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Mark Denny, a former political aide who has served as Orange County’s chief operating officer since 2013, is leaving his county job on Thursday to take a position with the city of Dana Point, according to county officials.
The supervisors’ action, which came at the request of county CEO Frank Kim, follows a highly critical audit of the harbor and the resignation of Harbor Director Brad Gross.
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Supervisor Andrew Do highlights perceptions that the county’s management structure is too homogeneous.
County Chief Financial Officer Frank Kim will serve as CEO while Mike Giancola is out on medical leave for the next month recuperating from back surgery.
Audit report slams top county executives for allowing contracts to go to a friend of a former OC Parks deputy director and be split up to avoid scrutiny from the Board of Supervisors.
CEO Mike Giancola made the move after a labor leader’s complaint regarding Chief Operating Officer Mark Denny’s 1996 conviction for voter fraud.
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.
The vote was delayed last week amid concerns over a $27-million price hike.
As Bill Campbell enters his last weeks in office, high-ranking political aides are quietly finding jobs in the county bureaucracy.