they say he is a bad boss: dave roberts is in trouble

San Diego County Supervisor Dave Roberts in a 
pensive mood...or maybe plotting against employees?

so enjoying reading the county version of l'affair filner. several scenes cross my mind as i read...

i imagine dave roberts' husband reading everyday about how this harold meza fellow does nothing but drive dave around, that they have shared hotel rooms on trips...on and on it drips out, detail by ever-worsening detail.

he has choices to make, first to decide his approach to the time-honored role of wronged spouse of a politician. stay off the radar, say nothing, maybe a "long-planned visit to family across the country"? have a press conference to defend your man and show everyone you are together? how about a joint interview on some news program?

the private choices must be tough. at the level of a couple in a relationship, we all have our boundaries and each relationship has its own set of policies and procedures. outside of the two of them, we have no way of knowing how roberts' office behavior is seen by his husband. i can tell you how i would receive news of the sort we have been reading were it my politician husband, but that's irrelevant.

as for meza, i imagine the guy has more admirers than before, as if being the special favorite of an idiotic countysupervisor had endowed him with hitherto unnoticed charm and erudition. in fact the supervisor's lawyer even said something about how meza helped roberts get ready for speeches while driving him, so he must be, as the kids say, hella smart.  bet he ends up with a good job on the basis of that.

the greek chorus of former employees is just warming up i think, and i expect to continue following this story as it lumbers to its denouement. if i had to guess, id say there will be money paid and one less roberts on the county board of supervisors.

stay tuned.