I'm writing in response to Mike Di Fatta's Jan. 15 letter ("The government is the problem, not the solution.") I've noticed over the months that Mr. Di Fatta only writes in response to Tina Aschenbrenner's letters.

I'm surprised you would allow someone to target one of your readers and repeatedly send such nasty, attacking letters.

His latest attack starts off by saying it's "typical" of Ms. Aschenbrenner and that she "perverted" a man's death, included "dubious stories" and made "irresponsible conclusions."

As someone who's enjoyed Ms. Aschenbrenner's letters over the years, I found none of his descriptions accurate. He stated that Ms. Aschenbrenner "always has these racial problems."

What does that mean?

She shared a story about her Mexican-American child, which was very sad, and Mr. Di Fatta showed no compassion.

He went on by stating that her letter "absurdly implies" that our state's work force is "educated, English-speaking white and blue collar workers or illegal workers." How was Ms. Aschenbrenner "implying" anything, how was that "short-sighted," and what does that have to do with the racial majority in this state? Ms. Aschenbrenner didn't mention a thing about race in her statement.

Mr. Di Fatta then states that Ms. Aschenbrenner "just assumes" field workers are not documented. Anybody who knows anything about this matter knows that even legal immigrants won't do farm work.

Mr. Di Fatta's "connection" between illegal immigration and "crime rates, pollution and health concerns" reeked of ignorance.

That kind of thinking is called scapegoating.

As someone who works directly with juvenile delinquents, I can assure Mr. Di Fatta that it's not illegal immigrants with whom I deal. It's second, thirdand fourthgeneration Americanborn Latino children who fall through the cracks and end up in my care.

I'll let Mr. Di Fatta draw his own conclusions on that one.

In the end of his letter, Mr. Di Fatta showed us all what a disgruntled person he is by his pessimistic statement, "Things won't get better. . ."

Instead of stalking Ms. Aschenbrenner, Mike Di Fatta should do some soul searching and find out why he is such an unhappy man. Sonia Cervantes Newbury Park