I have never been so happy to be wrong in my life! I thought the OC GOP machine had victory in the bag and that their boy Paul Walters would succeed Mike Carona. But Supervisors John Moorlach, Pat Bates and Janet Nguyen decided to go with Sandra Hutchens as our new Orange County Sheriff.
What happened?
I think that Moorlach in particular did not want to look stupid again. He previously supported our disgraced former Sheriff, Mike Carona, and our lame O.C. Treasurer Chriss Street. This time Moorlach was not going to go down the drain by backing the machine candidate. Good for him!
And kudos to the ladies on the Board of Supervisors! Bates and Nguyen refused to play ball with the machine and the result is we finally have a Sheriff we can be proud of, in Hutchens. Her reputation is squeaky clean. She WILL clean house at the O.C. Sheriff’s Department. And that is what we need.
For Walters this is the second time he tried to become Sheriff and once again he is stuck serving as the Chief of the Santa Ana Police Department. But now everyone in town knows he wanted out. Awkward!
Congratulations to Sheriff Hutchens. And kudos to the Bates, Nguyen and Moorlach for doing the right thing and saying “no” to the OC GOP machine!
Excellent choice I think. Congrats Santa Ana. ~M
Art, you are so off-base and uninformed about which candidate the “Machine” politics were being played for.
But being off-base is nothing new for you.
This is refreshing. It would be nice if folks on this blog and elsewhere can hold off for a while on bashing our new Sheriff or the moves she makes. Maybe that is too much to ask, but I can hope.
BTDT
I agree. But I admit I was surprised at the choice. One thing was glossed over during part of the board meeting I watched. Hutchens has special training in homeland security. Only a limited number of cops in each state get that federal training. As Sheriff I can’t think of anyone more that should have that training in this day and age. I suspect she is tough enough to take on the ‘good ol boys’ and the rest should be very interesting.
Jubal is so correct on this one. The “machine politics” were behind the selection of Hutchens.
Clearly Janet has decided to choose politics over substance. Once again justifying my opposition to her.
Good thing is Walters will be Chief for the next 10 years as the city Council likes the job he has been doing.
I think that Moorlach in particular did not want to look stupid again. He previously supported… Treasurer Chriss Street. This time Moorlach was not going to go down the drain by backing the machine candidate.”
Street was not a “machine candidate”, Street was a Moorlach candidate. He is fully to blame for the debacle that is Chriss Street.
Now he and the gals are responsible for Hutchens. Moorlach’s past tells me he isn’t to sharp when it comes to supporting the best person for the job.
This vote today was about keeping the OCSD and its deputies weak. Moorlach is an enemy of the department and this vote demonstrates it loud and clear.
While I join those in congratulating our new sheriff, a 3-2 split decision indicates that sheriff Hutchens needs to devote some time convincing the two Supervisors that did not vote for her that she will quickly demonstrate her leadership skills to “protect and serve” everyone who lives works or plays in the county of Orange.
So Sean is now working with Matt Cunningham. Are you taking a page out of the Paul Lucas playbook and selling out to GOP machine? Are you trying to get a spot on Red County Sean? Makes sense since you have been kicked off by a bi-partisan blog and a left wing blog.
Of course selling out to the GOP might make you a hero among the crazies in the Dem Central Committee and help you win the race to take over Claudio’s seat that he vacated last month. Ask Paul Lucas and Mike Schroeder for tips.
TF,
Clearly you don’t have “the facts”. I am not working with Matt Cunningham on anything, we simply agree that Paul Walters was a better choice to be Sheriff.
And I was not kicked off “Blue County”. I quit when Chris Prevatt tried to tell me what to write. Because I refused to shill for the Melahat/Sussman/Berhow cabal he got upset and demanded that I toe the party line as they see it. I refused. End of story.
Nothing funnier than to see Jubal and Sean whining like the babies they are!
Mark Sussman, AKA The Facts
Why dont you man up and put your name on your anonymous posts? If youre going to take shots from the sidelines at least show some backbone and put your name on it.
I’m glad they didn’t pick Walters. How the hell is a guy going to fix the county sheriff when he can’t stop the city of Santa Ana get overridden from Gangs.
Paul Lucas… booo! You may have made up with the Dems (or have you?), but I still say you’re a whack-job. You’re on notice buddy, like you tried to make me feel at the DPOC meeting.
You may comment here all you like but I also reserve the right to chase you off in embarrassment.
SMS
Three votes cast for shattering the glass ceiling. Right on!
As usual Sarah, it’s all about you. Small-minded, wouldn’t you say?
Sean, let’s agree to the circumstances of your departure from our blog. We were provided evidence that refuted a letter from the Hoa Van Tran campaign that you posted. We decided the the evidence we received was authentic and asked you to retract the information provided you by the campaign. When you refused, you resigned. I was the one who requested this of you, not Chris Prevatt. The subsequent interview I did with Edgardo was proof enough for me that he was less than honest whenever directly questioned. I
We are both firm believers in our principles; you stood by your post and I respect you for it. I stand by my decision to ask for the retraction as I believe it was the right thing to do. But don’t make Chris out to be the bad guy here. If anyone is the bad guy, its me. Rock and a hard place.
That all said, you’re still someone with passion and a backbone which is a lot more than I can say for a lot of other jokers here in the OC.
Two shitty choices if you ask me.
But, to read the posts above one would believe that Norby and Campbell were some kind of authority on hard decisions??????
Hey Dan –
Why is it that every time I go after a Democrat, you accuse me of arrogance? You and I both know the truth is that it doesn’t take much to verbally beat Paul, so this actually has very little to do with me other than I’m sick of his BS.
I say he’s nobody, you say I’m nobody, I say you’re nobody. Why not just put it on a script? Every time I mention Paul Lucas’ name, your computer can send an automatic comment in response that calls me an irrelevant idiot. It could save you a bunch of time!
You sir have earned the second STFU issued since I joined Orange Juice! Congratulations! You win another red herring.
SMS
Initially, I thought the supervisors spent too much time redecorating their offices and attending lunches. I now think they should spend all their time redecorating and having lunch.
Read the comment again. Don’t put words in my mouth that I didn’t say. So much for that thick skin?
I’m glad corona is gone , lets hope she doesn’t lock people up for absurd silly taxation tickets ,
lets hope she makes the people under her follow the laws they protect or Else we are back to the same messed up system.
dam I’m glad that other dude didn’t get elected
creepy
abuse behind jail walls is still abuse
and should be treated the same
and stop drugging people because they go nuts when arrested . it doesn’t help.
Oh and lower the X ray machine a foot . stop/put an end to kester .
oh yea and keep the feds away from every thing you do .
if you people cant handle the situation without
other dept. help maybe you should not be doing the job .
don’t put people in jail for silly tickets
that went to warrant
Ive been to 22 different jails . with nothing over a speeding ticket .
I hope I never hear a sheriff say its all about the money again …
you wonder why the system is broke .
lets see what happens to their retirement
I have been abused by the system . and its not
good …