I hope when blame for the Hutchens disaster is justly cast upon the Board of Supervisors, that Chris Norby will be remembered for his vote against Hutchens and his heroic efforts to preserve our second amendment freedoms in OC, before and since that vote. After attending several meetings, I would have to say Mr. Norby is the only one who deserves re-election. The others are no intellectual (or moral) match for him, not even close.
I’m not going to believe in government again, or trust any recovery plan, until there are more like Chris Norby.
Chairman John Moorlach first voiced his desire to have a straw vote prior to a formal vote — which Norby promptly ignored and made a motion to appoint Paul Walters, which was seconded by Bill Campbell. Then, Janet Nguyen, reading from a prepared statement (what a shocker) called for having a straw vote in which the supervisors wrote their choice down on a piece of paper at the same time and handed them to the Clerk — as if this were the Final Jeopardy round, and not the Board of Supervisors. Apparently, she was so confident in the correctness of her choice that she wanted to voice it in secret. Pat Bates chimed in that this was a terrific idea. Not that the three of them had worked this out ahead of time or anything.
