Comments on: Rocky hearing ahead for proposed DA appointee?

By: John W

John W — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:41:55 +0000

Thanks. Sorry I missed Lisa’s mention. I’m fairly new to the Bay Area, but seems like there are quite a few examples of “family business” in public life in the East Bay.

By: Josh Richman

Josh Richman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:49:59 +0000

Yep, and her sister-in-law is a CoCoCo judge, as Lisa noted here last week.

By: John W

John W — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:32:01 +0000

Is is correct, as reported in today’s SF Chronicle, that Nancy O’Malley is the sister of Dan O’Malley, a candidate for the Contra Costa DA spot?

By: RichW

RichW — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:47:02 +0000

Nancy O’Malley is super-qualified for this job, she’s been the number 2 person in this office for some time. She had to work her way up from an entry level DA position to get this job. That took a lot of hard work, you don’t get handed the number 2 position in the DA’s office without gaining the respect of people in the office. Brooks here wants to “open up the process” so she and other politicians can appoint some political hack to this job. No way, the DA’s job is not
one where you park politicians. This is a job that should go to somebody who has worked their way up and paid thier dues. O’Malley is the right person for this job, in my view.

By: Arne Simonsen

Arne Simonsen — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:43:40 +0000

Astraea, since the DA is an elected position, the most important thing is to have very open and public hearings, including applications for those seeking the appointment until an election can be held.

The elected DA is beholding to the voters, not the Board of Supervisors. Rebecca Kaplan is correct in asking that the supervisors have a very open and public process.

In the meantime, the Assistant District Attorney can handle things in the office. And what is important is to appoint the most qualified person; whether they be male or female! We don’t need a quota system.

By: Astraea

Astraea — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:54:55 +0000

The election is a fair, open, transparent and democratic process. In the meantime, someone has to manage the District Attorney’s Office. The longtime second in command is the natural choice. And, why is no one talking about how wonderful it is to see that Alameda County may get its first female District Attorney? I would think that is a big deal.