I was talking to some keen observers of county politics this morning, and much of the conversation turned on Supervisor Janet Nguyen's on-going refusal to comply with TIN CUP requirements that she report the name of the three donors who gave too much to her illegal legal defense fund -- as well as the excess amount and date of donation.

There was a general consensus that the drip-drip of bad publicity stemming from this strange refusal to come clean only hurts her politically. Most 1st District voters are still unfamiliar with her, but ever since the adulatory "first Vietnamese/youngest supervisor" media immediately after being seated, her press hasn't been good.

The longer this goes on, the more intensely it focuses attention on who these three donors are. How toxic must they be that Janet Nguyen would rather continually and knowingly violate a county ordinance than simply disclose who they are?

Cauterize this self-inflicted wound, Supervisor -- disclose the donors.

(H/T to the talented Mike Lawson of TheLiberalOC.com. Hope he doesn't mind us boosting his cool graphic).