July
30, 2014
Ukiah
Daily Journal
Letter
to the Editor
Apparently the efforts of the county grand
jury result in nothing more than a futile exercise. The grand jury investigates
selected government financed county operations and provides their findings and
recommendation based on all the facts discovered and published in a public
report. Whereupon the county administration goes into denial and obfuscation
indicating that the grand jury has got it all wrong and the Board of Supervisors
are reluctant to admit anything could be done wrong during their watch..
It is a shame that the dedicated work of 19
volunteer jurors who spend one year delving into the county government morass
on behalf of the residents of the county is often covered over and soon
dismissed.
Such is the case of the grand jury report on
the County Free Library. I encourage anyone with the capability to obtain a
copy of this report. It is available either by hard copy at one of the
libraries or on the internet at the grand jury website, www.co.mendocino.ca.us.grandjury/.
It is an in-depth review of the county library system from the very beginning
to the present. The process of government that has unfolded over the years will
be of interest. Unfortunately the report does not reflect well on the county
administration.
Of special interest will be your comparison
of the responses by the county CEO to the findings of the report. The only
force that the grand jury has is the power of truth. If these truths are
covered up, the work of the jurors on the grand jury will be for naught. We
should all read these reports and evaluate these truths for ourselves.
— Don Howard, Ukiah
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