The panel made this recommendation after selecting a candidate for a Cemetery District Board position. The choice, often a routine and somewhat mundane task, was turned into a political soap opera following the nomination of one supervisor’s husband.
From the Contra Costa Times:
Contra Costa supervisors’ relatives should not serve on any board-appointed panels, a committee recommended Tuesday, following the controversial handling of an East County cemetery board seat.
The supervisors’ Public Protection Committee recommendation will next go to the full board for a vote.
Last week, supervisors appointed Vickey Rinehart to the Byron-Brentwood-Knightsen Union Cemetery District Board after an out-of-county group of cemetery district representatives recommended her over supervisor Mary Piepho’s husband, David, and other candidates.
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