By Nancy Cattell Former SMC Trustee Big hotels aren’t out for the little guy Editor:
The Oct. 30 letter from Lantz Simpson, President, SMC Faculty Association, clearly reveals the depth of deception and misrepresentation by the faculty union leader. His letter states: “The faculty union has not distributed any mailing critical of Mr. Donner.”
The hit piece mailers were distributed by Friends of Santa Monica College.But who is this committee located in Burbank? A visit to the Santa Monica City Clerk’s web site (www.santa-monica.org/cityclerk/index.html) reveals the truth. If you click on Campaign Disclosure Statement, then the letter “F” we see Friends of Santa Monica College listed. In the report listing disclosure information, it shows the committee spends their money opposing Thomas Donner.
By reading the Campaign Disclosure Statement it becomes clear that Friends of Santa Monica College is a committee 96 percent funded by the SMC Faculty Association. But Mr. Simpson tells us the faculty union has nothing to do with the distribution of the hit pieces. How can anyone trust anything Mr. Simpson says?
There was a time that the leadership of the faculty union was truthful and honest. I know because I was one of the founders of the SMC Faculty Association. I hope that the student-oriented faculty will step forward as role models for the future.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 4, 2006. Read the original PDF.