School board members have short memories

What goes around comes around. So Janice DiFatta and Debbie Sandland are shocked that Debbie was passed over for board president.

Obviously their definition of "recent memory" does not go all the way back to 2004, when they broke protocol and denied me and Carla Kurachi our turns as board president and clerk. They taught Rob (Collins) well that the leadership decision is purely political. I'm sure he remembers back that far.

By the protocol, Eric (Lundstrom) should have been clerk last year. Apparently they forgot that part of it then, but now they conveniently remember the rules.

I don't know how they each can make the statements they made without being afraid of being struck by lightning for twisting the truth.

It gives me some hope to see the board escape from the path those two have charted. We have a good district, but it needs leadership to make it what it can be—a great district. That means change, and the two of them have been there so long they don't even understand the need for change.

They have become so embedded in the status quo that they take any suggestion for change as a personal affront. Well, times have changed, and the district needs to as well.

So, congratulations to president Lundstrom, and keep up the good work. You can now chart a new course for the district that will improve it for years to come. Good luck. Greg Stratton Simi Valley

Stratton served on the Simi Valley school board from 2002 until 2006.