[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

But that's just for starters. "Gross and reckless incompetence," says Assemblyman Rod Pacheco (R-Riverside), a member of the investigating joint audit committee. Hardly anybody following this would disagree.

Sounds good to me!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Carry_Okie]

Or was this plain old sleazy corruption involving payoffs?

This would appear to be the most likely scenario. Now, you guys at the LAT who call yourselves INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS, go do your jobs and stop blowing up my shorts.