial Valley College Area 1 Trustee, is facing four felony charges, filed by the county District Attorney’s Office.

New metric requirements put county in orange tier

EL CENTRO — After the state reached 4 million vaccine doses administered to people living in the vaccine equity quartile the California Department of Public Health announced less restrictive tier metrics that allowed Imperial County to move into the orange tier starting today. The allowed case rate for the moderate level was changed from a maximum amount of 3.9 new cases daily per 100,000 residents to 5.9 cases. The county cases rate for the past two weeks has been 5.4 per 100,000 residents. To reach and stay in the orange tier the case rate must remain between 2 and 5.9 cases. The seven-day average for positive tests must remain between 2 percent and 4.9 percent. Imperial County is currently at 3.4 percent.

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