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Wealthy grower John Vidovich has become a lightning rod for discontent in western Kern water district

Growers in the Buena Vista Water Storage District have been working for the past year on a new district map to increase director seats from five to seven specifically to get around a voting block held by John Vidovich. Vidovich, a wealthy Silicon Valley developer and grower, owns vast sections of land in Buena Vista’s […]

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