Dana Point Mayor and candidate for the 73rd Assembly District Republican nomination, Diane Harkey, led the charge in appointing Michelle Brough to the Dana Point Planning Commission Tuesday night. Brough is a lawyer and fully capable of the job. But she is a relatively new resident of Dana Point, and replaces April O’Connor, a protege of current Assemblywoman Mimi Walters, who was forced out by Harkey to make room on the Commission for Brough, in a divided 3-2 vote.
Political observers will make note that the Brough’s were die-hard supporters of Bill Hunt in his campaign for Sheriff against Mike Carona, and that her husband served in an official role as a campaign manager for Hunt’s losing race against the Sheriff.