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Back to EpisodesMichelle Iracheta and Ana Mata on the Christina Corpus Removal Hearing
Description
Mark Simon and Bob Marks sit down with Redwood City Pulse Editor Michelle Iracheta (RWCPulse.com) and San Mateo Daily Journal Reporter Ana Mata (SMDailyJournal.com) to talk about the latest in the San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus story. Now that the 10-day public hearing in San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City for her potential removal from office has concluded, we thought it was a good time to get some prospective from the news organizations that have covered this story since the start.
Chapters
- (00:00) - Intro & Michelle Iracheta and Ana Mata join the show
- (02:33) - What covering the Corpus story has been like
- (07:41) - Deciding what is newsworthy
- (11:18) - Core arguments and atmosphere at the hearing
- (16:42) - Corpus's testimony: reformer or victim
- (18:58) - Victor Aenlle and the relationship question
- (26:15) - Valerie Barnes's testimony
- (29:16) - Which witnesses stood out
- (31:49) - The job facing the next sheriff
- (33:53) - How Judge James Emerson ran the hearing
- (36:14) - Impact on future Latino and Latina candidates for sheriff
- (40:30) - Could any supervisors change their minds?
- (44:47) - Bullpen: Mark and Bob on the recall and electing sheriffs
- (51:05) - Closing thoughts
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