Committee made up of eleven from West side of County; Four from East side; two students
The West side of the County has locked up political control of the Yavapai Community College Presidential Search Committee by appointing eleven of its members from the West side of the County. There are four members from the East side although Connie Harris has with one exception in 18 months sided with the West County Voting Bloc on the District Governing Board. She has not shown a proclivity to represent the interests of her east side constituents since her appointment, which was made only a few months after she moved to the Verde Valley.
The Committee is dominated by Prescott faculty and executives who spend most of their time on the Prescott Campus or working for west side interests. The composition is consistent with that of past years when the Committee was headed by Pat McCarver and the vast majority of members came from the Prescott area and spent most of their professional time and effort on the Prescott Campus.
The composition of the committee offers a window into how decisions have been made over the past 50 years that led to the development of a community college educational empire on the west side of the County while marginalizing the east side. The presidential search committees have from the outset been very effective in seeing to it that Prescott interests are served by selecting a President who is going to become an easily Prescott influenced executive.
