Supervisor Das Williams’s whiny and self-serving response to Ann Louise Bardach’s keenly observed criticism of his role in the cannabis stink bomb that has descended upon our precious community does not convince.

His attack on my wife’s credibility is without merit, and he demeans himself further by attacking a journalist of such distinction. I witnessed another such attack by Supervisor Williams when he scathingly insulted a constituent at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors for speaking out critically about Williams’s pro-cannabis cultivation policies. It was equally shameful and shocking on that occasion to see one of our local politicians behave so boorishly.

He has been championing marijuana for so long that he is no longer able to respond to the legitimate concerns of his constituents — farmers, ranchers, retirees, artists, our children, our vacationers, and, yes, even the cannabis workers, who are the most vulnerable because they have to work in hazardous greenhouse environments.

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