I believe Armando Ruiz should resign. Taking...

I believe Armando Ruiz should resign. Taking advantage of a loophole

to gain a larger retirement is one thing, I blame the state for that.

However, he purposely retired in October to deceive the voters.

I happen to know that the early retirement package at South Orange

County was for people retiring in June. Ruiz expressly asked for an

extension to October, claiming he didn’t want to leave the Coast

Community College Board with an empty seat for several months.

The reality was, he fully intended on rerunning for the Coast

Community College Board and wanted to do so as an incumbent. He knew

if he retired a few days before the election, it would be impossible

to change his status as an incumbent. If he retired in June from both

districts, he still would have received the higher salary but would

not have been listed as an incumbent on the ballot.

He was deceiving us then and is deceiving us now. He will do

anything to maintain his seat on the board.

If he was a decent person he would resign. Of course, if he was a

decent person, he wouldn’t have done what he’s done.

RIKI KUCHECK

Balboa Island

I was an instructor at Golden West College for 20 years and if you

want to know how the faculty feels about Ruiz, just ask the faculty

of either Orange Coast, Coastline or Golden West College.

I know him as the most self-serving person I’ve ever met and most

of them I think would agree. Yes, he should be encouraged to resign.

Imagine that behavior at the expense of students.

MIRIAM GOLDBERG

Newport Beach

I definitely support the recall of Armando Ruiz. I think what he

did, even if technically correct, was absolutely morally and

politically indefensible. To take advantage of a loophole to double

your retirement salary when the state and even the retirement system

is under such pressure is absolutely indefensible.

We can’t have people with such scruples leading our educational

institutions.

He definitely should be recalled.

STAN WINTER

Corona del Mar

My position can be summarized in four words -- throw the bum out.

FLO MARTIN

Costa Mesa

I support the recall of Armando Ruiz. His actions are

unconscionable. He lacks integrity and should not be allowed to

continue serving on the Coast Community College district Board of

Trustees.

MARJORIE LINDSAY

Costa Mesa

I don’t know what is worse, Armando Ruiz’s lack of integrity or

lack of knowledge, when he states that his retirement isn’t costing

the community colleges any money.

The state pays him. After all these years as a trustee and

frequent flyer, did anyone inform him that community colleges get

their funding from the state, hence the taxpayers?

HELEN EVERS

Costa Mesa