Race for 7th District City Council Seat

Re “Secession, Gender Take Center Stage in Race,” March 23.

Times staff writer Patrick McGreevy correctly identifies Corinne Sanchez and Ollie McCaulley as the only two getting the “A” rating [from Valley VOTE]. Yet your picture editor chose not to portray McCaulley.

I am Scotch-Irish-Dutch-Welch-German et al and I feel this is a racial slur against McCaulley. He should have been pictured with Sanchez. The article was 112 lines long. McCaulley’s name was mentioned a scant five times with not one quote from him. Other 7th District candidates were quoted.

Why does your paper not give all candidates equal treatment? Is your paper racist?

IVAN M. FORBES

Sylmar

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Is the administration of El Proyecto del Barrio run by Corinne Sanchez an omen on Sanchez’s pretended representation of the northeast Valley if the voters are senseless enough to elect her? I say it is (“Agency Run by Sanchez Again Under Review,” March 30).

By running afoul of both federal and city regulations on the charging of rents by El Proyecto, she demonstrated her incompetence as an administrator of federal and municipal funds. Now she aspires to advance to the City Council, where she would oversee billions of dollars. Please spare us.

Isn’t it about time that the media, those who propose to destroy the city, and the movers and shakers of the Valley wake up to the true nature of Sanchez? She is a tax-and-misspend bureaucrat. Elect her to office and you will all regret it.

ENRIQUE SANCHEZ

San Fernando

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At the [forum] at the Odyssey restaurant in Granada Hills, I was somewhat amused at the candidates, mainly Alex Padilla (“7th District Candidates Face Off During Forum,” March 4). I can only presume that it cost his parents dearly to send him to one of the most well-known colleges in the land for engineering, and it must be an honor to have a degree from this institution. What does he do with this degree? He enters politics instead of at least trying to get some use out of this education. It reminds me of a cartoon I once saw, which showed the parents walking out with their son after graduation, and he says to his dad, “I still want to be a fireman.” Padilla should first go out into the business world and get a taste of this, and then if he feels this is his mission in life, go for it.

FRANK JAMES JACOBS

Sylmar