Regarding Jo McKinley’s letter, “Authorities wouldn’t pursue phone scammers,” it shouldn’t be a big surprise that local law enforcement may not have the resources to pursue out-of-state scammers.

However, her stated response from the local Ventura FBI is both shocking and not so shocking at the same time.

Trying to obtain local federal representatives’ assistance for any local action or crime is both timeconsuming and like trying to push a cotton rope uphill.

It would be more productive to take that same rope and hang yourself from the nearest tree.

In an effort to give some direction for Ms. McKinley to a possible solution and/or action, I have supplied, below, the website for the State of California’s Office of the Attorney General Edmund Brown and links for reporting all levels of fraud or potential fraud.

Yes, unfortunately the following Web links are to our state’s government-run machine of inefficiencies. But there are little resources available to the commoners of our state or from across this vast land of behind-doors policy making, government speakeasies, political deception and a system that rewards complacency while it pays off (or buys) other politicians’ support, votes and silence.

I’m appalled by the level of nonresponsiveness Ms. McKinley received from local and federal resources. However, I’m not at the same level of disbelief as Ms. McKinley.

Although the following Web links are not a perfect solution to the events in Ms. McKinley’s letter, they are, in fact, or maybe I should say, in theory, a plausible resource and hopefully a solution to her need to inform and make aware any government agency that may listen in hopes that someone, somewhere just may give a damn.

I wish her luck in her endeavors, and I only hope she receives a better response from the state level than she received from the local levels.

The state of California Attorney General’s office: ag.ca.gov/ consumers.php and ag.ca.gov/consumers/general.php.

It would be a great follow-up and interesting reading to hear about Ms. McKinley’s progress.
Ken Martin
Simi Valley