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.
Tag: Pat Bates
Posted inGovernment, Investigative
Drakodaidis Placed on Admin Leave
County officials are mum on move against deputy CEO who in July accused supervisors of corruption. Her attorney says she’s being “set up” for firing.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Corruption Probe Ongoing at County Treasurer’s Office
Questions are being raised about whether human resources officials inside the treasurer-tax collector’s office committed fraud in how they cashed out annual leave balances.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Lawyer Says Drakodaidis Plans Return, Is ‘Ideal Candidate’ for CEO
The deputy CEO, who took medical leave after Bustamante arrest and made numerous corruption allegations, says she’s coming back to work Aug. 31.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr., Top Stories
County Releases Redacted Version of Controversial Drakodaidis Claim
Among other allegations, the letter accuses Supervisor Pat Bates of trying to change a sex offender ordinance to help a friend.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
County on the Verge of Releasing Drakodaidis Letter
Deputy CEO Alisa Drakodaidis alleges a host of improprieties by officials, including supervisors Janet Nguyen and Pat Bates.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Thursday May Be CEO’s Last Day
The agenda for the Orange County Board of Supervisors’ closed session implies that county CEO Tom Mauk will be dismissed during that meeting.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Bustamante Scandal Sends Another Top Official Packing
Deputy CEO Alisa Drakodaidis has left her post and, sources say, left behind a scathing letter that could rock the county government.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Pat Bates Will Likely Be the Swing Vote on County CEO’s Future
Two supervisors are lining up against Mauk, while two others seem to be supporting him going into Friday’s closed session meeting on his handling of the Bustamante affair.
Posted inGovernment, Norberto Santana Jr.
Supervisors Cut Human Relations Commission Funding
Orange County Supervisors cut $50,000 from their annual contribution to the county Human Relations Commission and announced that further cuts are on the way.
