The accusations continue to swirl around John Williams in the
Spitzer case. The result might be that Orange County supervisors
again consider eliminating his elective status.
Orange County sheriff’s deputies and officials got in 141
accidents over the last three years, costing taxpayers more than
$3.5 million in settlements. But one involving a Lake Forest man
shows how far the department will go to avoid acknowledging
fault.
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Labor leaders didn’t mince words to political aspirants — both
local and statewide — who attended their annual picnic in Orange
County on Saturday: Anyone applying for office this election season
had better be focused on jobs.
Two county supervisors and the grand jury hold three separate opinions on who should be responsible for the lab.
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas says he plans to run again in four years to avoid handing over the office to Todd Spitzer, KOCE reports.
The new Orange County supervisor is taking major heat from his conservative backers over his apparent accidental decision to opt into Orange County’s pension plan, and now he is desperately trying to get out.
The Public Administrator/Public Guardian, who never talks to the
media, made some fascinating comments regarding the Todd Spitzer
firing — then quickly went back to business as usual.
Todd Spitzer, a former state assemblyman and county supervisor,
says Tony Rackauckas acted improperly to fire him over his
communications with the Public Guardian’s Office — where,
ironically, Rackauckas’ fiancée works.
Sources say the senior deputy DA, who is also a former state
assemblyman and county supervisor, was escorted out of the DA’s
offices on Friday.
Campbell drove a Mini Cooper courtesy of the Southern California Air Quality Management District for five months, then paid $600 to the district.
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