http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000018502mar13.story LOS ANGELES Perrodin Urges Probe of Garbage Contract Compton: Mayor alleges that the winning firm gave trips to two council members. The $7-million deal was approved during his predecessor's term. By DAREN BRISCOE TIMES STAFF WRITER March 13 2002 Ripping his predecessor's administration as fraught with corruption and nepotism, Compton Mayor Eric Perrodin on Tuesday called for an investigation into a $7-million trash contract approved under former Mayor Omar Bradley. "It's terrible here," Perrodin said at a news conference in a mayor's office that has changed hands three times in eight months. After comparing Compton to Chicago, a city...