We would like to commend Peninsula Community Planning Board (PCPB) member Nancy Graham and the other PCPB members who voted for an investigation into [resigned] Chairman Suhail Khalil’s actions with regard to the group’s by- laws. Upholding the integrity of the PCPB is of the utmost importance.  Was it ignorance by design or indifference by intent that Mr. Khalil ignored the by-laws, despite serving on this board for more than five years? It should be noted that Mr. Khalil was not forced to resign. He chose to resign. His penalty for this [alleged] violation would only have been a slap on the wrist. The last person the community needs is an autocratic, elitist chairperson. As community members, we expect all the board members to work under the same approved rules, if you don’t like the rules, work to change them — do not break them. With a view to avoiding a recurrance of this episode, we would like to offer a couple of recomendations: • Have all board members sign that they have read and understood the PCPB’s by-laws. • Letters that have not been approved by the full board should not be posted on the public PCPB website. Val & Jim Gilhooly Point Loma * Editor’s note: The letter writer is referring to the Aug. 18 meeting of the PCPB, during which some board members raised concern Khalil might have violated the group’s by-laws by improperly distributing communication from board subcommittees to city employees and representatives of Naval Base Point Loma without approval from the full board. Some board members interpreted this as a violation of the by-laws and voted to investigate the matter, a move that prompted Khalil to resign.