Drug tests, angry exchanges and "fiscal emergencies"
It was an “everything local” front page today at the Trib and several good stories came out of it.
Here’s a quick run-down:
The San Gabriel Valley’s most infamous attorney Arnold Alvarez-Glasman took some hits from the lawyer of a West Covina resident whose lawsuit was dismissed by the city two weeks ago. Reporter Alison Hewitt is behind the story, and reports the suit originally alleged that four of five West Covina council members accepted campaign contributions from developers “in exchange for steering city projects their way.”
In Montebello, Amanda Baumfeld reports the city could lose $20 million in federal funding if MidValley Yellow Cab doesn’t turn over quarterly drug and alcohol testing reports — which they apparently have done since last June.
Finally in Covina, the city has declared “a fiscal emergency,” according to reporter Dan Abendschein, in order to place a once-failed utility user’s tax increase back on the ballot.
It's a busy news day in the office.