Valley VOTE and Debate

The story, “Valley VOTE Joins Flood of Debate on Secession and Water Rights,” (June 5) spoke nothing of joining the debate but rather of blocking any debate that could damage their campaign in the slightest way. The idea of a Valley secession has been ludicrous from the start, and Valley VOTE’s effort to stop any opposition proves they have little to stand behind.

Valley VOTE wants the Los Angeles City Council to “cease making inflammatory comments without basis of fact” regarding water rights. The fact happens to be that their secession effort has been built with equivocal complaints in reference to taxation and services, which have been proven false and even admitted false by prominent Valley leaders. It is my opinion that Valley VOTE is a group of stardom-seeking residents who refuse to admit that they are equal in the city of Los Angeles and instead make inflammatory comments such as that the Valley needs to secede from Los Angeles.

THOMAS DeSIMONE, Agoura Hills