By Alex Lane -

A candidate’s forum for the Amador Water Agency Board of Directors is scheduled for Monday evening. It will be sponsored by the Amador Resource Conservation District, or ARCD. According to ARCD President Steve Cannon, the forum is an ideal place to pose, “relevant questions designed to promote the exchange of ideas relating to water in Amador County.” The candidates will answer questions pertaining to the management of local water resources, and all candidates shall be able to review those questions ahead of time. Time permitting, the moderator will also allow audience members to ask questions of the candidates. “We do not intend for this forum to be a debate, as such. Our intention is to enhance the public’s knowledge about the candidates’ position on certain water issues, their motivation for seeking a position on the Water Agency Board, and their general knowledge about water issues that qualifies them to serve on the Water Agency Board,” Cannon said. The Amador Resource Conservation District is a special district organized under Title 9 of the California Code whose stated mission is to “encourage the wise use of all natural resources in Amador County and assist the landowners of the county in the conservation and management of those resources.” The forum will take place at the County Administration Building, 810 Court Street in Jackson, beginning at 6:30pm. The moderator will be Giles Turner, a respected educator at Amador High School. The public is encouraged to attend.