No fractal for this post but I just ran across a bit about our embattled County Sherriff Mike Carona that was simply too dishy not to pass on to my loyal readers! Turns out way back in 1998, (December 15, to be exact) our County Board of Supervisors approved a request from our newly-elected Sherriff (that’s Mikey) to reduce the qualifications needed for the position of assistant sheriff. Sheriff-elect Carona’s request came because he wanted to “facilitate a smooth transition” in the Sheriff’s Department and to “allow the new Sheriff the necessary autonomy to select his executive management team from the broadest possible pool of applicants pool of qualified applicants.” (I found that in Frank Mikadeit’s Orange County Register column this morning and had to quote it.) The two men who eventually got the postions (George Jaramillo and Don Haidl) had some ethical questions surrounding them even before they took the jobs.
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I’m not sure why the Supervisors went for it but they didn’t put up much of a fight. (They voted 5-0 in favor.) Yesterday (1120) the Board of Supervisors undid their previous action (with another 5-0 vote and virtually no debate). Now assistant sheriffs will again be required to have a minimum of two years as a Captain before they can hold that position.
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Here’s another fun fact about the whole tawdry affair: before leaving “America’s Sheriff” placed himself on paid administrative leave (at full salary) while he’s dealing with his legal troubles. (The County Supervisors are trying to decide what, if anything, they are going to do about this.) Oh, and with all this the local Republican Party still has not yet made an official request for Carona to resign. My, my boys and girls--how positively “Democratic Party” of you…
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