Examiner: Rutherford elected chairman, immediately cracks down on citizens making comments

Members of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors today elected Janice Rutherford as chairman and Gary Ovitt as vice chairman.  They will serve in their respective positions for two years.

The entire orchestrated process took only a couple of minutes and there was no discussion.  The outcome had clearly been determined prior to the public meeting, a likely violation of the Brown Act.  The supervisors did not make any attempt to conceal that they had pre-determined who would be elected to the two positions or who would make the nominations.

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