Hello Folks,
I'm ALL for due process, so please don't misinterpret what I'm about to
say.
It's my understanding that Council member Biernat met twice with the FBI,
at least once AT HIS REQUEST, gave a voluntary confession, reviewed the
confession, made changes, initialed those changes, and then signed the
document, and at no point requested a lawyer. Within the confession, he
states he understood he was breaking the law when he accepted free services
in exchange for a vote. Please, someone, correct me if any of my facts are
wrong or off.
Assuming my first paragraph is accurate, I think it's a little disingenuous
to confuse due process with trying to get yourself off through legal
loopholes when you knowingly betrayed the publics trust, abused your power
and admitted you did it. Elected officials must be held to a higher
standard. Period. Absolutely, due process in a court of law, but he must
resign his position of power he has admitted he abused. To suggest
otherwise, in my opinion, threatens the credibility of his office and
further harms the constituents he claims to represent. For other council
members to blindly ignore this confession and publicly profess he is
entitled to serve and chair his committee as long as he can tie this up in
the courts threatens the credibility of our entire city government.
I remember our Mayor campaigning with an air freshener claiming it was time
to clean up city government. This would strike me as a wonderful opportunity
for the Mayor to have his deeds match his words and use his bully pulpit in
the fashion he promised. Or does the breath of fresh air need a mint?
Neal Levine
Whittier
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