Shocked by Villaraigosa
Re “DNA test backlogs widespread,” March 31
Where is Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa? His lack of leadership on an issue -- the rape-kit backlog -- that often affects the disenfranchised of society is shocking.
It is not enough for the mayor of the second-largest city in the U.S. to acknowledge there is a problem; Villaraigosa should lead the solution. Has the mayor forgotten that he’s a Democrat who campaigned on defending the rights of the marginalized? Has he overlooked the fact that Rudolph Giuliani, a Republican, took a stand for the victims of sexual assault in New York City and fixed the problem there when he was mayor?
Our mayor is appallingly absent from the public debate. I want him out front, demanding the City Council adopt and fund the recommendations put forth in the Human Rights Watch report.
Mary W. Garvey
Pacific Palisades
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