The folks at the Red and Blue County blogs are bashing O.C. Supervisor Janet Nguyen again. Yawn. This time they are perturbed because apparently one of her staffers was funded by the O.C. Health Care Agency.
I called Supervisor Nguyen to find out what this was all about. She said that when she first took office, she had to do so in a hurry. She had only one staffer, so the County CEO, Tom Mauk, found a way to transfer some help from the Health Care Agency.
Since then Supervisor Nguyen has discovered that health care is a huge issue in her district. Apparently over half of the County’s Caloptima members are in the First District. But while Supervisor Nguyen is an alternate on the O.C. Caloptima Board, she has not been able to join it as a full member. For some reason, Supervisor John Moorlach is on the board, even though his district does not have nearly as many constituents who are serviced by Caloptima.
This issue is yet another non-issue that Supervisor Nguyen’s enemies on the right and the left are blathering about. But there might be a stranger issue for them to consider.
A pajarito called me earlier today to tell me that O.C. Supervisor Chris Norby has apparently gotten a divorce, after less than one year of marriage. Hey, that happens. But the weird part is that he is purportedly living in his office! The Supervisor’s offices each have a shower. Those don’t get much use, except, as chisme has it, in Norby’s case. From what I heard, he actually filed a complaint because the shower was not producing hot water!
But that’s not all. The same pajarito chirped that Norby was allegedly found, by police officers, visibly inebriated on the steps of the old County Courthouse the other day. At least he wasn’t driving!
Norby is of course the Supervisor who has been questioning Supervisor Nguyen about her staffers. What’s that saying about the pot calling the kettle black? Or not throwing stones if you live in a glass house?
If these tales are true, I hope that Norby gets his act together. And I hope that the folks at the Red and Blue County blogs give Supervisor Nguyen a break. Not sure which of those potential outcomes is actually possible at this point.
UPDATE:
If, and I do mean if, Norby is sleeping in his office, then he is NOT maintaining a residence in his own district. You could say that the First District now has two Supervisors. If that is the case, this could have major repercussions. If a Supervisor does not maintain a residence in his district for at least 90 consecutive days, his seat is considered vacated. Moreover, if the First District now has two Supervisors, then perhaps some of Norby’s budget should be allocated to the First District, thereby making the HCA money unnecessary.
LOL
So I assume that you’re ok with the fact that Janet is taking $$ from the OCHCA to pay for a staffer while clinics are closing all around the county, right?
You are certainly a piece of work Art. Non-issue. HAHAHAHAHA
Say goodbye to your over-ambitious friend Art. Her days are numbered.
Well if true, that is a sad set of circumstances for Norby for sure, and only you could try to make it sound in any way comparible to utilizing HCA dollares to pay for Board staff. I am sorry I fail to see the connection or relevance of Norby’s misfortune to the latest saga in District 1.
this is indeed a big issue. she is using monies not assigned to her office to pay for this person. The question is, did she know she was doing it? if so then she is corrupt because she was knowingly dipping into another budget. If she did not, then she better get some advisers around her to let her know what she is doing is wrong. Either way she looks bad.
you are right flowerzzz
the norby comment is a red herring.
Art, did Janet say how she planned to address the issue?
Carlos,
No, she did not. Since the County CEO came up with all this, maybe he will find a way to unwind it.
Yea, she has to. I believe she is an honorable person just a bit unfamiliar with public sector procedures.
Hope she gets County to provide an adviser to her. legal counsel perhaps to brief her on such things.
Seems since the day she was sworn in all that has happened has been someone else’s fault, or someone else’s advice. She is not a newly elected, she has held public office before, and worked in many other elected’s offices, and she knows better. It seems that even with all that extra staff, no one in her office is proactive about her image at all, and only reactive. Problem is, by then the damage is done and her opponent has yet another hit piece on her.
It is almost as if her own staff and people around her are sabotaging her. I mean for goodness sakes, she has not even been in office but 6 months and has had more “scandels” then I can even count or remember. I mean it is almost funny now….it is like the 3 stooges over there.
I know many suspect she is being picked on, and that may well be true…but good gawd you would think if that was the case, she would be EXTRA careful to do the right things. She makes it so dam easy….
Art, I know for a fact that if another supervisor or lets even say Santa Ana offical did any of this crap, you would have already exploded here.
Does that mean Norby is also a 1st District Supervisor? Someone should look into how long he has been a resident of the 1st district.
Daisy Tong (aka: Flowerszzz),
Go and take care of your baby. Just because your husband’s business is not doing well and you have plenty of time on your hand, go and continue to beat up on Sup Nguyen is so uncall for.
The election is over – get over it.
Who the hell is Daisy Tong?
Art dude?!
How can you bring Norbys mariatl affairs into this as a Red Herring. Even you had to cringe a little bfore you pished the send button on this one dude.
