Orange Mayor Carolyn Cavecche was the top vote-getter in Orange last Tuesday, in the general election. Her opponent, Councilman Jon Dumitru, was soundly thrashed. He got only 34% of the vote. Cavecche got over 22,000 votes while Dumitru barely cleared 12,000.
Cavecche made headlines today today as news emerged that she quietly asked for 5 percent to be cut from her $690 monthly stipend, when city workers lost five percent of their salaries to furloughs, according to the O.C. Register. The rest of the Council Members had no choice but to follow suit.
In related news, Democratic Council Candidate Robert Johnson, who we caught making anti-immigrant comments on his campaign website, came in sixth out of eight candidates. Good riddance! What sort of Democrat condemns immigrants? The losing kind obviously!
The Council winners were Dennis Bilodeau and Fred Whitaker. Of the two only Whitaker can be considered to be a conservative. Bilodeau is a quadruple-dipper who also works for the government as Chief of Staff to Supervisor Shawn Nelson. Whitaker is a member of the OC GOP Central Committee.
The new Council will have their hands full dealing with a big budget deficit.
Thanks for keeping Orange on the radar Art. Lots of shenanigans go on here, but are seldom brought to light.
This was just a P.R . stunt by Cavecche hoping you will write about the $34 she is giving back to the city and not talk about the $200,000 she owes OCTA and/or the City of Orange she stuck in a bank account. You fell right into her trap. The follwing is the article the Mayor hopes you will not read.
http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2010/10/13/double-dipper-orange-mayor-gets-200000-in-benefits/65470/
It’s only fair to include everyone, Ain’t No Thang,
“The Watchdog agrees it’s fair to ask about the other Orange council members. Here’s what they collected since 2004 in city benefits:
Denis Bilodeau, $65,075 in cash and non-medical benefits since 2007, when he became eligible. This just in on Oct. 28: Bilodeau also received $61,470 in medical and retirement benefits since 2007 from his post on the Orange County Water District board. Water district officials said the medical benefits are mandatory, but that may change by the end of the year. Bilodeau said he uses the city benefits for their intended purpose, family health costs.
Jonathan Dumitru, $93,785, mostly cash. Updated Oct. 28: The Orange County Fire Authority, for whom Dumitru works, said it needed until Nov. 6 — a total of 24 days — to gather his benefits from that agency.
Mark Murphy, $105,201, in cash.
Teresa Smith, $93,885, in cash.”
http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2010/10/15/more-cash-payouts-at-orange-city-hall/66336/