Letter -- Frank Bunknell

Your criticism of the council members who showed up late to Mayor

Manoukian's sudden meeting was way off base. You said it was a tough spot

for the mayor, when you should have berated him for calling a public

meeting that caused a ruckus on a matter already decided.

So what was the point of the meeting? For people to express their

concerns? What nonsense! So why should the council attend?

The News-Press report on the meeting stated that insults were hurled

at the mayor in Armenian. Now, to become a citizen, you have to be able

to speak English. So presumably, the shouters were not citizens, in which

case they have no standing in such matters. So they should have either

kept quiet or stayed away.

FRANK W. BUNKNELL

Glendale