The CotoBuzz Journal, Community Journalism

October 2008 ISSUE

We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and CID/HOA board of directors and report the facts!

LETTERS

Are Certain LWV Residents Being Blackballed by OCR?

September 13, 2008

NOTE: We have asked OCR's Ron Gonzalez to comment on letter below, before we published it - we had no response.

September 8, 2008

Cheryl (Walker)

This is incredible!! I just watched a re-broadcast of you on our community Channel 6 News show from this morning, and learned that you are accepting new Candidate's Statements for this Thursday's publication - but not from me - only from others! You've done this without any discussion with me or information regarding your intentions. How underhanded!

You are obviously caving-in to the "good 'ol boys" (the "United-4-United" group) when you should not, and somehow seem to be blaming me for doing something wrong by submitting my more comprehensive statement. You know good and well I was following your instructions, you edited my statement and fixed a misspelling, AND YOU HAD OVER A WEEK TO ASK ME TO CUT IT DOWN. Also, as far as I'm concerned, you should have also "cc'ed" me on all the recent correspondence you had with the other group. Now, I am fully expecting them to attack my statement published last week - with you saying I cannot also add new input.

It is absolutely unfair if I cannot submit a new input as the others are being allowed to do.

This is just another example of the Globe being controlled by PCM and the "good ol' boys." You should have kindly kicked them out of your office.

Either stop the unfairness (by not allowing changes) or give me an equal opportunity to rewrite my statement too. This may likely upset the outcome of the election - AND YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS INTERFERING! I do not accept your point of view that you will only accept new inputs from others.

So, when is my input due to you? Please let me know as soon as possible.

Mike Curtis

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