Recent revelations of potential conflicts of interest among
high-level officials show the city needs an independent watchdog,
expert says.
OC labor leader Tefere Gebre says Anaheim has been the closest
thing we have to a corporate city for a long time.
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Councilwoman Kris Murray cast a vote this year to approve a
report by a subsidiary of Willdan Group, which employs her as its
senior vice president, city records show.
Sources close to City Hall say Thomas Wood and key members of
the City Council had been at odds for some time before he was asked
to resign last week. The city’s business community, meanwhile, is
shocked and confused.
It is the third high-level departure since Voice of OC
investigations raised conflict of interest questions regarding the
city’s building division.
Anaheim Councilwoman Lorri Galloway is on a trip paid for by the
German government to learn about transportation systems.
The largest contract the city manager may sign without council
approval was reduced from $250,000 to $100,000.
The discussion comes on the heels of revelations showing
questionable outsourcing decisions in the city’s building
division.
Library staffers say the city will cut almost one-fifth of its
full-time library employees. City officials won’t give
specifics.
Residents of a mobile home neighborhood beside the Gene Autry
Way expansion in Anaheim say construction is causing them both
aggravation and health problems.
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