Draft Letter to Grand Jury

Here is a draft letter of a response that Melendez wants to try and send to the Grand Jury. He fails to give a good reason why he and his crew decided to accept Sunset's bid after the deadline. He states that Sunset has "considerably more recycling experience" and this is one of the reasons they were selected. I still don't believe that this justifies paying a 100% more for our recycling services and I doubt that most of the residents of McFarland care that Sunset Waste has more experience in this field.

"Sunset had a financial incentive to maximixe diversion and recycling because it has invested millions of dollars". Well of course, that is why they are charging us twice as much. We are paying for their multi-million dollar investment.

I like the suggestion that he makes to the Grand Jury in the final paragraph, where he asks the Grand Jury to give him notice "before you issue a further letter of this type". Of course he doesn't want letters like these coming out, they demonstrate how he and his buddies Cantu and Santillano have failed. But these facts are bound to get out and it won't be long before the entire community is aware of it.

http://www.shafterchevron.com/resources/071406_LettertoGrandJury.pdf