Letter to the Editor
Short-Changing Veterans

Dear Editor,

As I followed your blog through the bureaucratic maize, deliberately tangled here and there like spider webs in order to protect someone while exposing others to face live rounds without a flack jacket, I am reminded of a "Sopranos" episode, played by the Muppets. 

It would be great if there were a tracking device like your blog to follow money and other benefits allocated by Congress for crippled American veterans. Of the millions of dollars designated for homeless veterans, nothing gets to the veterans while bureaucrats take a vacation in Jamaica or Oaxaca and the office is being renovated in preparation for a favorite son to inherit. 

The veterans shiver wet and cold, often dying of exposure, while the bureaucrats hurry out and establish a Swiss or off-shore bank account.  Where does one file a complaint?  Everyone in government  wants to be in control of the money but nobody wants to be in charge of integrity. 

Darryl Babe Wilson
Santa Cruz