Scandal-Scarred City Hall Remains Opaque, Paranoid and Bureaucratic

By Daniel Guss

@TheGussReport - LA City Hall has carved for itself an ignominious place in the recent annals of local political history.

Some of its politicians went, or are headed, to federal prison with their bag men or, if you prefer, their bag people of indeterminate identity.  Four other power players destroyed their lives when busted as racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic.  Agencies, like LADWP, LAPD and LAFD, to name a few, are embroiled in one scandal after another.

Things have been so bad that you would think that those remaining in, or rising to, power would opt for the simplest, cheapest way to build public trust.

Transparency.

But no...

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