Los Angeles Corruption

The Piper Comes Calling

The Los Angeles Ethics Commission takes a step towards holding City Staffer B responsible for his corruption-fueled trip to Las Vegas.

“it has been determined that probable cause exists to believe that City Councilmember John Lee (Lee) violated governmental ethics laws by accepting gifts in excess of the gift limit, failing to report gifts, misusing his City position, and aiding and abetting another person’s misuse of a City position.”

– LA City Ethics Commission

Which City Councilperson has managed to avoid accountability for the same trip to Vegas that landed his former boss in jail?

While it is understandable that the Justice Department wants to do everything possible to assure the public that it does not take sides in elections, its policy of not taking action in the months before an election does just that. Voters deserve to have access to all the information available before heading to the polls and not informing them that a candidate may have engaged in criminal actions deprives them of the ability to make a fully informed decision.