Supes To Vote Six Finalists Off Sheriff's Island
Posted by: Jubal | 06/03/2008 8:45 AM
The Board of Supes are going to move Item 93 -- the new OC Sheriff interview and appointment process -- to the beginning of today's meeting and start voting finalists off Sheriff's Island.
It will go like this: the Supes will vote on each finalist. Those receiving at least three votes will then become super-finalists. The goal is to narrow to field to three candidates.
If, say, more than three candidates receive three or more votes, the Supes will vote again on those remaining names until it is reduced to three.
No word on whether there will be recrimination-laden post-vote interviews with rejected candidates.
Any reader predictions on who will make the final cut? Here are mine:
It will go like this: the Supes will vote on each finalist. Those receiving at least three votes will then become super-finalists. The goal is to narrow to field to three candidates.
If, say, more than three candidates receive three or more votes, the Supes will vote again on those remaining names until it is reduced to three.
No word on whether there will be recrimination-laden post-vote interviews with rejected candidates.
Any reader predictions on who will make the final cut? Here are mine:
Paul WaltersUPDATE (10:31 a.m.): I was wrong and the Supes haven't moved Item 93 to the beginning as I figured they would. You can watch the Board meeting here.
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What about Sandra Hutchens? I thought she was very strong during last week's interviews, and made a better impression than Beemer.
She could very well be on of the three super-finalists. It's entirely possible she and the other three will get three votes. Then (I think) it's a matter of whether she or Beemer make the final cut.
Seems to me the BOS now has the ability to put a real change agent in the Sheriff's position. They have a clear choice between honesty and integrity or the same old Sheriff's Department we have endured for many years. One of the two finalists has a reputation above reproach and is honest and ethical. The other is a product of OC's political machine, changes party affiliation, double dips, and has a myriad of other "baggage". So honesty and integrity (Hutchens) vs. Corona Administration II (Walters). The choice should be crystal clear.