Our sayLegislators should fix school board system

If one issue symbolizes endless dithering by the county's General Assembly delegation, it's changing the clumsy and controversy-prone way this county picks members for its Board of Education.

If new County Executive John Leopold - a supporter of a compromise plan that nearly squeaked through the General Assembly - can get his former colleagues in the legislature to improve the system, he really will have accomplished something useful.

Mr. Leopold says that "this may be the most opportune time to secure passage of this important reform." One reason: A major opponent of changing the current system, state Sen. Philip Jimeno, is...