By Doug McMurdo | Kingman Daily Miner
What’s more important for a member of one of Kingman’s boards or commissions: Expertise or a Kingman address?
The correct answer is both, and neither answer is wrong, but attracting viable Kingman residents and those just outside the city to serve has proved difficult for the City Council. More importantly, perhaps, some boards require more of their members.
In a rare showdown Feb. 4, the City Council split 3-3 on whether to keep or dismiss Mark Retersdorf, a member of the city’s Economic Development and Marketing Commission. Retersdorf recently moved from Kingman to Lake Havasu City because his wife’s job transferred her there. He still works in Kingman, at Mohave Community College. He is, by all accounts, an essential member of the commission.
