Sigafoos appoints McCarver as Search Committee Chair whose apparent biases against the East County are a matter of record
The West County Voting-Bloc has immediately moved to take control of the selection of the next Community College president. It took the first step when West-County Board Chair Ray Sigafoos appointed West-County Board representative Pat McCarver as the Search Committee Chair following Tuesday’s Governing Board meeting. McCarver chaired the committee that selected Penelope Wills who began in August 2011. The appointment places enormous selection control in the hands of the West County Voting-Bloc, which is exactly what the west side of Yavapai County intends.
Recall that McCarver has not been a friend to the 70,000 residents living on the East side of the County. She has said, among other things, that when it comes to the Community College, the West and East sides of the County will never be equal. She has voted consistently to approve anything coming from the Administration and has never joined the East County representatives in their opposition to a host of matters coming before the Governing Board. She also ganged up with her West-County colleagues to dismantle the Verde Valley Board Advisory Committee in an almost secret meeting held in September 2016. It is a biased appointment.
The Community College will shortly have a website where it hopes to share information and provide updates regarding the search process.