With former Huntington Beach City Councilwoman Shirley Dettloff leaving the California Coastal Commission, many names are being bandied about to replace her. The chart below breaks down some candidates against our nominee, "Cappy" the Capybara.
NAME: Debbie Cook
RESIDENCE: Huntington Beach TITLE: city councilwoman
REPUTATION FOR: tireless environmental activism
BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME: helping sink the Sanitation District's dumping waiver
NAME: Toni Iseman
RESIDENCE: Laguna Beach TITLE: mayor
REPUTATION FOR: being mostly enviro-friendly
BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME: lone council dissent on Treasure Island
NAME: Chris Mears RESIDENCE: Irvine
TITLE: city councilman
REPUTATION FOR: defending homeless, Larry Agran
BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME: trading
El Toro Airport for a Great Business Park
NAME: Jim Silva RESIDENCE:Huntington Beach
TITLE:Orange County supervisor
REPUTATION FOR: being dumb as a stump
BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME: being dumb as a stump
NAME: Tom Wilson RESIDENCE: Laguna Niguel TITLE: Orange County supervisor
REPUTATION FOR: tireless mega-developer activism
BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME:mega-polluted "Lake Wilson"
NAME: Cappy
RESIDENCE: Santa Ana Zoo TITLE: capybara
REPUTATION FOR: overeating (many reach up to 100 pounds), basking in the sun
BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME: largest of all living rodents, smarter than at least one OC supervisor
—Matt Coker