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Palmdale Water District board member Linda Godin part of rate hike majority

Posted by: Maven on May 31, 2009 at 6:53 am

From the Antelope Valley Press, the next installment in a series of articles profiling each member of the Palmdale Water District board of directors. Today, it’s Linda Godin:

As a volunteer or an elected official, Palmdale Water District Division 3 Director Linda Godin views public service as the foundation that supports communities.

As a single mom who raised two sons, that’s a belief she hopes they buy into and follow. Her oldest son BJ attends Antelope Valley College, and his younger brother Nick just graduated from Littlerock High School with plans to study civil engineering at California Polytechnic, Pomona.

Godin, an account manager at Lamar Outdoor Advertising, was appointed to the water board in November 2006 to fill the seat vacated by former Director Sheryl Sarna, who moved out of the district. She was elected to a full four-year term in November 2007, and her term expires in December 2011.

Godin was part of the majority in the 3-2 vote May 13 for a rate hike that will boost some customers’ bills 65% and others more than 140% for the last seven months in 2009, followed by another increase in January.

Despite 2,122 letters from property owners protesting the raise and an outcry from more than 200 water district customers who packed the board room and spilled into the lobby and an outside yard, Godin, Jeff Storm and Dick Wells voted for the increase, with Raul Figueroa and Dave Gomez voting “no.”

Read more of this article, which includes analysis of the dinner tabs of Washington DC restaurants on a recent trip, by clicking here.

May 31, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California

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