Subject: Bill Hunt

• Finally a Blow Sheriff Carona isn't Enjoying

  According to the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs website tonight, incumbent Sheriff Mike Carona has received a major vote of no confidence in his leadership after eight, scandal-ridden years in office. The group reports that Carona received just 44 percent of the vote of men/women in his own department while Bill Hunt captured 48.2 percent. Ralph Martin grabbed 7.4 percent. More than 55 percent of these law enforcement officers who know Carona well do not want him to stay in offic

  March 29, 2006

• Carona Scandals Fund Opponents with $75K

  The latest campaign finance disclosure reports give evidence that the corruption scandals swirling around Sheriff Mike Carona translated into cash for his two key challengers, Bill Hunt and Ralph Martin. In activity between March 18 and May 20, Hunt and Martin raised a combined $75,000. The two-term incumbent received only $42,000. Individually, Hunt raised almost $39,000 during the period. Contributors gave Martin nearly $36,000. Still, Carona has a huge lead in cash-on-hand ($322,000) going

  May 26, 2006

• Carona Camp Claiming Victory; No runoff necessary

  Sheriff Mike "Calamity" Carona's campaign officials are claiming the two-term sheriff will easily surpass the 50 percent plus one vote requirement tonight. If true, that outcome would negate the need for a runoff in November. And the man who once promised he'd seek no more than two terms would get his third. The Carona camp says challenger Bill Hunt will finish second with about 30 percent of the vote; Ralph Martin will get under 10 percent. In recent weeks, Hunt has claimed he'd win a majority

  June 6, 2006

• Pains, Past and Future

  Advising Sheriff Mike Carona to suspend his election rival Lt. Bill Hunt may turn out not to have been a brilliant career move for attorney Martin Mayer. As the Los Angeles Times reports: Orange County supervisors decided Wednesday to review their hiring of the lawyer who advised Sheriff Michael S. Carona that he could suspend his chief political opponent from the department. At the end of a two-day hearing on the county's next budget, Supervisor Chris Norby asked that the board review the contr

  June 15, 2006

• Challenging Carona

  The first legal challenge to Sheriff Mike Carona's somewhat suspect personnel decisions has begun. As the Los Angeles Times reports: A retired lieutenant who supported the runner-up to Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona in the June 6 election said he has filed a legal claim against the county, alleging that his dismissal as a sheriff's academy instructor was politically motivated. Darrell "Guy" Poncy, who taught courses at the sheriff's academy for 15 years, said supervisors told him Feb.

  June 20, 2006

• Busting Hunt

  It's been more than four months since Lt. Bill Hunt of the OC Sheriff's Department was suspended from duty. Hunt wasn't suspended for hanging out with known mob associates (that was Sheriff Carona smiling for photos with guys who could pass for characters in a Martin Scorsese film), or caught on tape canoodling with a low-ranking sheriff's department employee (again, that was Carona). No, Hunt's suspension came on the heels of his unsuccessful run for sheriff during the last election. And whi

  November 1, 2006

• Punishing Prevatt, Flailing Fleischman

  Chris Prevatt is a local blogger, an employee of the County Health Care Agency, and a man without a computer. The County took Prevatt's computer as part of an investigation as to whether he used county time to post a blog entry on TheLiberalOC. The post in question displayed a photoshopped image of Supervisor Chris Norby as "Darth Norby", wielding a light-saber and garbed in the robes of a Sith Lord. The investigation is ridiculous—Prevatt has already explained how he wrote the post in h

  November 27, 2006

• A Predictable End

  Another law and order triumph for Sheriff Mike Carona. OK, maybe that law doesn't belong there-- there's going to be a lawsuit contending that what Carona did wasn't legal (which in turn calls the triumph part into question)-- but Carona is definitely enforcing order in the sheriff's department. Carona has clearly demonstrated that anyone challenging his leadership in an election is going to pay a big price for such independence. After all, what do people think this is? A democracy or someth

  December 29, 2006

• Lies, Damned Lies and Stanton

  Orange County's favorite pastime besides bashing Mexicans is bashing Stanton, and there was a doozy of a wallop in yesterday's LA Times story on Bill Hunt's demotion. To quoth San Clemente councilmember Wayne Eggleston: I wouldn't want to stop in Stanton, much less patrol it That's the same we feel about Aliso Viejo. The quote was ugly enough for gentlemanly Jubal over at OC Blog to call out Eggleston on his civic bigotry. Eggleston responded with an apology and claimed Times reporter Garrett

