Yesterday was particularly depressing in the news.

The California house rep from Long Beach Laura Richardson getting a reprimand for ethics violations. A slap on the wrist.

Another interim police chief that’s a retired double dipper hiding behind a pretense of being an independent contractor collecting $100+/hr plus the $200K+ retirement.http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2012/08/01/ex-orange-city-manager-accused-of-violating-pension-law/160085/

Bell’s ex-Police Chief sueing to get the money “owed” him.

SEIU Union leader getting charge for theft and tax violations. (at least he’s not publically elected).

Riverside county gives pay raises to top level managers in Sheriff’s department. The reason, so they’ll make more than the people they manage…http://www.pe.com/local-news/politics/politics-headlines-index/20120731-riverside-county-raises-given-to-top-level-managers.ece

Stockton revolving door or police chiefs collecting $200K pensions (something like 4 of them)

LA City CIO sends an email to city employees asking them to quit watching the olympics because they’re close to crashing their network. Now lots of companies have challenges with this too, it’s just funny, aggravating and pathetic all at the same time. Because the workers are Olympic surfing, the City is going broke and their network likely is so cruddy and old that it does have a problem with streaming video.

There was more, but I don’t remember them. The disgusting part is the collusion to make these things happen. In the Rudat issue, who in the city is approving this veil rule skirting arrangement?

That is the corruption.