Bidding Farewell to a Keeper of Water Memory (scroll down)

When I was a budding water reporter at Voice, I knew – if I was confused, which I often was – I could call Gary Arant and he’d set me straight.

The former general manager of the Valley Center Municipal Water District stood out among the San Diego County Water Authority’s 34 board members because he wasn’t afraid to speak his mind – in a loveable, grouchy grandfather kind of way.