Ordeal affects families on both sides

To the editor:

This ordeal has hurt both Scott Smith's and Greg Sparkman's families. Scott made a mistake, and a big one at that. But the ones who have been hurt the most are the children. Greg has a son and daughter who need the love and support of their father instead of having to hear all the horrible things being said. Kids will be kids, but when it's the adults who are acting like this, they know better. The same people who investigated the 2000 fires are the same people who said under oath that Greg was innocent of any wrongdoing then or now. This case reeks of an inside job by the authorities involved and has been nothing more than a personal vendetta against Greg Sparkman.

PAIGE PAYNE, Cleburne, Texas