“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆 (𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔) 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒆𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕“

The problem is that the first-phase bias may have already weeded out candidates who were better suited to our community than those who slipped through.

But even in "the next phase", the diversity doesn't extend to members of the general community, does it!  It seems they're just paying lip service to community input while circling their wagons tighter.  

Even in normal circumstances -- which these certainly aren't -- this process should be inclusive, just as Costales insists. I'd like to know how they imagine the public is going to back their choice when the local community's been completely shut out of the process.