Kenneth Roth, candidate for director from Rainbow Municipal Water District’s Division 1, says he wants to help strengthen the district’s fiscal solvency, yet his last minute filing to run triggered a special election which will cost Rainbow about $70,000. That’s $70,000 we can’t spend on infrastructure.

He could have sought appointment, as others did. Doing so would have allowed the board to question him regarding his views about Rainbow’s past and future. The ratepayers would have learned where he stood on capital improvement plans, annexation and the proposed sewage treatment p...