Keep Funds in Oxnard

I am among local residents who mistakenly thought that a donation to the Oxnard College Foundation would help to finance projects there. Instead, I read in The Times (“Fund Drive for Oxnard College Backfires,” Jan. 12) that money collected will fill the coffers of an out-of-town consulting firm. I don’t understand why someone out of town was hired to survey a local appeal. Through foundation funds, local solicitations and articles, couldn’t the needs and valid nature of the cause have been presented to the public at less expense?

FAY C. WYNN, Port Hueneme