CGF: Letter to East Palo Alto

[hoffmang]

All,

The Calguns Foundation sent this letter to East Palo Alto Police Chief Ronald Davis earlier today.

We will be closely monitoring the situation and are hopeful we can obtain a positive result for gun owners.

-Gene

[Foulball]

Nice letter. Direct, to the point and constructive while still offering help.
+1 to Jason and CGF.

[cqbdude]

Thank You Calguns Foundation.

[My375hp302]

Wow! GREAT letter, I'm very interested to see how they respond. My first instinct is they are going to tell us to shove it but I hope that's not the case. There's already too much negative relations between us and LE and I would love to see this turn into a positive interaction.

[trashman]

Nicely done, as usual. Looking forward to a positive outcome on this one.

--Neill

[wildhawker]

Excellent letter. I'll look forward to their response, written or otherwise, with great interest.

[capo]

LEGIT.

[bodger]

Well done.
Especially the acknowledgment of the budget issues in EPA and the offer to expend CGF resources to
help the department with training, etc.
Very classy.
I hope the powers that be in EPA have enough class to accept this generosity as it would
benefit both LEO and the general citizenry.

[oaklander]

I love Jason's logo, BTW. . .

[chris]

great letter. the detective should know the laws and keep comments like this to himself. again an outstanding letter. go get'em guys.

[Lone_Gunman]

And that, my friends, is how it's done. A well written letter with a lot of muscle behind it trumps the pitchfork wielding mob.

[Richie Caketown]

Good stuff , i cant wait to see the response

[BigDogatPlay]

That letter is well played.

Ever since this whole thing broke I've been very torn by it. The Facebook comments, by Detective Tuason and by others (presumably LEO) are shameful to me as both a citizen and as a former LEO. I'm no saint, and said my share of stupid things over the years over drinks after watch, but nothing like that.

That the detective is also, apparently, a CGN member makes his Facebook comments all the more troubling as they are, on face, grossly hypocritical.

I don't expect him to be fired. Conduct unbecoming it was to be sure, but that's most often just "a vacation" to turn the detective's own phrase. But he, and his superiors, have to realize that he has (as was pointed out elsewhere) tainted himself forever more. I hope for his sake, and for the sake of the people of EPA, that he tosses in his papers and finds a different career path even if it's elsewhere in city government. One cop to another... he does not belong in law enforcement, pure and plain.

But I also hope that Chief Davis and the council will sack up on this and take CGF's generous offer to build a bridge to replace the one that Detective Tuason so carelessly and shamelessly burned down.

[aplinker]

Very well done.

[383green]

And that, my friends, is how it's done. A well written letter with a lot of muscle behind it trumps the pitchfork wielding mob.

That's pretty much what I thought after reading this letter, but you worded it better than I would have.