Editor:
I am still puzzling over my supervisor’s mysterious admonition to his colleague Supervisor Steve Madrone at a recent meeting: “Respect is earned, not given and I hope you know that.” (“Got Water?,” May 16.)
What actions or character traits could earn Rex Bohn’s respect? Not spearheading the construction of the Hammond Trail? None of the outstanding restoration work accomplished by Madrone in Bohn’s own district? His dedicated teaching at Humboldt State University?
If Bohn doesn’t respect Madrone, then he doesn’t respect the people of the Fifth District, who elected Madrone. So whom then does my supervisor respect?
Ellen Taylor, Petrolia
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I agree wholeheartedly with Ms. Taylor’s letter.
Supervisor Madrone won an election and thereby merits the full respect of his other Supervisors. Supervisor Madrone is seated at the Supervisors’ dais to represent both his district constituents who elected him and the broader interests of the County, which he is actively doing.
Who is Supervisor Bohn representing? Certainly not the Latin constituents of his district who he recently equated with petty criminals. Whose respect does Supervisor Bohn merit with his apparent inability to think before he blurts, his stated disrespect for both his constituents and Supervisor colleague, and his positions favoring moneyed interests? Not mine.