Letter to the Editor, Treasurer appointment not just — or equitable

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (Jan. 23, 2024) — Once more the Contra Costa County, Board of Supervisors has made fools of themselves and embarrassed the rest of the citizens of our county by its recent appointment to fill the vacancy of the County Treasurer-Tax Collector.

The Board of Supervisors, after months of pontificating, chest beating, and self-congratulating each other for creating a new department with two department heads called the Department of Racial Equity and Social Justice, proved how hypocritical they truly are.

During the same board meeting, the board held public interviews for the County Treasurer-Tax Collector position, even though two of the candidates were current, high-level managers, with many years in the Treasurer-Tax Collector’s  Office, and both women of color, who were eminently qualified and credentialed. Predictably, the board instead picked a white man from Yuba County.Why should any of us ever believe anything these board members say or do about racial or social  justice?

Gus S. Kramer,
Contra Costa County Assessor

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