Morning Briefs on "Auditing" the Los Angeles Political Machine for Wednesday

Not a good week for the "Valley Greuel of Auditing".

The "Right to Audit" is all the rave this morning within the thinning newsprint columns of the Los Angeles Times. First Governor Jerry "Moonbeam II" Brown signed legislation that gives the State Auditor broader powers to investigate misuse of taxpayers funds in counties, cities and special districts. Second, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors joined with the "Valley Greuel of Auditing", in offering to audit the books of the Coliseum Commission, this of course was met with a quick press dispatch from the Valley Greuel, in the spirit of cooperation (as long as you don't interlope in my press coverage). Third, the Van de Kamp Coalition, who is not a great fan of the "Valley Greuel's" LACCD intervention, won a big victory as the District Attorney announced an inquiry into irregularities regarding the hiring of a former Art Gastelum employee Christine Marez as its Inspector General of its $5.7 Billion Dollars Construction Project.

   ....... and when investigators get to the root of all these financial controversies, they will find the "Valley Greuel's" contribution to bring resolution to these issues, can be found in the box above, as in the words of Valley Blogger Paul Hatfield, "Greuel's Audit Scorecard is wrapping paper on an empty gift box".

Your thoughts..............

Scott Johnson in CD 14