Hear the candidates: Modesto Irrigation District candidates discuss the issues
The two candidates running for Modesto Irrigation District Division I, incumbent Larry Byrd and Suzy Powell Roos, talked about the issues in a forum on Tuesday night.
The two, vying to represent the district that covers southeast Modesto, Waterford and the areas near Modesto Reservoir and Turlock Lake, discussed such topics as electricity rates, MID’s customer service, the “state water grab” and the board’s work over the last two years.
The debate was the seventh conducted by The Bee’s Editorial Board in a continuing series that will last throughout the month of September ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
Ballots will go out the first week of October.
Here’s a list of the debates, along with links to previous Zoom debates:
Monday, Aug. 31 – Stanislaus County supervisor, District 1: Buck Condit and Bill Zoslocki
Tuesday, Sept. 1 –Senate District 5: Susan Talamantes Eggman (D) and Jim Ridenour (R)
Thursday, Sept. 3 – Stanislaus County supervisor, District 5: Channce Condit and Tom Hallinan
Sept. 8 – Ceres mayor: Brett Durossette and Javier Lopez
Sept. 9 – Modesto City Council, District 1: Rosa Escutia-Braaton, Jennifer Hidalgo and Amin Vohra.
Sept. 10 – Modesto City Council, District 3: Jim Applegate, Janice Keating and Chris Ricci.
Sept. 15 – Modesto Irrigation District, Division 1: Larry Byrd* and Suzy Powell Roos.
Sept. 16 – Modesto City Council, District 6: Jessica Gonzalez, Kelsten Obert, Hunter Sauls and David Wright.
Sept. 17 – South Modesto Partnerships/Modesto Bee: Modesto mayoral and Stanislaus Board of Supervisors District 5
Sept. 23 – Modesto mayor: Kristi Ah You, Ted Brandvold*, Rick Countryman, Naramsen Goriel, Doug Ridenour, Erin Sommer Tenorio and Sue Zwahlen.
Sept. 24 – Turlock City Council: Gil Esquer*, Rebecka Monez and Ruben Wegner for District 2, and Pam Franco and Robert Puffer for District 4.
Sept. 30 – Patterson mayor: Dennis McCord, David Keller and Mark Miles.
Also on Sept. 30 we will post a video with Democratic U.S. Rep. Josh Harder of the 10th Congressional District in similar interview format but without challenger Republican Ted Howze, who declined to participate.
This story was originally published September 15, 2020 at 7:15 PM.
