Guess who is the Queen of the Orange County Fair? That’s right, disgraced former Sheriff Mike Carona’s wife, Debbie (pictured above), who, according to the L.A. Times “used or gave away more than 1,100 tickets.” And she is STILL on the O.C. Fair Board of Directors despite being indicted last year for crimes she and her crooked hubby committed.
Am I the only one who thinks Debbie looks like a carny?
This is a story the Orange Juice has been following since its inception. We even posted a list of the names of all those who took these concert tickets, at the expense of the taxpayers. The proceeds from the concerts were PUBLIC FUNDS. They were supposed to pay for overhead, but check out these excerpts from the L.A. Times, where we find out that the O.C. Fair Concerts have been LOSING MONEY since their return. Imagine that. Republican and Democratic O.C. politicians ripped us off by taking O.C. Fair concert tickets and because of their actions, in part, the concert series LOST MONEY.
Since the Pacific Amphitheatre reopened for business at the fairgrounds in 2003, fair directors have taken thousands of premium tickets for some of the summer’s hottest musical performances, giving them to friends, associates and political donors.
At the same time, the concert series — which has attracted such performers as Bob Dylan and Ziggy Marley — has struggled to report a profit. In three of the last five years, the concerts have lost money, according to revenue reports.
Those figures do not factor in renovation costs at the amphitheater.
Fair officials say they are reviewing whether to change their policy, which allows each of nine board members up to 26 complimentary tickets to the best seats in the house for every concert.
For the LeAnn Rimes concert in July, for instance, that came to 247 seats in the orchestra section.
In contrast, Los Angeles County Fair officials allow each board member four tickets to each concert, typically in the bleacher section.
Funny. OC GOP hacks always say how much better off we are in Orange County versus Los Angeles County, but the L.A. County Fair officials handle themselves in a far more professional manner when it comes to concert tickets. And our politicians are not even embarrassed by any of this.
Art, the “politicians” may not be embarrassed about this but I – lifelong Republican – sure am. It’s easy to understand why so many of my compadres have shifted to “decline to state”….
Regarding the site… the new background is easier on the eyes.. good move.
“Am I the only one who thinks Debbie looks like a carny?”
Maybe not. But you’re the only one uncouth enough to say so on your blog.
#2,
You’re probably right about that. Both the red and blue blogs in town have utterly ignored this story.
But honestly, Debbie looks like she is about to ask you to try to hit the pins again with a rubber ball. Not a good look to say the least…