Morning Briefs on the Los Angeles Political Machine for Tuesday

Following the lead of Eagle Rock Patch Editor Ajay Singh, we post this FBI reminder about reporting corrupt public officials. If you happen to have information about building inspectors or other officials who have accepted bribes in Los Angeles, the FBI urges you to call its local Field Office at (310) 477-6565 or by e-mailing reportbribes@ic.fbi.gov.

This in light of the latest conviction and sentencing today of a City of Los Angeles Building and Safety Inspector in the growing scandal at City Hall. Eagle Rock resident Hugo Gonzalez was sentence to 18 months in the federal pen and fined $9,000 for accepting bribes for permits. 

Gonzalez, who was caught on tape making threats of death against an employee of a contracting firm, accepted $9,000 dollars in bribes and made insinuations that other employees were involve in the bribe scandal, But unlike Raoul Germain, who stated that he did not cooperate with federal authorities, there was no mention if Gonzalez had provided any information on other corrupt public officials to investigators.

Onwards and upwards, the scandal continues ............

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