Peggy:
I know that you can't imagine Carrillo not resigning, but unfortunately, I can.
Just look at how fast they pulled out the "spin machine" and how fast, furious and
full-throttle that it's running now. And now they're attempting to "shift" the blame onto
the victim by saying that he was merely there to have a beer with her. I find this to be more of the
same lame excuses similar to those that have been offered up in the past as explanations
for his questionable behavior, and quite frankly, it's both disturbing to Sebastacat AND disgusting.
His handlers -- no, er, his friends -- or, excuse me -- his enablers are going to do
everything in their power to get him out of this proverbial pickle.
And who can blame them? They were the ones who handpicked this guy, put a ton of money
into his campaign, spent lots of time preparing, training, grooming and dolling him up in a suit, and they're
not about to just call it a day and throw him under the bus. No way.
On the other hand, we are residents of this county, constituents of the fifth district, and we deserve better of our elected officials than this. In fact, it's up to us to DEMAND it if we are to have any type of credible representative county government at all which can truly be taken seriously.
While I agree that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, the fact that Efren was out at 3:40 a.m. attempting to gain access to a woman's apartment by ripping open her window screen, only to be foiled by the sound of rustling blinds, certainly calls into question his judgment, not to mention his motives for doing so.
Whether he ultimately is held accountable for his actions remains to be seen; nevertheless, this is NOT the type of behavior that I desire in an elected official -- any elected official.
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jbox: Regarding the "compassion" issue which you raise, I'll probably have more to say about that later. But for now, I will just say this: That cuts both ways, and Efren is now finding that out -- unfortunately, for him, the hard way.