enshrined that into law. However, the Sunday,
July 12 editorial’s an embarrassment to the Reporter.
Did your staff form their opinion completely
on the conclusion that the grand jury report title was somewhat sarcastic and
stop reading there? Everything beyond that portion is totally contradicted by
fact. The grand jury reported what some of us have known for two years.
Apparently the College staff researched to find the maximum amount they could
float the bond and put it to a public vote with no specific plan of the cost of
each project they dreamed for the campus. That plan is required by law.
Testimony of the Board members confirmed that
neither the College Board members nor the Oversight Committee ever saw a
specific plan until long after the bond was voted. The criticism of the failure
of the Oversight Committee is warranted, but that is not because of Committee
was unanimous in accepting their blind failure. I cannot criticize the grand
jury for not reporting the internal dissension, because the end result is the
problem. More emphasis would have been nice however, if the arrogance of the
College Board in refusing committee requests would have been revealed.
The bottom line,
however, is that the editorial total distorts the published facts and is
therefore the liar, not the grand jury. I do not know how you make amends, but
a public apology to the grand jury would be a good beginning.
July 18, 2015
The
Reporter
Letter
from Earl Heal, Vacaville
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