Comments on: Supervisor John Moorlach takes Janet Nguyen to task for screaming at County employees

By: Banned in Santa Ana

Banned in Santa Ana — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:44:59 +0000

No disagreement with Moorlach – but it is a good thing that Nguyen is not a dem.

I can easily imagine the dem outrage against Moorlach’s “misogyny” and the cries of “racist.”

By: Older than

Older than — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:22:03 +0000

One of the traits of a leader is to embrace and share a set of values, and then walk the talk – deomonstrate that you are committed to those values. Moorlach’s description of Nguyen equates to a lack of leadership qualities and abilities. We need leadership, not distatorial management by demeaning and threat as few will follow such a person, and many will resist. She should be replaced, the sooner the better.

By: Andy Tran

Andy Tran — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:57:03 +0000

Janet is the ugliest asian woman around! Not only she is ugly she can’t even speak english!

She needs to learned how to speak english and stop reading script that are writting by her chief of staff. I think Andrew Do is the Supervisor for first District and not Janet Nguyen!!

I can’t wait to see her lose her next election and be unemployed!!!

By: Stan Smith

Stan Smith — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:12:52 +0000

The County pours millions into the Beach cities for pet projects. Why can’t Santa Ana have clay courts? These are near Tustin.

By: Paul Lucas

Paul Lucas — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:23:59 +0000

Do you guys think that the jannies in the DPOC and the Viet Community is beginning to realize that janet Nguyen is the New van Tran yet?

By: Fed up

Fed up — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:23:39 +0000

As an example of how much attention Janet Nguyen is paying to the dire situation we are in. Santa Ana is buiding an unneeded and unnecessary clay court to the tune of $117,000 at Cabrillo Park. Money given to Miguel Pulido by Janet from the County’s deep pockets. It’s well known that Miguel plays tennis most morning’s at Cabrillo. Honestly, wasn’t their a greater need anywhere in the county. How cheaply we sell our soul.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:18:03 +0000

I agree with been around awhile she using her position to demand respect while she does not seem to want to earn it.

What does this tell of us of the other Supervisors who seemed impressed enough by her abilities to nominate her as the Chairperson.

By: Been around a while

Been around a while — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:53:10 +0000

My exposure to Nguyen has been to see her in pubilc board sessions a few times, and on the cable coverage of the Board meetings a dozen or so times. I have had the impression that this lady is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Couple that with a penchant most electeds suffer from – a “everyone is entitled to my opinion” on multiple agenda items – and she does not come accross well (to me at least.) Mr. Moorlach’s candid comments portray an even worse situation than I had suspected. Good for Moorlach. If one wonders why department heads and other county managers might deserve the pay and benefits they receive, re-read Moorlach’s post. Imagine having to take that crap in public and private from her as though she is some kind of an expert. Amazing. Way to go John!

By: Bluster

Bluster — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:08:25 +0000

Janet’s always reminded me of the petulant girl in grade school who would remind the teacher if she forgot to give out a homework assignment.

By: Sean H. Mill

Sean H. Mill — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:07:07 +0000

I just called Supervisor Moorlach’s office to thank him for letting the public know the truth about Janet Nguyen. It is about time that folks other than the Orange Juice start exposing her for what she is.

I urge everyone to call him at 714-834-3220 or email him at district2@ocgov.com and thank him for publicly telling the truth about Janet.

By: Touche

Touche — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:56:47 +0000

Even though I place Moorlach in a “what’ve you done for us lately” category, he does write well and I believe this as being honestly portrayed. I’ll even give him some credit for having published it as it took some courage.

Having dealt with Nguyen myself, I’ve found her an empty suit, without the intellectual capacity for her job. When questioned or asked for an accommodation, she’ll waffle and obfuscate the matter. Nothing seems evaluated for its value, except where it might benefit her and her aspirations directly. I believe she’ll be vulnerable in her next election, especially if Van Tran beats Loretta Sanchez in a congressional district that overlaps Nguyen’s as he’ll surely endorse and support someone for her job. When that happens, Schroeder gets involved and he has the brains and resources to hammer her even more than he has in the past (and especially if his team recovers on the Adams Recall as it appears they might).

As all us political geeks know, Janet’s just made it in this job by the skin of her teeth — by sheer luck rather than any inherent or learned skill or via any acquired experience. She’s surrounded herself with a collection of major losers for staff, and seeks advice from those better to run sandwich businesses than important political operations. Learning her craft at the knee of the ineffective Ken Maddox means nothing on her resume, and her experience with the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce is even less impressive — all Chambers I’ve ever dealt with are social organizations and otherwise completely worthless. Janet’s got really weak resume and won’t likely progress beyond this current job as she appears to not be building much of a base.

So, kudos to Moorlach for the straight poop.

By: Sean H. Mill

Sean H. Mill — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:48:34 +0000

Thank you John Moorlach for letting the public see the true face of Janet Nguyen.

Having Janet Nguyen as Chairman of the Board of Supes is quite embarassing. If you want to see what the future holds just go back a review the Santa Ana City Council meetings run by Carlos Bustamante when he was Mayor Pro Tem.

Janet is not well spoken and comes across as being quite uneducated. This is what the face of our county will be. Congrats to the BOS for making our county look more pathetic than ever.