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There was a time when Republican officials in the “reddest county in America” were not at all shy about deriding our porous borders and condemning those who advocate amnesty for unauthorized immigrants. But their approach has become more nuanced in recent years.
The board of the Orange County Employees Retirement System is scheduled to vote Monday on whether to dock the pension benefits of former county public works executive Carlos Bustamente because of his sex crimes.
Whether someone thinks voter fraud is a widespread problem, often depends on their party registration. Meanwhile, voter suppression remains an issue in certain corners of the country, and Orange County has a checkered past.
The state ethics watchdog is proposing to fine Councilman Phat Bui $638 for failing to disclose $22,684 in campaign contributions to his 2014 city council campaign committee in a timely fashion.
In response to allegations by Lake Forest Mayor Scott Voigts, Scott Baugh writes in an email that Councilman Adam Nick never tried to give him cash or bribe him, only that Nick tried to hire him for “political or legal advice.”
A council-approved resolution calls on a local school district to convert an elementary school into a charter campus, but only if parents get the required signatures.
It took campaign finance watchdog Shirley Grindle “several e-mails” to prod the supervisor to return a contribution that was apparently illegal.
Officials are citing an exemption to the Public Records Act typically reserved for law enforcement investigations.
As a city investigation into the finances of Costa Mesa’s 60th anniversary event continues, questions are being raised about payments to an event company co-owned by Orange County Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh.
One councilman says the public wouldn’t have known the council would vote on the issue. Another says he’s “puzzled and upset.”