The city of Bell gave nearly $900,000 in loans to former City Administrator Robert Rizzo, city employees and at least two council members in the last several years, according to records reviewed by The Times.I'm impressed that the LA Times has decided to cover the story ...
The documents show that Bell's former assistant city manager, Angela Spaccia, received two loans of at least $100,000 each and that council members Oscar Hernandez and Luis Artiga received $20,000 loans. Rizzo, whose huge salary sparked a scandal that forced him and other city officials to step down, received two loans for $80,000 each, city officials said.
Aww, c'mon now. He was only making a million and a half a year. Let's not jump to any conclusions here...
Neither Hernandez nor Artiga reported the loans on their state financial disclosure forms for 2009, which is required under state law.