I've had a good relationship with CAFETY and A START over the past year, so I really feel a bit burned by this. If CAFETY was sticking to a middle path and keeping a wary eye on CAICA, they should have smelled the smoke when the Whitmore blogs were posted and the teaming up of Izzy and Sue was made known. Now that it's a blazing inferno, CAFETY wants to defend their indirect link to CAICA. It's more than an embarrassment, it's disgusting.
The mystery CAFETY poster said we're causing the movement to go backwards, but he's wrong. Everyone else has moved forward and shunned CAICA while CAFETY can't seem to make a definite decision to get rid of a connection that should be anathema to them. CAFETY has done a lot of talking, now that there's an opportunity to DO something to move forward, they stumble.
CAFETY stands for "Community Alliance for the Fair and Ethical Treatment of Youth". Izzy has defended the Whitmore, admitted to a partnership with PURE, and dragged an innocent woman through the mud in an attempt to save face. There's nothing fair or ethical in Izzy's actions. CAFETY can't seriously consider it's organization fair and ethical while they remain linked to CAICA.
To the people I know at CAFETY: I'm sorry, I know you mean well, but this is wretched. You need to do the right thing. If the GAO investigation is so important to all of you, don't put yourselves in a compromising position. The industry will use the CAICA connection to discredit you when their time to be heard comes. If for no other reason, don't do this to A START. CAFETY rides on A START's coattails a lot - don't shit on all the things they've done recently by putting them in a bad light because of your poor judgment.