Santa Ana City Councilmember and Director of Administration for OC Public Works Carlos “Busty” Bustamante resigned from two state commission appointments in the wake of his comments last month regarding the appointment of Sandra Hutchens as Orange County Sheriff. “Busty”…
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Mr. Mauk, what will you do about Carlos?
by Chris Prevatt • • 27 Comments
Last Tuesday, OC Public Works Director of Administration, Carlos Bustamante made what some in the Red blogosphere call a “funny and on point joke.” Christian and I were discussing the vote. At that point, Carlos walked into the building. he…
Supervisor Nguyen on Hutchens Appointment
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
I asked Supervisor Nguyen to comment on the appointment of Sandra Hutchens as Orange County Sheriff. I finally heard back from her, so here is what she said. This was one of the most difficult decisions that I’ve made since…
Sheriff Hutchens it is.
by Chris Prevatt • • 18 Comments
This morning the Orange County Board of Supervisors selected Retired LA County Sheriff’s Department Division Chief Sandra Hutchens as Orange County Sheriff. Good luck Sheriff Hutchens, and congratulations Chief Walters. Initially, the board decided to take a poll to see…
Irvine Safest Big City! For fourth straight year
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
For the fourth straight year,Irvine has been named the safest big city in the U.S. The preliminary Uniform Crime Reporting statistics report for 2007 was released by the FBI today. I wrote yesterday about the statistics for Santa Ana rom…
Hutchens or Walters? Who’ll be the next Sheriff?
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
The Orange County Board of Supervisors will likely decide on the appointment of a new Sheriff for Orange County on Tuesday. They will chose between the current Chief of the City of Santa Ana Police Department, Paul Walters and retired…

