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Last spring I noticed an increase in the amount of expenses submitted by RMWD Director Jack Griffiths. My curiosity aroused, I searched public records and my own RMWD papers. I found:

1. The remuneration and reimbursement policy of RMWD is spelled out in the district’s Administrative Code, section 2.03.010.

2. The current list of meetings for which payment is authorized was established by unanimous board vote on January 4, 2007.

3. Director Griffiths voted “aye.”

4. Since October of 2007, Director Griffiths has requested and received payments for Santa Margarita Watershed Council,...