LETTER TO THE EDITOR

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
STRATFORD BEAON HERALD
RE: CFDC SCANDAL
I HAVE BEEN READING WITH INTEREST THE ARTICLES IN THE BEACON HERALD WITH REGARDS TO THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS BY JD GRAHAM FROM THE PERTH COMMUNITY FUTURES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. I TOOK OFFENSE TO A COMMENT MADE IN DONAL O'CONNOR'S ARTICLE ON THURSDAY MARCH 1 2012 "FRAUD LOSSES OFTEN DON'T GET PAID BACK".
THE COMMENT "RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY THEY DON'T PUT PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREET. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THE COURT WOULD RECOGNIZE HERE IS THAT THE WINNERS IN THIS CASE ARE NOT PEOPLE. IT'S NOT AS THOUGH THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN RUINED" HELLO..... THE WINNERS IN THIS CASE ARE PEOPLE. THEY ARE TAXPAYERS, BUSINESS PEOPLE AND REGULAR EVERYDAY PEOPLE AND $763,000.00 WOULD HAVE GONE A LONG WAY TO HELP PEOPLE TO BEGIN OR CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS. THIS CASE HAS AFFECTED MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE CFDC AND IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE AND PAYBACK IS A MUST. AND NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE THAT TAKES, THE MONEY MUST BE RETURNED AND IF THAT DESTROYS A MAN WHO DESTROYED ALOT OF PEOPLES LIVES THEN THAT IS PART OF THE PAYBACK. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND AND SOMETIMES IT WILL BITE YOU.
LOUD APPLAUSE TO ALL "HONEST" BUSINESS PEOPLE. WE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN BUT WE ARE A PROUD CREW THAT CAN FACE OUSELVES IN THE MIRROR AND SLEEP AT NIGHT. LETS MAKE THIS CASE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO STOP IT FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN, BECAUSE IT DOES AND HAS AFFECTED PEOPLE.......... IN MANY WAYS.
SHERRIE MCTAGGART
STRATFORD