
Yesterday was once again a reminder that sometimes the outside world shall and must intrude on the writings of this site, normally focused on covering news and events in and around Davis and Yolo County. Given our focus of scrutinizing our local government and government officials, it would be foolhardy and downright irresponsible not to comment on the senseless tragedy that occurred yesterday that left six people dead, 19 more wounded, and put us within inches of seeing a member of the US House of Representatives effectively assassinated.
The story, however, begins nearly 16 years ago. On April 19, 1995, I was a four year student at Cal Poly. I was sitting in my philosophy case, and someone walked in and said that there had been a bombing in Oklahoma City. We surmised it must be Islamic terrorists. I remember early reports of seeing known Islamic extremists around the site.