Fossil Folly Needs Closer Scrutiny
* If you are like me and have a deep appreciation for and a recognition of the importance of history, science and education, then you must be quite upset about the loss of 17 marked boxes of fossils that had been unearthed at a Costa Mesa reservoir. (“Fossils Dumped Out With Trash Mistakenly,” Sept. 13.) The collection was being stored at the closed Lindbergh Elementary School in Newport Beach.
What was communicated to those workers who removed and trashed those marked boxes? By whom, how and why were these particular workers hired? Do those workers speak, understand and read English? Are they U.S. citizens or illegal migrant workers?
Many more questions can be raised. But the answers and accountability can best be obtained if the Mesa Consolidated Water District, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District and the local media conduct a thorough inquiry and then publish the facts. Will this happen?
CHRIS M. STEEL
Costa Mesa
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