[Orange] County Supervisor Janet Nguyen is 50 days late so far in complying with a county oridinace [sic] on campaign donations. Some time after the Feb. 6 election, she accepted three contributions in excess of the county's $1,500 limit and put them into a legal trust fund set up by her lawyer. Turns out county code prohibits such trust funds, so the money was moved out of there and the excess donations, they say, were returned.
New desk for reception foyer of Supervisor John Moorlach's office: $8,990, New conference table for Supervisor Pat Bates' office: $3,375, Track lighting with dimmer switch for Supervisor Janet Nguyen's office: $1,300, 90 high-end, "high-concept" Herman Miller office chairs for Treasurer Chriss Street: almost $50,000, 52-inch wall-mounted flat-screen television for EACH NEW SUPERVISOR'S personal office: $4,000 (each) (Street's flat-screen TV cost $7,800). Seeing complete hypocrisy from all these supposed "fiscally conservative" Republicans featured in the Orange County edition of The Los Angeles Times yesterday: PRICELESS!
Follow me after the flip to see just how much taxpayer money our "fiscal conservatives" in Orange County are wasting on their "extreme makeover"...
(Oh yeah, and check out this OC Register story about someone who's had to suffer because of all this legal confusion over medical marijuana. His recent experiences led him to push the county to make this historic vote tomorrow. - promoted by atdleft)
Dear Supervisors Nguyen, Moorlach, Campbell, Norby and Bates,
Please accept this note as a strong recommendation to approve the
medical marijuana i.d. program that will be presented to you this
coming Tuesday. [...]
Have some people taken advantage of the present medical marijuana
system and abused our trust? Of course. However, any system can be
and is abused. But that is not a reason not to maintain it. In
addition, of course, the People of the State of California passed
Prop. 215 back in 1996, so as a judicial officer it is embarrassing to
me that each county in our state has not long since established a
viable and enforceable medical marijuana program.
This just in from Peggy Lowe at OC Register'sTotal Buzz news blog:
Could be a big day here at All-Recount-All-The-Time HQ....As Norberto reported on Friday, Team Janet's lead has slipped to just three votes as Team Trung persuaded Judge Michael Brenner to overrule ROV Neal Kelley on four ballots. Brenner has also promised a decision today. That means, of course, that we might have a swearing-in ceremony at the Board of Supes meeting tomorrow.
OK, so Crybaby Trung begged and groveled enough for the judge to reverse one of the Registrar's rulings. So now, Janet Nguyen only leads by THREE VOTES...
So will this paper-thin lead be enough to survive today's legal action...
And will the other four supervisors FINALLY ACT, and seat the Nguyen who won?
Stay tuned for more as the Great OC Political Psychodrama (hopefully) FINALLY COMES TO A CLOSE...
The declaration of a winner in the Feb. 6 supervisor's race was indeed postponed once again by the Board of Supervisors... Chairman Chris Norby assured those in attendance that Supervisor Nguyen would be sworn in once and for all on March 27.
So as expected, the Board of Supervisors decides to keep Central County's Supe seat vacant. Now while I usually do not agree with hard-right Supervisor Chris Norby, I do agree with his statement that "Three months is a long, long time for one-fifth of the county to be without representation."
H/T to Mike Lawson at