Hours before the Hi-Desert Water District board of directors was to hold a special meeting, the water district announced a personnel change. Reporter Joshua King has more information…
It was announced at yesterday’s Hi-Desert Water District special meeting that Director Sarann Graham would be resigning from her position effective immediately following 13 years of service. The November 2020 election will seek to fill her position. This decision comes in the wake of a series of what some say are racist Facebook posts that were made by Graham in recent weeks, with the former director proposing her “solution” to the Black Lives Matter movement would be to “give them Mars [so] they can establish the world/country they desire.” Members of the public were available to comment during the meeting, with the majority of them agreeing that Graham “did the right thing” by resigning and promising to hold candidates for Graham’s position accountable when concerning matters of racism and science.
