To the Editor:
This letter is in response to the letter that you published on October 27, 2016, from Todd Shuman of Camarillo.
Carla Castilla is a liar. She has been voting from one district while living in another. THAT’S illegal. If the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office wants to cover that up and decline to prosecute her, it doesn’t change anything. If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, chances are pretty good, that it’s a duck. Isn’t it enough that we have to put up with a different set of legal rules from law enforcement agencies for politicians on a national level ?
Mr. Shuman listed several points that I would like to address. He states that Carla Castilla supports SOAR. Well, people that own farms and ranches don’t support SOAR, because they don’t want politicians telling them what to do with their property, and its nobody else’s business what they do with it. He states that Kelly Long is not opposed to the Mission Rock Power Plant. Well neither are any of the rest of us that have enough sense to know that, that project means jobs for the County of Ventura. Mr. Shuman also states that we need a candidate whose actions match her words. He may have got that one right, because Carla Castilla lived in one district, and voted in another, and when asked about it, declined to let the Ventura Newspaper actually see the results ! It’s pretty clear that her actions match her words. Finally, I would like to point out something to Mr. Shuman. The east end of Ventura County has been supported by Agriculture, and Oil, for the last 70 years (Piru, Fillmore, Santa Paula). He might want to check and see where most of the people that live in these good towns have worked for the last 70 years before he makes comments like he made.
Finally, Carla Castilla was trained by Hannah Beth Jackson, from Santa Barbara. Well Mr. Shuman, this isn’t Santa Barbara County. This is Ventura County. Maybe you’d be better served by living in San Francisco, or Santa Barbara, cause the people that live on this end of the county have heard “ducks” fart underwater before. If you want to kiss liberal backside, go ahead ! Just don’t use our lips to do it.
Respectfully,
Lum F. Giles, Santa Paula, California

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Letter to the Editor:
On behalf of Soroptimist International of Fillmore, I would like to thank all of the volunteers and participants in our first “Dogs on Parade” Halloween Dog Costume Contest. Our “howlin’ good” judges were Councilman Manny Minjares and Police Chief Dave Wareham, who put a “paw up” for the event. Our “dog gone good” Ventura County Sheriff Explorers from Fillmore not only help set up and tear down, but also sold refreshments for all to partake. Donations from AM Pet, Fillmore Rentals and Marie Wren were greatly appreciated. The best part of the event was the furry friends that entered the contest. We had none other than Pebbles and Bamm Bamm from the Flintstones, Boo, the Frog and the Princess, and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Each one was adorable and a winner.
A “barkin’” good time was had by all.
Thank you.
Jane David, President
Soroptimist International of Fillmore