Let's Usher Kranz Out the Door with Doolittle

Lets' see if I have this right.

Placer County Supervisor Bruce Kranz and real estate developer Michelle Ollar-Burris (alias "Mary Smith") are two big supporters of - and contributors to - the disgraced John Doolittle, a pal of convicted felon Jack Abramoff. Bruce and Michelle are also old friends, so Bruce appoints Michelle to the county planning and zoning commission, stacking it with pro-Big Development supporters. Kranz and Michelle Ollar-Burris encourage building John Doolittle's Auburn Dam with taxpayers’ money so their developer friends will have enough water for all their planned communities located between Roseville and Lincoln.

But Michelle also has a checkered past as a realtor and has been suspended, something Kranz either forgot, overlooked or completely ignored when vetting her. So Kranz hires her anyway.

Soon, she gets caught doing illegal lot splits and avoiding rural conservation requirements. At first, Kranz defends her, but public pressure mounts as the investigation of her proceeds and a week later Kranz flip-flops, He asks her to leave. She refuses. She gets fired.

Now, thanks to Kranz's bad judgment in hiring her in the first place, Placer County is the subject of a rather nasty lawsuit from Michelle Ollar-Burris, which promises to cost taxpayers plenty.

It sounds like Kranz is a paid agent for Big Land Development and John Doolittle's chosen successor in the local office of the GOP Culture of Corruption. In appointing a friend who he must have (or should have) known was potential trouble, Kranz acted contrary to Placer County' best interests.

Of course the shepherd always tries to convince the sheep his interests and theirs are the same, but ask yourself one question; Do we really need another Big Developers For Doolittle clone running things around here?