The $2 million settlement resulting from Measure G is raising eyebrows

To the editor: Fesia Davenport does not claim that Measure G is unenforceable or that she was wrongfully terminated, only that she was harmed by the loss of her position (“LA County Executive Receives $2 Million Settlement After Messer G Results, Records Say.” October 14). But many employers, public and private, lose their jobs through no fault of their own, and many have no recourse.

If the supervisors had rejected Davenport’s claim, I can’t imagine he would have had a case in court. It seems that supervisors are more interested in paying very generous salaries to their departing employees than in helping their constituents.

Michael Pollock, Los Angeles

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To the editor: Surely, I’m not the only one who was paid $2 million to “embarrass” an apparently useless government employee. Not when private citizens are being harassed emotionally and physically by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Customs and Border Protection may be left without recourse.

Curt Butters, San Diego