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Letters: Ex-offender's past is irrelevant

ISSUE | EX-OFFENDERS Past is irrevelant As an ex-offender and chief executive officer of Gateway to Re-Entry, I am offended that a story about Felton Hayman's work as a developer included his being on parole for a criminal conviction ("No-bid bargains," Sunday).

ISSUE | EX-OFFENDERS

Past is irrevelant

As an ex-offender and chief executive officer of Gateway to Re-Entry, I am offended that a story about Felton Hayman's work as a developer included his being on parole for a criminal conviction ("No-bid bargains," Sunday).

Including Hayman's mistake, for which he has made amends, diminishes his character. It should not overshadow his business acumen or block him from engaging in real-estate development transactions. He is allowed to legally do business.

City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson has a history of supporting returning citizens. Any support he has shown to Hayman is neither an anomaly nor an act of favoritism.

|Tracey L. Fisher, Lansdowne, traceyfisher.outreach@gmail.com