According to the Orange County Register, the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) paid to produce a video attacking Costa Mesa Mayor, Gary Monohan, after the suicide of former Costa Mesa employee, Huy Pham.
As a former Orange County employee I am glad my paycheck is no longer garnished for PR stunts like this.
OCEA is attempting to implicate Monohan in Pham's suicide because Monohan chose not to go to the scene of the unfortunate death where other emotionally charged employees were gathering. It is truly sad that Pham believed suicide was his best option and it certainly would appear that Monohan's choice to stay at work (he owns an Irish pub in town) on St. Patrick's Day was in bad taste. However, it does not mean that Monohan has to somehow answer for the suicide of Pham.
Pham was responsible for his own untimely and very sad death.
The issue of responsibility seems to have escaped the producers of the video as well as the group who would like to bring back all of the former employees and remove most of the Costa Mesa City Council.
Monohan had a responsibility to his family, employees, and customers to stay at work and not go to the scene of the suicide where hostilities against the mayor were brewing. St. Patrick's Day is by far the single busiest day for any Irish pub. It would be like Kobe Bryant missing the championship because a former pool maintenance worker that he had never met committed suicide. Yes, unfortunate and perhaps tasteless, but Monohan acted responsibly.
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