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In an arrangement that runs the risk of violating state law, OC Supervisor Andrew Do’s chief of staff, Brian Probolsky, has been working on his boss’s re-election campaign while also receiving a full-time salary from the county.
Supervisors Andrew Do and Lisa Bartlett have recently sent publicly funded mailers that might run afoul of state regulations regarding how their names can be used.
A report commissioned by the board takes issue with parts of political watchdog Shirley Grindle’s proposal for an ethics panel, particularly regarding who appoints members and how extensive their subpoena powers should be.
This last month, just before getting elected to the state senate on a platform of fiscal conservatism, Orange County Supervisor Pat Bates boosted the salary of an OC GOP insider working temporarily as her chief of staff to $62.92 an hour – well over what’s allowed by law.
In the last of a three-part interview, former human resources manager Kathleen Tahilramani offers a first-hand account of how politicos get plum their jobs.
A large batch of emails shows how aides to county supervisors were apparently fast-tracked for positions in the county bureaucracy. Supervisors defend approach but heed calls for more transparency.