Editor,
In his latest denouncement of the establishment, columnist Rudy Espinoza Murray takes to task the Sheriff’s Office and asks us to support a group called Fixin’ San Mateo to bring accountability for the supposed egregious actions of the office (“We need a little fixin’” in the Friday, Feb. 11, edition of the Daily Journal).
Given today’s climate most would agree that an independent, knowledgeable, unbiased oversight committee that is able to garner respect from all parties is a reasonable idea. But that’s the rub. This is not an unbiased group. They come with a preconceived agenda based on spurious “facts.” They assume since more people of color are arrested than are white people that the Sheriff’s Office must be racially biased. They ignore the possibility that they are committing more crimes. The real question, which they do not address, is whether the deputies treat people of color differently than whites for the same criminal activity. I also used the word knowledgeable.
Imagine how you would feel if you worked in a highly specialized field and you had an oversight committee composed of people who had no real understanding of your job and were biased against you. Nancy Goodban, the executive director of Fixin’ states they will not endorse a candidate but it is my understanding she is publicly listed as a donor to Christina Corpus. Fixin’ is just a thinly veiled attempt to discredit and unseat the sheriff. An unbiased oversight committee may be a reasonable idea but Fixin’ is not the answer.
Steven Howard
Redwood City
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Thanks for your letter, Mr. Howard. Great description of how “facts” are being used to push a racial agenda. Using racism to address racism isn’t a winning tactic. If anything, it sounds like we need an oversight committee to oversee this so-called Fixin’ San Mateo committee.
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