Flynn’s Beach District Accusations Off Base

I can understand John Flynn’s consternation over the fact that his senior aide, Gerard Kapuscik, is under investigation by the county that currently employs both Flynn and Kapuscik. However, that hardly justifies Flynn’s accusation that the district undertook “a grand design to ruin Gerard’s reputation, and to blow this water project apart.”

This is not the first time Flynn has accused beach community residents, who have not supported his election, of destructive motives. Is he now accusing the district government of committing a crime?

If Flynn has evidence that causes him to make such an accusation, he should take it to the same authorities to which the district board had recourse. When it found instances of concern, it went to the proper authorities. The board has been scrupulous in withholding comment on this matter, in keeping with the Brown Act. This reticence is a decency not extended to the district by Flynn. He continues to use the power of his office to denigrate and castigate the district for any opposition it offers to his plans.

Perhaps Flynn should have attended the recent seminar “Conflict Resolution: How to Maintain Debate in Times of Crises,” sponsored by the county and the Navy. We missed him there.

JEAN ROUNTREE

Oxnard

* The Times reported March 27 that the county auditor is conducting a review pertaining to Gerard Kapuscik, the former general manager of the Channel Islands Beach Community Services District and a current aide to Supervisor John Flynn.

Flynn blasts the inquiry as “. . . part of a grand design to ruin Gerard’s reputation and to blow . . . apart” a joint water project of the district and the city of Port Hueneme. This stunning charge is directed at the elected board of the district.

The fact is the board supports the water project and has legitimate questions about its costs that have been directed to the joint water project management. As a separate matter, there is an inquiry going on regarding Kapuscik. Flynn chooses to roll the two separate subjects into a ball and hurl it at his perceived opponents.

Truth is a principle and it should not be used selectively as a strategy. Turn down the volume, Mr. Flynn. Stop questioning motives and instead help provide the public with answers on the costs and viability of the water project.

LEE QUAINTANCE

Oxnard