The new board withdrew the previous board's findings against Harris.

The previous board, he said, had discouraged developers with delays and a lack of coordination among agencies.

Though the previous board has also moved in these directions, the new board is likely to be more aggressive.

The members of the previous board had none.

Mr. Nicol is the only member of the previous board.

That is more than four times the spending reductions the previous five-member board adopted last month.

The previous board, which was mostly black and Hispanic, rejected the plan last winter.

The previous board was more science oriented, and that's not a bad thing.

The previous board was disbanded after a school-construction scandal several years earlier.

The previous board got caught up in politics, favoritism and fiscal waste.