College District

* The citizens and voters of the South Orange County Community College District continue to pay for their foolish decision to elect status quo trustees to the college’s governing board.

Now we have a judge’s order for the district to tape-record their closed-session meetings because of “persistent and defiant misconduct” by the Board of Trustees in “total disregard for the requirements of the open-meeting laws” (Jan. 21).

Superior Court Judge Tully Seymour also referred the case to the district attorney’s office to see whether criminal violations occurred. This governing board has consistently hoodwinked the electorate into retaining and even adding members to those who promote such conduct, such as in the last trustee election.

IRVING E. FRIEDMAN

Laguna Niguel