Art have you bumped your head? How can you for one even try and fob this on to the county CEO and then in the same post bring Chris Norbys divorcre (which is not proven yet) into this to try and take heat off of janet? I mean serioulsy dude you need an examination.
A) Chris Norby and Jim Silva
Q) Why shouldn’t you elect high school civics teachers to the County Board of Supervisors.
Daisy is a Trannie. She’s the former advisor to Van Tran. Hence,
Flowerzzz
I’ll assume my previous attempt to post this comment was “misplaced.”
Art, how is it that whenever Janet missteps, you blame the misstep on someone else, as well as those who point out the misstep?
But the Norby portion of the post is a new low even for you, Art. Posting salacious, unsubstiantiated personal information about someone in order to distract attention from Janet’s misstep. Sleazy. Your glee in posting
Given your infamous “pajaritos” track-record for accuracy, I doubt any serious person will accept your rumor-mongering at face value.
And it’s quite the coincidence that you spoke with this pajarito about Sup. Norby on the very same day you spoke with Sup. Nguyen about her misstep — which had been pointed out by Sup. Norby.
Art, you think your hurting Norby’s reputation with this sliming, but the only reputation getting hurt is your own.
Wow now I am Daisy lol. Last month I was Jennifer.
Art have you bumped your head?
No, he was dropped on his head as a baby … from the 2nd floor.
I for one want to know if a Supervisor is having so much trouble in his home/marriage that he is forced to sleep in his office. Why wouldn’t his own brother/staff person let him sleep on the couch at his apartment? A guy going through Norby’s tough times could go postal at any minute and I’m glad Art let us know so we can avoid him. Art, you are doing a public service with your posts and a guy who would attack you for it would probably protect a priest who….oh wait…he did that too.
Art, everyone can tell when you post anonymous to give yourself props.
You are the most transparent blogger in Orange County. You lie and spin so much that the only one who still believes you is yourself.
You are losing the few friends you had and your blog is going down the tubes.
This latest attempt of diverting attention from Sup. Nguyen’s utter lack of morals by blaming the County CEO and attacking Sup. Norby has set a new standard though.
Congratulations. Few of us knew you could do it, but you have surpassed the low standard you have set for yourself.
Once Janet is gone you will realize that you lost whatever little credibility you still had left for NO good reason.
Even your “buddies” at Liberal OC are disgusted by your latest diatribe.
I find it all so very hilarious. Keep it up!
PS: this is the 5th time I’ve tried to post in 3 days; it would do you good to actually approve one of my comments, but I don’t expect it.
Great investigative reporting Art! It didn
Art,
Have you been taking classes from that peyote popping Carlos Castaneda? Your own personal “Journey to Ixtelan” has finally revealed that you are truly a horse
d’Anconia its not like you to cuss, hmmm Art are you sensoring posts again?
Anonymous 3:24 P.M.
What are you smoking??????????
Talk about being gullible. Have you verified the facts as posted?
Larry,
You might ask Art the same question.
Flowerzzz-
While I cannot claim to have a squeaky clean mouth, I certainly watch my words in the blogosphere.
There is NO reason my comments shouldn’t have been accepted, except that they were ALL critical of either Art, Janet, or this blog.
Matt had the same problem earlier today. The difference between Matt and I is that he is willing to give Art the benefit of the doubt while I certainly do not.
Whatever. At least he (or another admin) accepted my latest comment. I’ve learned to copy and paste my comments in a word document before posting it on this blog so I don’t lose them. I suggest you and Matt start doing the same.
d’anaconda,
I cannot blog at work. Our software blocks such websites. I sometimes go home for lunch or go to a nearby Kinko’s during lunch to approve comments or put up a quick post.
Thomas, Claudio and others on our team help by approving comments during the day. If you don’t believe me, ask them.
We do delete posts with curse words. I don’t know if your posts had such words. They may have not. We do try to approve most posts. You may choose to believe otherwise.
The software we use is free and it is sometimes given to bugs. It is probable that some comments die for that reason.
Hydrangea (LOL!!!) dont hold your breath waiting for Art’s retraction.
flowerszzz,
Go to http://www.theorangejuice.com/2007/12/norby-says-janet-nguyen-was-not-at.html for an update.
Hey Flowerszzz
I respectfully request that you cease using “LOL” in every single comment on every blog you frequent. For the most part, we are not 16 year-olds texting or “IMing” in Trigonometry. You are annoying enough without the over and constant use of
Norby has a rather strange personality, one that seems unable to cease interrupting and just listen. Some have thought he may have ADD, the way he acts – jumping rapidly from subject to subject making it unlikely that a conversation with him can stay on topic. He seems to try to identify everyone based upon what High School they attended (no matter where in the world they went to school)also, quizzing people he meets about where they went to school when that has nothing to do with the purpose of the meeting. His idea of an ice breaker, perhaps. Eccentric, odd, rude, call it what you will but that personality would require a herculean effort by a woman to stay married to him for very long, seems to me.