From: Hal Netkin

June 6, 2002

To County Supervisor Gloria Molina:

Dear Ms. Molina:

I have received via the Internet, a copy of the libelous letter of June 3, 2002, Carreon to Molina (see below).

Carreon is not only a vicious anti-Semite, but he is also a congenital liar. Firstly, I want you to know that I have never said in public or private, or implied, or thought in my head, that I would "kick your brown ass out of office" (quotation marks by Carreon).

Carreon has delusions in which he has himself believing that he is not a racist. He is! You don't have to take my word for it, click on my website's URL in which Carreon managed to incriminate himself by ironically asking you to visit it -- and judge for yourself. If afterwards  you agree with Carreon that I am a vile anti-Mexican, would you please explain your reasons to my Mexican wife (immigrated illegally eleven years ago  -- now a proud U.S. citizen), our three adopted Latina children, the staff at the Latin American Civic Association's Van Nuys Head Start Preschool where I am presently a volunteer, and to me -- how the posting could possibly be construed as being anti-Mexican.

I have been alarmed in recent years to hear many prominent Latinos utter divisive and/or racist words and phrases. To name a few:

Art Torres: "...Remember, 187 is the last gasp of white America..."

Jose Angel Gutierrez, Director of Mexican-American Studies Center at the University of Texas at Arlington: "...Estan cagando cabrones miedo (The bastards [whites] are shitting with fear). I love it!"

Mario Obledo, co-founder of MALDEF and winner of the 1998 Presidential Medal of Freedom: "California is going to be inhabited mostly by Hispanics. We're going to take over all the political institutions of California. In five years, we're going to be the majority population in this state. California is going to be a Hispanic state and anyone who doesn't like it should leave and well, if they (Anglos) don't like Mexicans they ought to leave. They ought to go back to Europe."

Do you agree with the above because you are a Latina. If so, I would say that you are a racist. If not, for god's sake, repudiate them.

And there's your remark at the 1997 Southwest Voter Registration Education Project meeting: "Our vote is gonna be important, but I gotta tell you, there's a lot of people that are saying, I'm gonna go out there and vote because I wanna PAY THEM BACK." Who is "them?"

In my open letter to you which was copied to the other four County Supervisors and the entire Los Angeles City Council, I said that you may not be overtly anti-Semitic, but the above  racist comment you made to a crowd of Latinos at the 1997 Southwest Voter Registration Education Project rally, and not taking the initiative to repudiate Carreon, makes you suspect of being a passive anti-Semite racist.

Yes, my intention was to embarrass you. I can imagine the hoopla beyond simple embarrassment you would have made if I said of Hispanics, " I'm gonna go out there and vote because I wanna PAY THEM BACK.."

My anger is further exacerbated by the PC  "code of silence." Not one of your colleagues raised a finger on this issue. I asked my councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski and the entire City Council to call for a resolution condemning La Voz de Aztlan. They too took the PC code of silence.

Yes, I am acquainted with Glenn Spencer. So what? Carreon's criteria of what makes a person a racist is if they are Jewish and opposed to illegal immigration. Spencer fits that label because his organization has a large Jewish membership, two of Spencer's daughters are married to Jews (REF: La Vos de Aztlan), and he is opposed to illegal immigration -- aren't you?

Do I intimidate you and all those I mention? Are you too scared to do the right thing?  I hope so, because I am going to make PC racism one of my issues in my "Hal Netkin for City Council 11" (the New Valley City) campaign.

Since Carreon has not revealed the text of your letter to him, but has made public his libelous response to you, I too am making this letter to you open to the public.

Respectfully,

Hal Netkin

CC: Hector Carreon, Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles City Council, unnamed others, and the MayorNo website.