Four weeks ago I wrote a letter to the editor stating that as
far as I was concerned District Attorney John Sarsfield’s alleged
affair with his office manager Nancy Leon
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in and of itself was unimportant.
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Dear Editor:
Four weeks ago I wrote a letter to the editor stating that as far as I was concerned District Attorney John Sarsfield’s alleged affair with his office manager Nancy Leon “in and of itself was unimportant.”
Are you ready for this? I was wrong!
The alleged affair became very important this past week when the story broke about the hostile work environment complaint that was filed with the Board of Supervisors by two hard-working, highly -respected and long-time employees of the DA’s office. Prior to the article, we could take the illicit affair allegations made by attorney Mike Pekin and his clients with a grain of salt, grumbling that it was San Benito County politics as usual.
However, the alleged affair combined with Sarsfield’s attempt last month to restructure the chain of command placing his alleged mistress in a position of power, potentially earning more money, builds a damn strong case for the women filing this complaint.
Supervisor Ruth Kesler’s quote “That’s his (Sarsfield’s) personal life” was boneheaded at the very least. I have news for you Ruth, if this alleged affair was taking place in the office or during working hours and ended up affecting these two women in any negative way, it is no longer just his or the alleged mistress’ personal life we’re dealing with here.
Personally, I would like to see Ruth get off the Board, Reb Monaco get off the fence and a show of hands from the Board indicating which of them agree with Ruth.
Once again, I say it’s time for Sarsfield to step down, resign his position and save us the time, effort and money needed for a recall. In essence, we voters hired John Sarsfield to do a job that he has failed miserably at, harming innocent people along the way. If this were the private sector, he would be fired right along with his office manager. If these allegations are true, both of them need to be forced from the public trough – no longer allowed to waste our hard-earned tax dollars.
Bruce Kiefert,
Hollister
