It was Kings County Supervisor Rusty Robinson’s turn to preside over board meetings as chair this year, but he declined, leaving the job to Supervisor Doug Verboon. This would be Verboon’s second consecutive year as chair – the first time in 17 years a supervisor was chosen to lead twice in a row. … Robinson’s motive? To keep Verboon, who is also a farmer, in charge while the Tulare Lake groundwater subbasin, which covers most of Kings County, faces scrutiny from the state. … Verboon was also appointed chair for the Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA). The GSA is governed by his fellow supervisors and the vice mayor of Hanford. The county was left to pick up the pieces the Kings County Water District left the Mid-Kings GSA following accusations that Mid-Kings managers were making decisions without input from local growers.