The county’s civil grand jury is recruiting and Kim Horowitz, the current jury’s foreperson, thinks everyone with extra time and a desire to contribute to democracy should volunteer. The job, she says, takes 15-20 hours a week and offers a chance for citizens to make a difference locally by investigating county and city government and programs and offering suggestions for change. This year’s topics and reports – still undisclosed to the public – will be coming out from late April until June. Some findings, she suggests, will likely make a media splash.
