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Former City Manager Asks: You want this job?!

June 4, 2010 0

Teri Sforza over at the OC Register has an interesting follow up to the OC Watchdog Report on City manager compensation. While I am not particularly happy with the way some government administrators handle things, I can sympathize wtih these managers on the frustration such jobs bring. That is probably why these folks get paid as well as they do.

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Sheriff Sandra Hutchens

June 3, 2010 4

Yesterday I was given the opportunity to interview Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. So, I was given an hour with our Sheriff. We covered several topics. The hot button item of Concealed Weapons Permits (CCW) was one. I guess it’s inevitable, given the drama around her decision to review who had been given them.

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A few Personal Election Recommendations

June 3, 2010 3

Here are my recommendations for some of the contested races on Tuesday’s ballot in Orange County. Sheriff-Coroner – For me, Sandra Hutchens should be elected as Orange County Sheriff-Coroner.

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Shawn Nelson: 8-25-09 “Sue my city please.”

June 2, 2010 1

In August 2009 Shawn Nelson tells the Board of Supervisors that they have the obligation to sue the City of Fullerton to block the redevelopment expansion and not accept the payoff that the city has offered. Now there is nothing wrong with a member of a city council disagreeing with the majority vote of his council. It is however wrong for any elected official to encourage another government entity to sue the one he represents as a member of the City Council.

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More Mail on Nelson from OCEA

June 2, 2010 0

This is the latest mailer from OCEA, again targeting Nelson’s efforts to hide the solicitations his firms made for criminal defendants, namely accused sex offenders. […]

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The Sky is Falling on Shawn Nelson

June 2, 2010 0

Funny how in an April 14, 2010 OC Register article Nelson claims he has “nothing to do with managing the Sky Lounge,” but two days earlier pleged to pay the back rent. It seems that Shawn Nelson either has selective memory, or he simply is incapable of telling the truth.