Subject: Ralph Martin

• Less Than a Year Since She Was Appointed Sheriff, Sandra Hutchens Has Made Some Powerful Enemies

  March 26, 2009

• 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

• The Reg's Exciting Internet Strategy

  The internet (or internets, if you're George Bush) has helped change the way news gets reported. Take for example, R. Scott Moxley's story on Los Angeles County Sheriff's Commander and candidate for Orange County Sheriff Ralph Martin's call for Mike Carona's immediate resignation. On Thursday at a press conference on the steps of the old county courthouse in Santa Ana, Martin denounced Sheriff Carona for his relationship with a Vegas mob associate and other wise guy-friendly types. "This is unac

  April 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

• Anti-Carona Commercial to Air

  Los Angeles County Sheriff's commander Ralph Martin, who is trying to unseat third-term-seeking Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, has apparently made a huge cable television advertising buy so he can broadcast the following campaign commerical (Windows Media) into local homes. The beauty of the ad--which uses as its capper the Weekly's own R. Scott Moxley's dogged reporting of Carona's ties to shady underworld figures (other than Jaramillo and Cavallo)--is that it simply states what's obvious

  May 17, 2006

• (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

• Acclaimed OC Sheriff Finalist Retires

  South Orange County resident Ralph Martin, a well-respected longtime Los Angeles Sheriff's Department commander who finished third to replace the disgraced Mike Carona as Orange County's sheriff last year, officially retired today after nearly 36 years of public service."I've got mixed emotions," said Martin, who was responsible for policing some of LA's toughest areas, in a telephone interview tonight. "It was a great run."Martin also campaigned to defeat Carona during the 2006 campaign, arguin

  March 30, 2009

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

  June 5, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  May 29, 2008

• The Weekly's Head Count of the 48 New Faces Who Want to Be Your Next Sheriff

  May 15, 2008

• Justice Takes a Beating

  August 11, 2005

• Someone Needs New Underwear

  May 4, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  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