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Bogney


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Date: Feb 17, 2011
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They are treated like crap, but I cannot imagine not blowing the whistle on this level of corruption - anonymous letter to the paper at a minimum.

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BigG


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Whistlelowers are treated like crap.
Better personally and professionally to "shut up and soldier".

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berurah


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Bogney wrote:
 Also, where were the whistleblowers on the inside? 

I'm sure they were told to "give it up"....that the corruption was all in their heads! ;)

 



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SamuraiLandshark


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The public was largely oblivious to this.  When an LA Times article investigated, that's when things went to hell.

The public - when they heard about it - wanted heads on a pike.  They still do.  They definitely found their voice.  It's a mess.  They can't function as a city, their charter is in the toilet and they still have bills to pay - legit ones.  Rizzo and Company screwed the pooch.

This is a community where you didn't have a lot of political activism, or even knowledge about how a city runs.  Rizzo was a crook, but he knew how to play the system.  The question is how did the Times figure out what was going on?  There must have been a leak somewhere in City Hall.


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Bogney


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Where was the press and public while this was going on?  Public meetings are required for such votes.  Also, where were the whistleblowers on the inside? 

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Execution would be too light.

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SamuraiLandshark


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These folks are going down and will be spending some time in the big house.  It's shocking, but what I found hysterically funny was the idea that she was supposed to talk Adams into a cheaper salary/benefits package.  Really?  I think she failed at that task, miserably.

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Bogney


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That is sickening.  How what they could construe what they were doing as merely pig like rather than going whole hog boggles the mind.  This was a law enforcement officer!?  The pig / hog quote was used in the remake of "Wallstreet" recently.

-- Edited by Bogney on Monday 14th of February 2011 09:14:27 PM

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SamuraiLandshark


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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bell-emails-20110215,0,606977.story?track=rss

You should really read this exchange between Spaccia and Adams in the City of Bell.

Unbelievable corruption.


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