  December 29, 2006

• Revenge of the Sheriff: Another crappy sequel

  See if this sounds familiar. The Los Angeles Times reports: A sheriff's lieutenant filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona, alleging Carona retaliated against him for supporting a rival in last year's race to be the county's top lawman. In his 22 years in the department, Jeff Bardzik rose steadily, the lawsuit says, until he announced his support for sheriff's Lt. Bill Hunt's effort to unseat Carona. As a result, the lawsuit alleges, Bardzik, 53, was transferre

  February 7, 2007

• Fourth Sheriff Carona Pal Convicted of Crimes

  Joseph G. Cavallo grew up poor in tough New Jersey neighborhoods, graduated from law school, made himself nationally famous as a California criminal-defense lawyer who earned millions of dollars. He owns an Orange County mansion, a small Caribbean island and a fleet of luxury cars Mike Tyson would envy. But today, Cavallo—recognized for his passionate defense of gang rapist Gregory Scott Haidl—hit bottom again. During a 10-minute court hearing with 13 members of the news media present (incl

  October 12, 2007

• Headlines & Suprises: Jailhouse Shocker!

  Last year, I sat in a booth at Original Mike's in Santa Ana and listened to Assistant Sheriff Jo Ann Galisky explain--quite logically, in her mind--that jail deputies in Orange County have never used excessive force because jail deputies always behave. Why? Because, Galisky assured me, deputies are the good guys, and folks in custody are bad guys. The expression on her face revealed a frustration that I didn't buy from her cookie-cutter position. After all, I'd seen gory pictures of what groups

  January 23, 2008

• (Sheriff) Jack in the Box

  If ever a man looked like a sheriff, it’s Jack Anderson. The mustachioed man is tall and husky and, if he wore a cowboy hat, would cast an impressive shadow sitting on a horse. Of course, the wild—ridiculously wild—west days at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) should be over. Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona and his evil sidekicks Jo Ann Galisky and Steven Bishop have found their rightful places in society. Carona teeters on the brink of prison if convicted later this year in a bribe

  April 1, 2008

• OC Register Loses Sheriff Candidate

  Notice anything odd about this online Orange County Register story teaser from last night and this morning? Check our Total Buzz blog to find out what candidates Bill Hunt, Craig Hunter, Sharon Hutchens, Randy Adams, Jack Anderson, Salt Lake City undersheriff Beau Babka, San Bernardino undersheriff Richard Beemer and Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters had to say. Yep, Register editors left out one of the nine interviewed candidates for sheriff: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Commander Ralph M

  May 28, 2008

• Sheriff Funny Guy

  July 6, 2006

• [Moxley Confidential] Don Bren Plays Rough With Businesswoman, His Kids-But Courts Play Rough, Too

  June 5, 2008

• ?Quien Es Mas Mafia?

  November 29, 2007

• Letters

  "Go ahead and gloat."

  November 8, 2007

• Justice Takes a Beating

  August 11, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  Dec.27 - Jan. 2

  January 4, 2007

• Diary of a Mad County

  September 14, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  June 15, 2006

• Letters

  June 15, 2006

• Someone Needs New Underwear

  May 4, 2006

• "This Is Unacceptable Behavior"

  April 27, 2006

• Laughing His Way to Victory?

  Despite scandals, Sheriff Carona still seducing voters

  March 30, 2006

• Commie Girl

  February 2, 2006

• Girls Trouble

  Happy New Year: now youll pay for the sheriffs alleged sex romps

  January 5, 2006

• A Fox in the Henhouse

  November 17, 2005

• Internal Affairs

  May 26, 2005

• 'Our Little Secret'

  December 4, 2003

• Reefer Badness

  November 20, 2003

• [Moxley Confidential] Rackauckas Doesn't Blink

  May 14, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Cameron Jackson Says Mike Schroeder is Just Too Damn Powerful

  May 28, 2009

• Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's Pet Deputy Sues Over Lesbian Discrimination, Murder Corruption Probe

  Galisky says anti-gay bigots knocked her out of OCSDCan a onetime lesbian assistant sheriff who rose in rank above potentially hundreds of more qualified deputies solely because of her unswerving personal loyalty to a corrupt sheriff claim that her career was sabotaged by anti-gay bigots?Well, if you're Jo Ann Galisky, you can.In a wrongful termination lawsuit filed in May, Galisky alleges that her rights as a lesbian have been violated since 1984 because of Orange County Sheriff's Departme

  June 9, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Sources Say Paul Walters Won't Run for Sheriff

  June 25, 2009

• What the Hell is Bill Hunt Doing Asking for Joe Arpaio's Support?!

