Rights Panels Should Be Preserved

Regarding the editorial “Committing an Omission” (Aug. 2) about the elimination of the Commission on the Status of Women and the Human Relations Commission by the Orange County Board of Supervisors: I strongly agree with the conclusion: “It is possible that the two commissions, which cost about $430,000 a year, could be combined. That’s preferable to disassembling either, or both. The Human Relations Commission could be rescued, if need be, through a public/private partnership. Its long and honored service is worth maintaining.”

It would be unconscionable for Chairman Gaddi Vasquez to allow the total elimination of either commission since he is a minority and knows better.

JAIME B. VEGA, Santa Ana