Ventura County (Ventura)
VENTURA — As a child, Commissioner William Redmond feared being crushed by the thumb of God.
He blames it on the books he read in Catholic school that he remembers as depicting the Old Testament deity as a disembodied hand emerging from the heavens to dispense judgment. This image of an all-powerful, terrifying judge has lingered with Redmond throughout his decade-long tenure as a bench officer. “There’s this perception... (continued)