  ​Honestly, I always felt bad for Bill Hunt, the former Orange County deputy sheriff who's running against incumbent Sandra Hutchens next year. He loudly spoke against the moron Mike Carona, only to suffer an insult so egregious--demotion to patrolling Stanton--that he rightfully resigned. The lords of the OC GOP always ridiculed him, and nearly anything they're against is righteous and holy. But there is no way on Earth I can possibly say anything nice about Hunt anymore until I receive some c

  October 19, 2009

• America's Dumbest Sheriff* to Shill for Bill Hunt at Phoenix Club Thursday

  Arpaio: Still not as much of a clown as Carona...​Originally published Halloween, but moved up until Thursday because the comments left by Arpayaso supporters are some of the stupidest ever left in Navel Gazing history--and considering many Mater Dei grads write here, that's saying something...join in the fun!**Updated, with new info on the bottom...As we told you a couple of weeks ago, Orange County sheriff's candidate Bill Hunt, in an act of either delusion or desperation (care to weigh in,

  November 5, 2009

• Norby Hopes Anti-Illegals' Darling Tom McClintock Supplies a Campaign Bump

  Tom McClintock For Congress 2009Congressman Tom McClintock is shown from his state Senate days.​Orange County sheriff candidate Bill Hunt, who gets a showy show of support from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim tonight, is not the only local office-seeker hoping for a campaign bump from an out-of-town darling of the anti-immigrant crowd.Supervisor Chris Norby, who is seeking the state Assembly seat abandoned by Mike "Dripper" Duvall (R-Yorba Linda), hosts Congre

  November 5, 2009

• Arpaio Raises Howls Inside, Heckles Outside Bill Hunt for Sheriff Dinner

  ​I went to a Bill Hunt for Sheriff fund-raiser tonight, and a Joe Arpaio Dinner Show broke out.

  November 5, 2009

• Bill Hunt Now Officially Batshit Loco

  Arpaio, Coe, and Hunt: Pendejos in a pod? For sure, the first two...​It was bad enough that Orange County Sheriff's candidate Bill Hunt invited a man as controversial as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to shill for him at a fundraiser. But for Hunt to allow California Coalition for Immigration Reform head Barbara Coe into the fest means he has just sealed his fate with the rational people of Orange County. Bill: that picture. Why? Do you really want to be associated with the godmother of th

  November 7, 2009

• PAC's Fundraising Appeal: We're Suing OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Helping Campaigns to Oust Her

  Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, the one on the right.​Funds are being collected for an upcoming court challenge of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. OCCCCW, a Costa Mesa-based political action committee (PAC) that aims to expand the distribution of concealed weapons permits, has posted on its website a message that begins, "Soon OCCCWS will be going to court to fight just one example of the Sheriff's egregious behavior."

  November 10, 2009

• Joe Arpaio Helps Inject Some Mexican-Hater Money Into Bill Hunt's Campaign for Sheriff

  November 12, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  November 19, 2009

• What Does the Mayan Calendar Say About Three H's Running for OC Sheriff?

  Sheriff Craig Hunter?​Hang onto your seats, disaster lovers! The dynamics of the 2010 race for Orange County sheriff changed this week with the candidacy of Craig Hunter, second in command at the Anaheim Police Department. No need to consult your astrological chart or the Mayan calendar for a deep meaning regarding the three H's running--Hunter, Hunt and Hutchens. The race is now ripe for brutal campaign combat. Here's why: As it stands, incumbent but electoral-untested Sandra Hutchens 

  November 20, 2009

• [UPDATED] Federal Lawsuit Targets Orange County College District Prayers

  ​UPDATED WITH RESPONSE FROM LAWYER FOR THE DISTRICT . . . A lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the South Orange County Community College District over official prayers during public ceremonies, Americans United for Separation of Church and State announced today.

  November 20, 2009