No way MID’s Larry Byrd Should Vote on his own Investigation
Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil filed a formal complaint to the California Fair Political Practices Commission against Modesto Irrigation District Board Director, Larry Byrd, for Byrd's “egregious” vote to end an investigation into himself.
Ann Skeet, senior director of leadership ethics said Byrd’s vote was “fundamentally wrong.”
“When someone is elected to public office, they’re entering into a contract with voters saying they’ll put voters’ interests ahead of any other,” Skeet told The Modesto Focus. “Someone who has a personal interest in a matter continuing to vote on it is putting their own interests ahead of the voters’.”
Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics, quoted by The Modesto Focus.
Jan 14, 2026