Last night, Righeimer acted like one of Tony Soprano's boys and took out Leece on the orders of Boss Baugh. Gary Monahan has been named the new Mayor of Costa Mesa and newly elected council member Jim Righeimer is now Mayor Pro-Tem. Wendy Leece, the previous Mayor Pro-Tem was frozen out despite strong public support for her.
During the last few months, Costa Mesa has been negotiating with public employee unions, including the police. Leece was a voice of reason during these negotiations, and as a result, she needed to be punished by the Orange County Republican Party. In January 2010, Scott Baugh, the chair of the Orange County Republican Party, called for Republicans who take campaign donations from public employee unions to be punished. GOP Central Committee members and candidates were asked to take a pledge to not take union money.
In October 2010, Leece was denounced by Baugh over her allegedly breaking promises to oppose public employee pensions. Baugh called the shot to take out Leece and Righeimer took the shot last night.
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