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Editor:
I thoroughly agree with your editorial, “Timely suspicion,” in the January 11th edition of your excellent newspaper.
It seems to me that in matters such as joining a regional planning district or the creation of any new government bureaucracy, the board should “make haste slowly.”
Parkinson’s law expounds the theory that in government bureaucracies the number of employees has no relation to the work to be done. They grow like topsy.
As a former member of the board of directors of several quasi-governmenta 1 bodies in the Washington metropolitan area, I had the opportunity to observe Parkinson’s law at work, and it “ain’t” in the best interests of the taxpayer.
In your coverage of the Board of Supervisors’ meeting at which the decision to join the planning district was made, one would gather by the statements made by some members that this was a minor decision. It was probably the most far - reaching decision the Board will make for some time to come.
I assume the members of the Board have researched the following, and if they haven’t, they certainly should:
1. Before signing to be a member, the Board shpuld know what the formula is for determining representation and the yearly contribution to the planning board. It is based on population, appraised value of . real property in the county, mean income or residents,
93.6%