For those who have lived in Los Angeles county for a few years, I'm sure you remember the situation at the city of Bell and the political scandals that occurred there. The LA Times reported on the scandal starting in 2010. One part of the story was that Maywood outsourced municipal services to Bell. Now I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing to do. Economies of scale should work when you're talking about such small cities. The problem, of course, was that it wasn't all above board. Now over a decade later the story continues with a focus on Maywood. The
Los Angeles Times (Feb 4) reports:
Los Angeles County prosecutors announced bribery and corruption charges Thursday against Maywood’s former mayor and a slew of ex-city officials and vendors after a years-long probe into allegations that city leaders engaged in pay-to-play practices, misused public funds and twisted the tiny city’s purse strings for their own benefit.
