Facts distorted


Daniel Patrick Moynihan once wrote, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.”

The Oct. 17 Acorn contained a letter to the editor that clearly distorted the facts related to Sheriff Bill Ayub’s decision to withdraw official county support from an event originally thought to be a memorial fundraising football game.

The facts surrounding this issue were clearly articulated by both The Acorn and the Ventura County Star. This included letters from the family of fallen Sgt. Ron Helus that expressed total support for Sheriff Ayub and Chief Tim Hagle.

Unfortunately, the letter writer chose to fabricate his own facts to rationalize his opinion and political agenda to wrongly demonize Police Chief Hagel.

To use the letter writer’s own words against him, “shame on you.”

Mike Stern
Westlake Village