Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Ex-Calif. city manager gets 12 years for corruption
These elected officials are now getting the treatment they deserve...
Michael Winter has the story at USAtoday.com:
"An astonishing case of small-city corruption ended Wednesday as the longtime administrator of Bell, Calif., was sentenced to 12 years in state prison for paying elected officials lavish salaries and using the public coffers as a piggy bank for himself and other employees.
'Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,' Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy said in sentencing Robert Rizzo and ordering him to pay $8.8 million in restitution. 'That is the theme of what happened in Bell. There were no checks and balances to control Mr. Rizzo and those that were in power in the city.'"
