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Will Spizter stop Giancola from appointing Denny as the temp OC CEO?

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Editor Posted in Curt Pringle, Frank Kim, Mark R. Denny, Mike Giancola, OC Board of Supervisors, Orange County, Todd Spitzer 4 Comments

County Chief Operating Officer Mark Denny might not get appointed as acting CEO next month when County CEO Mike Giancola goes out on medical leave, according to the Voice of OC.

You might recall that Denny got busted once for election fraud, in a scheme engineered by Curt Pringle, as we reported in an earlier post.

Giancola wanted Denny to cover for him while he is out on medial leave but “Orange County officials have engaged a private attorney to review the actions of Chief Operating Officer Mark Denny and other top officials to propose potential disciplinary measures following a scathing internal audit report that revealed nearly a million dollars in questionable, no-bid consulting contracts for professional services at OC Parks while Denny was agency director,” according to the Voice of OC. Continue reading→

OC COO Mark Denny won’t be overseeing elections after all

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Mark R. Denny, Mike Giancola, Neal Kelley, OCEA, Orange County 2 Comments

Mark Giancola, Bill Campbell and Mark Denny visit a fellow snake

County CEO Mike Giancola has had second thoughts about putting County COO Mark Denny – who was convicted of election fraud in the 90′s – in charge of overseeing our elections, according to the Orange Juice Blog. OC Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley will insteada be reporting directly to Giancola.

This is a big victory for the OCEA, the union that represents OC public employees. But it is also a big victory for all of us. Denny should not be working at the County in the first place and he most certainly should not have been in charge of overseeing elections. Continue reading→

Political operative convicted of election fraud now overseeing OC elections

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Mark R. Denny, Mike Giancola, OCEA, Orange County 4 Comments

Mark Giancola, Bill Campbell and Mark Denny visit a fellow snake

To: Interested parties

From: The OCEA

A Fox in the Henhouse: Political operative convicted of election fraud now overseeing County elections

Despite being convicted of election fraud, a longtime insider and ally of politicians on the Orange County Board of Supervisors has recently been appointed to oversee the County’s elections office.

Longtime political operative Mark Denny, who is the County’s Chief Operating Officer, is now responsible for the Orange County Registrar of Voters office, a nonpartisan County office charged with administering elections and ensuring the public’s access to campaign finance disclosures. Denny pleaded guilty to election fraud in March 1996 in connection with a Republican scheme to manipulate the ballot in an Assembly District election, according to a Los Angeles Times report. He was placed on three years of probation. Continue reading→