To the editor: Current Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark continues to chastise civic-minded librarians, telling columnist Gustavo Arellano, “They try to say, 'Well, I have a librarian degree, so I'm more educated than you.'” . (“'I'm going to continue to be successful': Huntington Beach's MAGA Latina mayor speaks,” column, June 12)
Well, with their master's degree in library science, they have more education than the mayor. So if they try, they will be able to say it rightly.
What those librarians can't try to say is that they are more vindictive, caustic, divisive and egomaniacal than the mayor.
Ron Hayden, Huntington Beach
The writer is former director of library services in Huntington Beach.
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To the editor: I have lived in Huntington Beach for 50 years, but for the first 30 years of my life I lived and worked in Los Angeles County.
Imagine if Los Angeles had a center-right mayor and City Council for the last 10 years. Homelessness and crime situations can be a little different in the city.
Tom blood, Huntington Beach
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To the editor: I tried to avoid reading Arellano's interview with the controversial mayor of Huntington Beach, but I relented.
It seemed like a pretty basic interview until Van Der Mark wanted to show Arellano her tablet, which had pornographic images on it that she said were from books that used to be in the children's section of the Huntington Beach library.
Arellano didn't mention whether he responded, so my question is this: If the mayor claims these images were in children's books, why not show the actual books? You can put anything on a tablet.
Mike Aguilar, Costa Mesa
