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?PUBLIC SERVANTS? HELP THEMSELVES: L.A. Times: Lots of cash and little scrutiny in city redevelopm?

By Glenn Reynolds

“PUBLIC SERVANTS” HELP THEMSELVES: L.A. Times: Lots of cash and little scrutiny in city redevelopment. “It was a redevelopment deal with an unusual form of payment: plain white envelopes stuffed with cash and delivered to a go-between at a preschool. And that was only part of what developer Randy Wang said he paid to Temple City officials who ‘repeatedly solicited bribes’ in return for their support of his $75-million Piazza mall project.” Yeah, I know, it’s a dog-bites-man story, but . . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 01, 2010 (boomark / email).