Nothing in Orange County is certain except this: between March 30 and April 14, county government secretaries and wives of criminal defendants are temporarily safe from Sheriff Mike Carona.No, Carona hasn’t taken yet another vow of marital fidelity. Nor has he gone yachting again in the Pacific Ocean as a pampered, secret guest of a multimillionaire businessman/campaign contributor. Thanks to about $25,000 in public funds, the sheriff and his tight-knit inner circle are spending their Spring Break in Europe.
Yee-ha! Pour those Grey Goose martinis, boys!
The article contains quite a few interesting photos, read it in it’s entirety here.
From the OC Weekly 2003 OC’s Scariest People
#4 MIKE CARONA Orange County sheriff
Carona is often portrayed in the local mainstream media as Orange County’s Andy Griffith, an egoless lawman who’d rather be eating apple pie than plotting self-serving career moves.
This is very funny. Just one question: How does someone slide so deftly from being Democrat Governor Gray Davis’ close buddy to the inner circle of Republican Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger?
MITIGATING FACTOR: Shares Arnold’s love of pumping, uh, iron.
Looks like there’s a new kind of Sheriff Mike in town!
Go get ’em Tiger!