UPDATE: Bustamante has resigned from his job at the County of Orange. It is only a matter of time now before he is pressured off the Santa Ana City Council. It is time to speculate as to who might replace him on the City Council when that happens…
I am hearing that beleaguered Republican Carlos Bustamante, who has been “put on paid administrative leave (from his job at the County of Orange) following anonymous allegations of a sexual nature,” according to ABC News, may dig in his heels and refuse to quit the Santa Ana City Council, which is meeting this Monday night.
Bustamante would be well-advised to leave the City Council. He needs to focus on trying to save his job at the County, which pays him over $170,000 a year – and on saving his family. He ought to just quit tomorrow before the City Council meeting, to save him what will surely be an embarrassing night. Continue reading