The Midcoast Community Council is at a crossroads

The Midcoast Community Council (MCC), which represents the interests of the unincorporated Midcoast to the County Board of Supervisors, is in a bit of a crisis. MCC is finding it difficult to gather a quorum, and one member has resigned.

Candidates Leonard Woren and Deborah Lardie will likely be appointed to the MCC by the Board of Supervisors in lieu of an election, just as three others were appointed back in 2005. Even under that scenario,however, the council would still be one person short if no one comes forward to file by Friday.

Council member Howard Lieberman says feelings of frustration with the MCC have kept him from attending recent meetings, and will likely keep him from running to recapture his four-year seat this year.

Unhappy with what he believes to be a management style overstepping its boundaries, Lieberman sent an e-mail to the Board of Supervisors attempting to resign from the MCC last month. He has yet to submit a formal letter of resignation that would remove him from the board before the end of his term in December, however.

"I’ve been attempting to quit for years — it’s a somewhat dysfunctional group, and I didn’t want to leave the asylum to the inmates," said Lieberman.

UPDATE: As of Thursday night, there are five candidates for the three open positions on the MCC.