Candidate for
Auditor; County of Orange

I am not a politician nor do I intend to become one. The job of Auditor-Controller has little to do with political ambitions and everything to do with professional competence, experience and integrity.

Following county governments' disastrous bankruptcy, I was recruited in 1996 to serve as Director of Internal Audit. My assignment was to help restore public and financial institutions' confidence in the integrity and operations of a discredited government. I am the official who was statutorily responsible for rebuilding the county's control systems. We now enjoy the best control systems in the state. I humbly request your vote.

I have been an integral part of Orange County's recovery from bankruptcy. So far, so good. County government has emerged from bankruptcy and reached respectable bond ratings. We have nearly finished paying off our bankruptcy debt (9 years early!) In addition, I was instrumental in restructuring the Retiree Medical Program, saving county tax payers over $1.6 billion. I am now helping to revise pension accounting rules on a national level for over 90,000 governments.

I am independent of political ideologies and agendas that would interfere with discharging the duties of the office in a fair, open, and rational manner.

I look forward to continuing being part of the solution, to continuing pressing for more openness and accountability in how the public's business is done.