Dear Mr. Esposito,

Maybe I should put my thoughts about your draft letter
in writing after all.

1. My primary concern is that I am charging Mr. Ciamataro with
"witness tampering", i.e. putting pressure on (potential) witnesses
to change their testimony. That's why I feel it would be improper
for me to submit to the Court an opinion from you which you have
expressed as a result of my persuasion.

2. Mr. Ciarmataro has been determined to destroy my plumbing for
33 months. He has refused the request of Justice Kafker of the
Appeals Court to inspect my plumbing; he refused for 6 weeks to 
issue a plumbing permit to Mr. Gordon; he then said he would have
the inspection done by the State or by the assistant inspector;
and when he was forced (by the Town Attorney) to do the inspection
he used the occasion to  vilify me as an ignorant, incompetent and
dishonest person. Then he wrote the scurrilous report that you
have in your files.  Mr. Ciarmataro will not be persuaded by your
arguments. He will focus on your statement that you are not a 
licensed plumber and that you are not qualified to interpret and
apply the plumbing code. (I disagree with that statement: As
a licensed civil engineer you ARE qualified and authorized to
interpret the plumbing code.) Quite possibly Mr. Ciarmataro
would demand that you come back to the Island and inspect the
plumbing with him. If you did so he would most likely do to you
what he did to me: vilify and scold you as incompetent and ignorant.
You would not succeed in changing his mind.  That's not an exercise
for which I want to pay $680.00 - $610 to you and $70 for the ferry.
On the other hand, if you refused, the Court would chalk up your
failure to appear against me and my case, as showing "failure to
cooperate."

3. It's too late tonight, but tomorrow I will e-mail you a set of
questions your answers to which I will submit to the Court.
Such a format should serve to protect me against charges that
I suggested to you the answers with which you provide me.

Thank you again for your help.

Sincerely,
Ernst Meyer