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Prom: David Fetterman [mailto:talksthetalk@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 4:37 PM
To: Neal Shapiro; tfordCcbsantamonicabay.org
Subject: Re: Clean Beaches Citizen Committee Meeting March 11
Dear Neal and Tom,
I am resigning from the Clean Beaches Citizen Committee, effective immediately. Although I am not by any
means an environmental scientist, I was motivated to serve on this committee because of my longstanding
interest in environmental policy, particularly water supply issues. It has been a pleasure to work with so many
dedicated and knowledgeable people, and I have learned by listening. However, I have been unable to
determine the practical value of our meetings.
It has long been a source of frustration to me that the collective wisdom and experience of our committee on
environmental matters is not utilized at all, even in an advisory capacity. Instead, the entire scope of our duties
seems confined to looking at Rick's budget summaries and acknowledging that they seem to be competently and
ethically prepared. Indeed, if there were problems with the budgeting of Measure V fiords - and I am not
suggesting that there are - I question whether I or anyone on the committee has the expertise in auditing
financials, or the necessary access to the budget details, to recognize and identify those problems.
I am not planning to attend the meeting this evening, but if my absence would prevent a quorum, please let me
know and I will attend tonight and ask that my resignation be effective after the meeting.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve the City of Santa Monica.
Best regards,
David Fetterman
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