I apologize: things were so hectic while I was away that I kind of let the banana republicans slip. I don’t think there was much that went on while I was in Las Vegas, anyway. But now that I’m back…
…this LAT story is kind of confusingly written, but it looks like Angel Perales of Cudahy, the “former head of code enforcement”, has pled guilty. Osvaldo “Bimbo and the Badge” Conde and former mayor David Silva are pleading Thursday.
Perales could receive a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
And Louis Byrd and Fernando Pedroza, former council members in the city of Lynwood…
…were found guilty of misappropriating public funds following a month-long trial in which prosecutors used a novel legal argument that the officials broke the law by accepting tens of thousands of dollars in stipends for sitting on city commissions that appeared to do little, if any, work.
According to the LAT, this was the first test of this argument, but the LA County DAs office is expected to use this same approach against the city officials in Bell. Also:
In addition to taking aim at the salaries, prosecutors argued that the former council members also abused their position by charging inappropriate bills to the city. Among the most salacious charges: a $1,500 night out at a Guadalajara strip club, where dancers allegedly performed sexual favors for Pedroza and the then-city manager.
Strippers. Always with the strippers.
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