Bob Polito, a longtime citrus grower in Valley Center, is running for another term on the Valley Center Municipal Water District board, Division 1. Polito has served on the board almost 30 years, since 1988. He is a citrus and avocado farmer in Valley Center with 55 acres. He came to VC in the winter of 1981 and took over operation of Polito Family farmers. Before that he was a diesel heavy equipment mechanic in Seattle. Polito told The Roadrunner: “I’m running because I’m a farmer and by far my greatest expense in farming is water.