Gayle & Mad Mary;
The comments came from a couple of active Silicon Valley JWs who are personal friends of the Fremont Elders. The Fremont elders involved with the Conti Case are just accross the Dumbarton Bridge from Facebook HQ and the famous Menlo Park Kingdom Hall. Both bodies of elders personally know members of each body! (15 minutes drive?). From what I was told first hand, ALL the Elders in the Silicon Valley are "Ill" after watching what happened to the Fremont and Menlo Park elders. The San Francisco Bay Area news covered the Conti Case quite well. I heard Elders Abrahamson and Cobb were well known assembly speakers in the Bay Area and very popular.... but the WTBTS Governing Body hung them "out to dry" without a single tear.