San Joaquin trustees refuse to discuss Grand Jury report, Andal situation

Congressional candidate Dean Andal: Campaign photoAlthough they were believed by many observers to be ready to finally answer questions about a scathing Civil Grand Jury report alleging, among other things, that they violated the state's Brown Act by passing closed session information onto the agent of a developer, trustees with the San Joaquin Delta College District remained silent on the controversy during a meeting late this week.

The agent or consultant who allegedly received the closed session data on behalf of his employer is believed to be Dean Andal, the Republican challenger opposing incumbent freshman U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney, (D-Stockton) this November for control of the 11th Congressional District seat.

Many observers following the case expected the trustees to at least respond to questions about the Brown Act violation, but instead this Tracy Press article says panel members spent the Thursday meeting discussing the district's mismanagement of public bond funds approved by voters to help the district build a new 108-acre campus near Mountain House.

The Grand Jury report says that an "unnamed consultant," following a 2006 closed meeting of the trustees, received information from one of the trustees that his employer, Gerry Kamilos, was about to lose the chance to build the project because he supposedly missed a deadline to present letters of credit to the district.

Both Andal and Kamilos have denied any wrongdoing and Andal has specifically denied being the consultant who received the closed session information. District officials said the trustees will discuss the Grand Jury report publicly during a July 15 meeting.