Supervisor Janet Nguyen endangered her child during the Fiestas Patrias Parade

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• Hahaha pulling over a car in a parade??? Hahaha I'm sure it's not normally legal to ride a dancing horse down main street. Lol ah man, thanks for the laugh. I'm sure those laws don't apply during a parade. What a joke and what a reach

  • But imagine if someone had run in front of her car and her husband had braked suddenly? How would that have played out? She clearly broke the law and put her little boy in harm's way. Shame on her!

    • OMG, what if there was a terrorist and she needed to reach for her gun, what then?

      WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN?

      • Oh my. Human shield!

• Seriously? You're reaching, dude. It was a parade. I'm sure they weren't driving any faster than 8 MPH. And if she should get a ticket, then so should every other person in that parade who sat up high in their parade car to wave who wasn't wearing a seat belt (AKA everyone else in the parade), since it's against the law to be in a moving car without a restraint for anyone of any age.

  Seems like the bigger issue here is that you have a personal vendetta against Janet Nguyen. Try not to lose your own credibility not-picking non-issues.

  • There is no parade exemption in the law. It is one thing for adults to do this nut Janet endangered her own toddler. No one else did that.

    It reminds me of Michael Jackson dangling his kid off a balcony.

    • Apparently the SAPD believe there is an exemption when the street is closed to public traffic and other vehicles. How embarrassing for you.

      • Please feel free to copy that code and paste it in a comment. Even if that is true it doesn't mean that Nguyen should be proud that she put her child at risk.

        • VC Section 21101(e) Temporarily closing a portion of any street for celebrations, parades, local special events, and other purposes when, in the opinion of local authorities having jurisdiction or a public officer or employee that the local authority designates by resolution, the closing is necessary for the safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion of the street during the temporary closing.

          http://www.theliberaloc.com/2013/09/20/santa-ana-pd-on-janet-nguyen-paradegate-nothing-to-see-here/

        • No one is debating the street closure. The issue is that Nguyen dangled her kid on her lap, on the back of a moving car, with only one arm as a restraint. And this irresponsible mom wants to be your next State Senator!

        • When there is a street closure, it is no longer a public street for that time, and no seat belts or car seats are required per the law. It's pretty embarrassing how you REFUSE to admit you are wrong even when common sense, the law, and preponderance of evidence say otherwise. It is perhaps your biggest fault and why you are always on the fringe.

        • What I find embarrassing is how you Jannies cannot apparently cut and paste code proving your point. There is no code that says you can endanger a child as Janet did as if there was you would have provided that to our readers by now.

          Put up or shut up.

          May I remind you that when I broke the story that Janet's husband and chief of staff were running a foul restaurant with a long record of health violations, that story broke nationally. While the OC Counsel let Janet get away with voting against letter grade health ratings it was hugely embarrassing and I am told that her husband was apparently fired from his job at the time. Ironically he was reportedly working in food safety for a very large commercial food company.

• *nit-picking*

  • Equating child safety to nits?

• At 2mph laughing out loud I'm sure this isn't a big deal unless it was going 15mph yea

  • There is no parade exemption in the law. Go look at my pictures. No one else did this to their toddlers.

• Look for Greg Diamond's headline:

  NGYUEN TRIES TO KILL HER BABY

  Any opportunistic chance to promote a liberal like Julio Perez who isn't even running (but I heard he has eyes on Santa Ana city Hall, Monday night????).

  I would prefer Janet falling out

  • LOL! Janet falling out would be a boon to the district. But taxpayers would get stuck with the cleanup bill and her hubbie would probably sue the City of Santa Ana.

• What a clown.
  And you have the nerve to call yourself "editor".
  Seems you probably have another agenda at hand.
  ITS A FREAKING PARADE.
  You ought to be ticketed for not doing your job properly.
  SAD

  • How soon they forget. Remember this? On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area. The victims included a 7-year old girl.

    If someone had taken a shot at Nguyen her son would have paid the pride for her hubris.

    • hahahahaha
      You "editor" and your type are what is wrong with this country
      Im bet your "pro" gun control too
      And they probably gave you a trophy as a kid just for participating too.

      • I am a Libertarian (be sure to check out my other blog at http://www.ocpoliticsblog.com). So of course I support the Constitution, including gun rights.

        What I don't support is politicians needlessly endangering their little kids by using them as props for political purposes.

• The California Vehicle Code exempts parades and the NTSB interprets this to mean all vehicles, not just trucks: "as part of an authorized parade at a speed of ≤8 mph. Veh. Code §23116(d), (e) and (f)" per http://www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/.../Articles/.../HS810825.pdf‎

  • I could not open that PDF file.

    Please quote that exemption. Does it specifically waive the child restraint law?

    I found the State Parade codes here - http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vc_index_p.htm. No mention of restraints or seat belt laws being waived!

• The fuzz is always looking for ways to make money. They should totally start writing tickets for each and every person in a parade! Mostly politicians and other oppressors anyway. They can afford it and it would be good for them to be treated like the common folks their oppressive laws impact anyway. Plus the city would make bank. 50 or 60 tickets one right after the other.

• no entiendo como quiere ser senadora si nos pone el mal ejempplo en nuesra comunidad no sigue las reglas de la policia y la seguridad de los ninos que mal ejemplo ojala nuestros votantes vieran eso pongan mucha atencion como se desarrollan las personas que corren para nustros cargos politicos en verdad esta muy mal esta senora y aemas haciendo politica propaganda en el desfile y nos dieron reglas que eso no se puede a ver que hace nuestra city por eso ongan mas atencion

  • nustros = nuestros
    aemas = ademas
    ongan = pongan
    nuestra city = nuestra ciudad

• Yes it does. Do your homework.

  • If it does then why don't you cut and paste that in a comment? Do YOUR homework. I already did mine and the OC Weekly picked it up too. Mission accomplished.