December 3, 2019
Governor Gavin Newsom,
Sir, I recently was made aware of your written statement that you penned in response to the two different petitions which seek to create a recall election and have you removed from office. While you issued that statement in August, 2019, I was previously unaware of it until I was reading an article discussing the significant national and international press coverage the recall effort has been receiving.
As a very recently retired career California cop, I was quite taken aback by your blatantly fictitious claim when you said:
“Do not be fooled – California’s police officers, firefighters, first responders, public school teachers, health providers, and business leaders all STRONGLY OPPOSE this costly recall.”
As someone who served as a Deputy Sheriff in Sacramento for 22 years, I personally know a great number of peace officers from every agency in the greater Sacramento area, to include the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office, Sacramento Police Department, Elk Grove Police Department, Folsom Police Department, Citrus Heights Police Department, Lincoln Police Department, Rocklin Police Department, Placerville Police Department, Stockton Police Department, Rio Vista Police Department, Livermore Police Department, Placer County Sheriff, El Dorado County Sheriff, California Highway Patrol and the California Alcoholic Beverage Control. The list of agencies in which I have mutual acquaintances dwarfs the list above.
One of the great things about social media is it allows one to expand their pool of resources, which not surprisingly, cops do quite a bit. There are lots of social media groups where we cops gather to share thoughts and ideas about society, laws, public safety, and believe it or not, politicians.
You see, the overwhelming majority of cops are sick and tired of being used as political pawns by liberal politicians like yourself, while at the same time you are villainizing us to your voting base by suggesting we and the entire system are racist, while you use our murdered co-workers as some sort of justification to push unconstitutional laws that infringe on the rights of law abiding citizens, while you pardon and release convicted felons, while you disregard the will of the voters and single-handedly put a moratorium on the death penalty including for cop killers, while you lie to and shun the families of murdered California cops, and then to top all of that off, while you quite incorrectly claim we as a group support you.
You sir are astoundingly delusional. The fact of the matter is that I and nearly every cop I know has signed the petitions to have you recalled. In fact, many of us have not only signed them, but we are volunteering our time and gathering signatures of others who also want to see you removed from office.
In the future, please refrain from blatantly lying to the residents of California. Law enforcement officers as a whole do not remotely support you or your policies.
Sincerely,
Matt Silvey
Recently retired Deputy Sheriff
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