his Merry Men get to choose their own Sheriff of Nottingham!
Now before everyone goes ballistic, let's get this straight:
Sandra Hutchins has been deemed by the Orange County Board
of Supervisors to become the very next Sheriff of Orange
County to replace: "under fire", "under Federal indictment"
and "resigned" former Sheriff Mike Carona!
So what can we expect from this fine lady....with a strong
history of law enforcement in Los Angeles County? Well, for
one thing she has yet to be sworn in. That takes place on
the 24th of June at 9:00AM on the steps of the Old Santa Ana
Courthouse. In case you are in town, you may want to stop
by and wish the New Sheriff well in her future duties.
Having said all that, we wonder then why our New Sheriff has
taken it upon herself to precipitously come out with an edict
to review and reassess all "Concealed Carry Permits in the
County of Orange"? Might not this have waited until after
the swearing in ceremonies and the typical..."Glad you to see
ya..."...protocols? Our guess is that the Sheriff is sending
an Italian Message to some select members of the political
establishment that there will be no fool hardy, hanky panky
political presents or exchanges coming under her watch!
Politics is an ugly game to be sure. Instead of just offering
an election to choose a candidate the people might want after
a series of debates and political exchanges....the Board of
Supervisors took it upon themselves to pick and choose who
they wanted by a three to two vote. At any rate, our guess
is that the Board of Supervisors of Orange County believed
that it was a far far better thing to "appoint a replacement"
than to just have an election....where people ran "for office"!
Now this is a good thing..in the fact that Sheriff Hutchins
will certainly have a strong leg up when it comes time to
re-elect or elect another Sheriff at the end of Sheriff
Carona's term. Hey, between the Haidl "conflopshuns", or the
Charlie Gabbard "forgetmenots", the Jaramillo "permentations",
the "Debra and Deborah co motions", the requested "change of
venue's"; having the Board of Supervisors choose another
Sheriff seems like childs-play! How she will handle the many
concerns or comparisons with Sheriff Carona will be of very
great interest.
One thing is for sure; the new Sheriff will have to be walking
between rain drops to keep out of trouble...between now and the
next election. She has Union problems, she has strong minded
Supervisor problems, she has political enemy problems already!
We certainly wish her every good fortune...trying to work with
great assortment of challenges. There may not be one human
being on the planet that can make this stuff come out looking
good. But we reserve our judgement. We will watch and wait,
we will assess and address, we will pray..that Sheriff Hutchins
can "Walk Tall, Carry a big Stick and still be the smartest one
on the block!" It is a very tall order! We wish her well.
Below is a list of who replaced who over the years....you can
see.....NO Sheriff is on the list:
^ Thomas Riley was appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan in
September 1974 to replace Ronald Caspers, who had died in
office when his ship disappeared in June just nine days after
being reelected
^ Philip Anthony was inaugurated in November 1976 (two months
early), as Robert Battin had been disqualified from office
eight months before the expiration of his supervisorial term
^ Edison Miller was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in July
1979 to replace Ralph Diedrich, who had resigned from office
^ Roger Stanton was a registered Democrat during his first
term as a Supervisor but was a registered Republican for his
final three terms
^ Gaddi Vasquez was appointed by Governor George Deukmejian
in March 1987 to replace Bruce Nestande, who had resigned
from office
^ William Steiner was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson in
March 1993 to replace Don Roth, who had resigned from office
^ Donald Saltarelli was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson in
October 1995 to replace Gaddi Vasquez, who had resigned from
office
^ Thomas Wilson was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson in
December 1996 to replace Marian Bergeson, who had resigned
to become State Secretary of Education
^ Bill Campbell won a January 2003 special election to replace
Todd Spitzer, who had resigned in December 2002 to take a seat
in the State Assembly
^ Janet Nguyen won a February 2007 special election to replace
Lou Correa, who had resigned in December 2006 to take a seat
in the State Senate
^ John Moorlach was inaugurated in December 2006 (one month
early), as Jim Silva had resigned one month before the expiration
of his supervisorial term to take a seat in the State Assembly
*Your comments are invited....as usual....
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