Isn't this the same City Council that preferred to select its own appointee rather than letting voters decide on a three-year term to fill the late Ed Masry’s seat? If I remember correctly, Ms. Parks came out publicly in a letter against the council for its undemocratic decision. I appreciate Ms. Parks speaking out for the rights of voters, just like Ed Masry did when he was on the council. The decision by those same councilmembers to endorse this fellow Gibson over Linda Parks doesn't amount to a hill of beans in my mind.

I did a little research to find out more about Joe Gibson. I was dismayed to learn that he's getting contributions from the Building Industry Association and the attorneys who represented Washington Mutual's Ahmanson City. That kind of stuff turns me off almost as much as this guy's negative attack mailers.

Mr. Gibson isn’t getting my vote, no matter how much he and his contributors spend on putting out the negative messages. In my experience, Linda Parks cares about the people who live in Ventura County, and that's what matters to me. I hope my fellow voters will agree and turn out to put her back in office on June 6. Let's recycle the junk mailer and keep Linda Parks as our county supervisor.

— Chip Bolcik, Thousand Oaks