Thank you for writing, Sandy.
Firstly, I would like to state that I have been deeply disappointed with Efren Carrillo's pro development voting record. I love rural Sonoma County and would very much like for it to be preserved.
Secondly, we live in a country of laws. And one of our most basic and fundamental laws is that a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Trial by newspaper article is inappropriate, ignorant, emotional prejudiced behavior.
Thirdly, an embarrassing personal experience, and I had only had one cup of coffee. Recently on a bright sunny day in downtown Sebastopol, I exited a business on Main Street, and walked over to my parked car. My key wouldn't unlock the door and I was looking at the windows to see if any were partially down. A woman then walked out of an adjacent business and asked me what I was doing with her car. It turned out my car, exact make, model and color was parked right next to hers.
There are incidences where people have actually driven off with another person's car because their key happened to fit. I might have. There are incidences where people have entered the wrong apartment.
In many of our modern cookie cutter neighborhoods the houses all look alike. And at night they probably all look about the same color. It may not take very many beers to get disorientated in one's neighborhood and walk up to a house he thought was his own, try the doors, realise that he was locked out and look for a window to climb in. Realise it was the wrong house and knock on the front door to say he was mistaken, oops, wrong house.
Embarrassing, yes. Burglary with intent to rape or sexually assault?
In all of the public articles and pics of Efren Carrillo I have never once thought he had a rapist or burglar type of personality. Pro development, unfortunately yes.
Through all of this I have been asking myself: If he had consistently voted pro rural preservation of Sonoma County, how would I feel about this incident?" (and I am also aware of the San Diego incident).
Marty