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Supervisor Do refutes the allegation that he used County money to promote himself

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Andrew Do, Bill Mitchell, John Hrabe, Lisa Bartlett, OC Board of Supervisors, Orange County, Santa Ana, Shirley Grindle 2 Comments

ANDREW DO, SUPERVISOR, FIRST DISTRICT, ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

PHONE (714) 834-3110 FAX (714) 834-5754 [email protected]

October 20, 2024

The Honorable Chairwoman Lisa Bartlett, Orange County Board of Supervisors

Dear Chairwoman Bartlett:

I am writing to immediately and unequivocally reject the baseless claim and last minute political campaign smear by activists Shirley Grindle and Bill Mitchell, served up 19 days before my re-election. As you may recall from the Board Meeting approving the placing of the Ethics Commission Ordinance on the 2016 Primary Election ballot, these are the same individuals who attacked me personally in open forum. Continue reading→

Supervisor Do caught using County money to pay for his own promotion

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Andrew Do, John Hrabe, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Shirley Grindle Leave a comment

Orange County First District Supervisor Andrew Do has run afoul of longtime O.C. campaign finance activist Shirley Grindle, who sent the letter included below to Lisa Bartlett, the Chairwoman of the OC Board of Supervisors, today.

In the letter Grindle questions the use of County money to pay for what amounts to campaign promotion for Do, who is in a heated battle for the First District with Santa Ana City Councilwoman Michele Martinez.

Here is Grindle’s letter: Continue reading→

Voters approve the Orange County Ethics Commission in a landslide

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Editor Posted in Ethics, OC Board of Supervisors, Orange County, Santa Ana, Shirley Grindle Leave a comment

Voters Approve County Ethics Commission in Landslide

By: O.C. Supervisor Todd Spitzer

On Tuesday, voters approved the creation of the Orange County Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission in a landslide of 69.9%-30.1%. This historic vote creates California’s first County Ethics Commission (all other ethics commissions are at the city-level).

“This effort has taken years of work by a wide group of people,” Supervisor Todd Spitzer said. “I thank the people of Orange County for overwhelmingly deciding to implement this critical reform.”

The Orange Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission will oversee: Continue reading→

Board of Supervisors advance campaign finance and Ethics Commission

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Editor Posted in Ethics, OC Board of Supervisors, Orange County, Shawn Nelson, Shirley Grindle, Todd Spitzer 4 Comments

Board of Supervisors Advance Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission

By Todd Spitzer, Chairman of the O.C. Board of Supervisors

This week, the Orange County Board of Supervisors moved closer to finalizing a ballot measure that would create an independent ethics oversight commission and strengthen enforcement of regulations on campaign finance, lobbyists, and other governmental ethics.

The newly formed ethics commission would oversee conduct relating to “Time is Now, Clean Up Politics” (TINCUP), which was passed in 1978 creating the Orange County Campaign Reform Ordinance; the County gift ban; the County Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Ordinance; and the County Code of Ethics. Continue reading→

Orange County Ethics Committee discusses possible oversight models

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Editor Posted in Ethics, OC Board of Supervisors, Orange County, Shirley Grindle 9 Comments

Ethics Committee Discusses Possible Oversight Models

By: Todd Spitzer, Chairman of the O.C. Board of Supervisors

Bill Mitchell and Shirley Grindle present to the Ethics Committee. Pictured are Second District Committee Member Joel Angeles, Chairman and Third District Representative Chris Nguyen, Fourth District Committee Member Denis Bilodeau, and Vice Chair and First District Representative Brian Probolsky

The Board of Supervisors’ Ethics Committee held its first meeting on Tuesday, July 28th, second meeting on Thursday, August 6th, third meeting on Tuesday, August 11th and fourth meeting on Tuesday, August 18. At Chairman Spitzer’s request, the committee was formed to discuss possible ethics oversight models and bring recommendations to the Board on the formation of an Ethics Commission. Continue reading→

Campaign begins to put an OC Ethics Commission on the Nov. 2016 ballot

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Editor Posted in Ethics, OC Board of Supervisors, OCDA, Orange County, Shirley Grindle 1 Comment

You cannot trust our OCDA

It is time for an Orange County Ethics Commission

By Shirley Grindle, author of the Tincup Ordinance

Orange County needs an Ethics Commission that can administer and enforce our local campaign reform ordinance and other ethics ordinances ( i.e. Gift Ban, Lobbyist Registration, and Conflicts of Interest). Currently there is very little enforcement by either the OC Board of Supervisors or the OC District Attorney.

The OC Board of Supervisors has rejected establishing an Ethics Commission even though the two most recent Grand Juries have documented the need for one.

Because of the Board’s refusal to establish an Ethics Commission, we are left with no choice but to conduct a county-wide initiative to place an ETHICS COMMISSION ORDINANCE on the November 2016 ballot. We believe the voters have the right to decide if Orange County needs an Ethics Commission. Continue reading→