Roger, thanks for stepping up and noting the guts and courage of Eric Hughes and Ron Parker. I’m a sixteen year member of the WGAw, and I was working inside the WGAw a year ago when Eric and Ron started their incredibly difficult journey to right the wrongs that had been inflicted on what was once the greatest creative guild in Hollywood.

I was going to refer the readers of this post to a profile of Roger Simon, who hopefully will be only the first of many former Guild leaders to step up and support Eric. However, I can’t link to the story about Roger, because it was on the Writers Guild web site, and the profile was removed from http://www.wga.org shortly after Roger called for the resignation of Charles Holland.

To the brave journalists like Jim Bates, Michael Cieply and Dave McNary who have gone to bat for truth and justice, I salute you. To Charles Pfarrer, who withstood malicious attacks on his character to right the wrongs of union thugs, I honor you. And to the investigators at the Dept. of Labor who could have turned a blind eye to a corrupt election, I can only hope you will continue your vigilance.