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Chairman Mary Nichols and Members of the Board of the Air Resources
Board,

My purpose for emailing you today is accountability. With any and
all regulations you place on both business and our citizenry,
you demand accountability. There is never allowance made for lack
of knowledge or what effect your regulation may have on an
individual business or family.
A very common business hiring practice requires any applicant to
not fraudulently complete their application for employment.
Doing so typically results in dismissal. Extremely rarely are
government employees or officials held to standards that apply in
the private sector. When the truth is not told by many in
government, the best we seem to hear is that the individual
“misspoke”.
I viewed a recent clip from a Air Resources Board meeting where
Dr. Telles made public that an ARB employee, Hien Tan
(although he didn’t mention his name) had fraudulently stated that
he earned a PhD from UC Davis on his application. I believe
that it was Mrs. Riordan stated that disciplinary action had been
taken regarding Mr. Tan’s falsified application.
Mr. Tan should be terminated with no uncertainty. There need to be
a message sent to all citizens that lies will never be
tolerated, and that the ultimately, everyone is accountable for
their actions. In our economic climate I’m certain that finding a
truly qualified individual to perform his compilations and
analysis is not difficult.
As for the members of the Board that knew of this situation before
the vote and , one, didn’t disclose this fact, and two, didn’t
recheck
his data before voting, owe the citizens of California, at the
very least, an apology.
The often used quote of Harry S. Truman’s; “The buck stops here”
is needed more today than ever. By glossing over Mr. Tan’s
lie, the Board takes on the appearance that it is more important
to them that their agenda be passed, regardless of the facts.

Sincerely,
Tom Thornton
1133 Merlin Court
Alamo, CA 94507