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Labor/Employment

Sep. 1, 2010

O.C. DA Fires Heir Apparent

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas fired the senior prosecutor he previously endorsed as his heir apparent.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas fired the senior prosecutor he previously endorsed as his heir apparent.

Senior Deputy District Attorney Todd Spitzer, a former county supervisor and state assemblyman, reportedly was escorted out of his office late Friday.

Spitzer said Rackauckas accused him of mishandling a request to the county public administrat...

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