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This is the letter that Jerry Wickham sent to Mary's Hair Salon on June 26. The stand was returned to Jerry on June 27.
 

About this letter... On June 29, Recall Facilitator Darrell Nelson says "...Mr. Wickham and his threatening demand letter to Mary Harris is unacceptable as well...." You read this and decide if this letter is "threatening". 
Click here to read the rest of the text of Nelson's letter.

 
This incident is also discussed in the last paragraph of the Rio Linda Elverta News editorial printed June 28, 2001.
Click here for this editorial discussion of Mary Harris' ethics.

(scroll down for the letter and pictures)
 


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Gerald S. Wickham
6835 Fifth Street
Rio Linda, CA 95673
June 26, 2001

Mary’s Hair Salon
1020 Q Street
Rio Linda, CA 95673

Attention: Mary Harris

Dear Ms. Harris,

Several months ago I loaned a welded sign stand to you for the express purpose of assisting the Grant High School Reorganization Project. You used it to support a sign near the Rio Linda High School. Yesterday, I noticed it was no longer in place.

Last night, at the Rio Linda/Elverta Community Water District Board of Directors meeting, I asked you what had happened to my sign stand, and you responded that you did not know.

The stand is now in place at the intersection of Rio Linda Boulevard and M Street, on property I believe to be owned by Mr. Carl Brothers, the proprietor of Archway Auto Supply, also located at that intersection. You are using my stand to support a sign that defames me, Mel Griffin and Jay O’Brien. A picture of your sign, as it is installed on my stand, is included as part of this letter.

I hereby demand the return of my stand. I expect it to be delivered to me within 24 hours of your receipt of this certified letter. Please prepare a receipt form in duplicate for me to sign, acknowledging that I have received the stand from you. When I receive the stand in good condition from you or your agent, I will execute the receipt and hand one copy to you or your agent.

/s/
Gerald S. Wickham

Here's the sign after Jerry's stand was replaced with two wooden posts. Note that the Telephone number of Mary's Hair Salon, owned by Mary Harris, has been added to the sign, removing all doubt (if there ever was any) from the ownership of the sign. The sign is placed on Carl Brothers' property, across the street from his Archway Auto Supply.

This sign was the subject of the last paragraph of the Rio Linda Elverta News editorial June 28, 2001.
Click here for this editorial discussion of Mary Harris' ethics.

This is the sign stand that was returned to Jerry. Click here to read how Darrell Nelson calls this a "5 dollar bracket"!



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