Vernon city officials enjoyed first class travel at city expense

I have posted the on-going scandal involving the city of Bell city councils and the top city council that makes more that President Obama  in the state of California. Now, the city of Vernon was eyed too for overpaid city councils. The scandal in that city has widen.

From the LA Times:

The records, which cover 2005-2010, detail lavish travel expenses billed to the city by its top executives, including then-city administrators Donal O'Callaghan and Eric T. Fresch. Some of the trips occurred as recently as this year, when the city laid off employees and canceled the life and health insurance benefits of city workers' spouses and children because of budget problems.


Details of the travel expenses come amid growing scrutiny of the largely industrial city of roughly 90 residents, where top city attorneys and administrators received high salaries, most notably Fresch, who in 2008 earned more than $1.6 million. Revelations about the travel bills sparked criticism from some in the city.


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