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Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has accused county Supervisor Todd Spitzer of “falsely impersonating” an assistant district attorney, the latest salvo in a years-long public feud between the two politicians.
County vacancies, including public administrator, clerk-recorder, auditor-controller, along with the 2014 race for the coastal supervisor’s seat trigger political musical chairs.
In yet another dramatic turn in the fallout of the Carlos Bustamante saga, Joel Baruch enters into the public record a scathing account of how county officials operate.
Deputy CEO Alisa Drakodaidis has left her post and, sources say, left behind a scathing letter that could rock the county government.
The jury’s report asserts that abuse of elderly residents is on the rise and that county agencies need to modernize their rules and programs.
The top vote getters seem easy to predict, but thanks to the new open primary system there are some interesting battles for second place.
Williams informs supervisors that he will drop his lawsuit and
stick to the terms of the agreement he made last year.
The Orange County district attorney hotly disputes his former
protege’s contention that the DA’s staff is campaigning against him
on official time.
Jon Fleischman, who publishes the conservative Flash Report,
says it’s time for Orange County Public Administrator John Williams
to go.
Judge denies request by Public Administrator John Williams for
temporary restraining order and sets March 13 for a hearing on
whether Williams may keep his job.
