TOP KID ESSAYIST LAUDS GALLEGOS
North Coast Journal 5/12/05
Congratulations to Kevin Zhou, 11th-grader at Monte Vista High School in the Bay Area town of Danville. Late last month, Zhou was named as one of two winners of the annual "Profiles in Courage Essay Contest," a program of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, for his essay on Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos' lawsuit against Pacific Lumber and last year's recall attempt against him. Locals may quibble with some of the facts asserted in Zhou's eight-paragraph essay -- he identifies then-Fortuna Mayor Mel Berti as a "long-time supporter" of the DA and baldly states that Gallegos' home was broken into twice during the campaign (an allegation that was never proven) -- but he seems to have absorbed some of the fervor that Gallegos supporters exhibited during the recall. "District Attorney Paul V. Gallegos' courageous actions marked a turning point in the dominance of the timber company's interests in the county, and reflect a man who was willing to act on principle and not politics," Zhou writes. The kid is on a roll -- earlier this year he won an essay contest sponsored by the United Nations Association, and he picked up honors in last year's National Peace Essay Contest. On Monday, Kennedy's daughter Caroline will present Zhou with a silver Tiffany lantern -- representing a "beacon of hope" -- at a ceremony in Boston.
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Update:
Given that the hero of the story Paul Gallegos is now shown to be ripping off Robert Kennedy's quotes...
ER - A second Gallegos column raises questions about attribution
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ER - WHOSE WORD WAS 'MY WORD'?
ER - A second Gallegos column raises questions about attribution
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