Has heard enough from Debbie Gregory

The public comments at the Thousand Oaks City Council meeting that aired on Tues., June

introduced a an entirely new

hetoric that makes Howard Dean look good for the Demo

ratic Party.

During public comments, Debbie Gregory complained that

itizens were writing to the Star

nd accosting her character. This

annot be farther from the truth. Ms. Gregory is really upset be

ause the community is starting

o say enough is enough and is

howing it by campaigning the

ame way that she and her group, “Save the Conejo” does, by writing letters to the editor.

Ms. Gregory publicly defamed an employee in the Conejo and letter writer to the Star. Ms. Gregory actually called this person at her place of employment and gave her the third degree after her letter was published. This means that her employer had to pay for the time that Ms. Gregory had this employee on the phone. I have lived in the Conejo a long time and never have I heard of people harassing people because of their opinions in the paper. What gives Ms. Gregory the right to call people at their place of employment just because they disagree with her point of view?

Ms. Gregory seems to represent Save the Conejo (save the Conejo from what I might add?). It is my feeling that this group’s sole focus is to create a basic distrust of city government in the eyes of the community.

I certainly do not understand what the hidden agenda of Save the Conejo is, but I know this: you will never see any of this group at any community fundraisers that make our city great. You won’t seem them at Conejo Valley Days, Chamber functions, Rotary, Kiwanis, Elks, Optimists, Little League, AYSO or any of the other activities that make this city a great place to live.

It’s true that anyone has the right to say anything at public comments, even if it is not true, but I certainly wish this group that continually makes itself a fixture at city hall would simply stop the whining and join the majority of the community that helps to make a real difference in the quality of life in Thousand Oaks. Pete Turpel Thousand Oaks