Rich Sybert Campaign

I am not a lawyer. I don’t even play one on TV. But it is quite easy for me to imagine the strength of the case I would have as a district attorney prosecuting Rich Sybert.

The district attorney’s office has failed our community, if not by enlisting prosecutors incapable of winning open-and-shut cases then by exercising “prosecutorial discretion” in failing to press charges against Sybert.

We would expect lawyers and politicians, as pillars of our community, to lead by example. Instead we are witness to a lawyer and candidate for public office clearly breaking the law while his cohorts in the district attorney’s office turn a blind eye.

As parents teaching our children the difference between right and wrong, how does the district attorney suggest we reconcile the facts of this case?

On June 2 there may be a modicum of justice in this matter. Thankfully, the June ballot for state Assembly has a veritable buffet of candidates opposing Sybert. Unfortunately, the ballot for district attorney is a one-course meal--Michael D. Bradbury is the only candidate.

ALEX FISHER

Camarillo

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I personally would like to thank Dist. Atty. Michael D. Bradbury for his tireless efforts to involve young people in the electoral process.

With his office’s decision not to prosecute admitted vandal Rich Sybert, he sends a clear message to the youth of today:

Don’t worry about a little late-night vandalism spree. As long as you’re a Republican in good standing, the Ol’ Boys Network will be glad to take care of you.

Rock the vote.

BILL HATHOOT

Oxnard

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The writer feels quite confident that had a teenager been caught on videotape in the middle of the night performing vandalism, the court wouldn’t have treated the matter as lightly as [it] did when a Harvard-educated attorney was accused of the same.

Enough said.

L. DENNIS McGRATH

Port Hueneme