Before retiring, I belonged to several professional
organizations. The companies I worked for would pay my expenses to
attend professional meetings.
Editor,
Before retiring, I belonged to several professional organizations. The companies I worked for would pay my expenses to attend professional meetings. These meetings were necessary in order to stay up with the developments in my profession.
Supervisor Reb Monaco, as an instructor at Gavilan College, taught Human Sexuality for over 15 years. Gavilan College paid his expenses to attend professional meetings in his profession.
In District Attorney John Sarsfield’s March 14 letter to Supervisor Pat Loe, Sarsfield wrote the following:
“Mr. Monaco’s well -known membership in a group that provides a forum for, among other things, advocates for the de-criminalization of child pornography and pedophilia, suggests that he is attempting to prevent us from our aggressive prosecution of sex offenders like Lance Purcell.”
Such an attempt at character assassination of any member of the Board of Supervisors is unethical to the Nth degree. The characterization of a respected professional organization in such a manner shows a total absence of common sense and class.
I dare say the California Bar Association has members that defend sexual predators. If Sarsfield is a member, does that make him an advocate for releasing sexual predators? Not in the least.
To think I voted for Sarsfield three years ago, shame on me. I will not make that mistake a second time.
Marvin L. Jones, Hollister
