Anaheim Councilwoman Lucille Kring's New Aide: Dirty Ex-Cop Steve Lodge

After "thoughtful consideration," Anaheim councilwoman Lucille Kring (and Scariest People 2014 inductee) plans to hire two-time failed council candidate (and Scariest People 2012 inductee) Steven "Chavez" Lodge as her new council assistant. It's a match made in hell. Kring once wrote that the fatal police shooting of Robert Moreno Jr. by Anaheim police in 2014 "saved us a trial," comments for which she later apologized. Lodge wishes he got saved a trial in 1990 when a federal jury ruled he used excessive force against an Iranian immigrant while on-duty with the Santa Ana Police Department. A Republican judge in the case admonished him for telling "bald-faced lies" on the stand. None of that matters to Kring, a veteran three-time councilwoman with little need for a novice like Lodge. The appointment is better served for him to learn the ways of City Hall should he decide to run again.

Read more on my latest OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog post:

http://www.ocweekly.com/news/anaheim-councilwoman-lucille-krings-new-aide