Supervisor Rexroad's Values Showing

I read Matt Rexroad's blog about his Marine experience with high regard and concern for our veterans who have had to serve in Iraq. As a Marine, Matt is so right that veteran's have been failed since the start of this war by the military itself, and absolutely, "the heads should keep rolling on this one." I would add, all the way to the White House. My shock came when I read his last paragraph where he indicts the State of California and the Board of Supervisors for being too concerned with the health care provided to the "worst" people in our society. He mentions the prison health care system as taking too much focus for the State. I would remind Mr. Rexroad that in the US, to imprison someone is to take on that person's health care, though we might debate the level of care. My concern is that Supervisor Rexroad inaccurately segues into including this label of "worst" to all who find themselves needing to go to the county for their health care. Yolo County's system of medical and mental health care is the leaking safety net for children who find themselves born to poor parents, people who are ravaged by mental health issues or medical disabilities, and yes, veterans of this and previous wars who find themselves homeless due to untreated mental health issues. These mental health issues may include PTSD, which can increase risk of poverty and/or drug and alcohol abuse. I ask Supervisor Rexroad as a freshman to his position, to consider carefully the complexity of the issues he took on when he recently took the oath of office as Supervisor for District 3. In this war, there are no "good guys" and "bad guys" just those in need for many reasons. Since the previous Republican majority in Congress and President Bush, whom Matt Rexroad ardently supports, had chosen to rip up our social safety net through drying up federal funds or making access difficult, our Yolo County resources are very limited and our people in need are many. Seeing his constituents who may need County resources as the "worst" among us, is not going to help this supervisor make sound decisions on the use of these limited resources. Count me as one who is disgusted that Mr. Rexroad attempts to lay the terrible treatment of veterans with the State of California, which by the way has a Democratic majority, while not directing his vitriol at the true offenders, the Bush administration at the federal level and their political hack appointees at all levels.