Dear Ron Felton of NAACP –
I read in the paper that WB Mayor Leighton can’t spare $72,000 for the MLK holiday. Given this, I thought it may interest you to see what has happened to $ 8.5 million. This may seem like an amazing number… but not when you consider the direct costs and the public costs. What do you think Sherman Hills alone costs the city in police manpower?
See Cit Voice article: HERE. See TL article here: HERE
See Cit Voice article: HERE. See TL article here: HERE
(1) Federal raid two years ago on WB police (LAG?)
(2) Federal raid on Credit union
(3) Federal jurisdiction over Gas Gate
(4) Federal Investigation into Parking Authority
(5) Federal Raid on Sherman Hills
(6) Federal raid on LAG Towing (this past week)
Plus… Felony conviction on Leo Glodzik of LAG Towing
Accounting for $8.5 Million
Approximations of “Leighton/City generated” expenses
and money wasted/stolen/due/hidden
$60,0000 Unneeded Spokesman (never needed McLaughlin who just; incl benefits
$500,000 Estimate for legal fees (up to 60 depositions for Thom Greco
civil rights case)
$4,600,000 Camera System that won’t work
$58,000 City gas stolen (Gas Gate)
$10,000 ($100k?) Cost of two city cops driving a drunken Leighton home
$500,000 Taxes owed by city contractor (LAG)
$80,000 Parking Authority payments to JJ Murphy and Fox Rothschild
$ 200,000 Estimate to defend city from corruption (federal investigations)
$1,000,000 Money laundered and/or hidden through a charity for fire trucks (Leighton did not disclose)
$ 25,000 Alarm systems
$500,000 Wasted money on “do nothing” jobs
Examples:
` (A) Leighton’s 3 hour workday
(B) Controller who doesn’t show up
(C) Redundant “city manager/ econ devt” positions
$1,000,000 (low estimate) for poor performances/ dereliction/ soaring crime rates/ Sherman Hills etc… for widespread alcohol abuse and/or addiction and/or protection of drug houses
TOTAL = $ 8,533,000 (excluding nearly all of the social costs that go along with corruption)
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