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September 6, 2012
William Douglas Agopian Admits to Being OC's Latest Pig at the Public Trough
Move over, Robert Rizzo and Jeffery Hubbard: another public official who lives in Orange County but worked in Los Angeles County is corrupt as hell. William Douglas Agopian resides in Santa Ana, but the 61-year-old was the chief business officer with the Lynwood Unified School District, from whom ... More >>
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March 28, 2012
Kinde Durkee, Near Plea Deal for Ripping Off Democratic Politicians, Makes a Love Match
Before we get to the news about Kinde Durkee's possible plea deal, may we point out that, based on their respective booking photos, we believe we have found a love match between the disgraced former Democratic campaign treasurer and a certain disgraced former city official who called Huntington B ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
(Government) Cheesey Orange County: OC Second in State With Number of Adults Who Are "Food Insecure"
According to the latest California Health Interview Survey, Orange County has the second-most number of low-income adults in the state who are food insecure - defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as "limited or uncertain availability of traditionally adequate and safe foods". Presu ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Joseph A. Fletcher Was 2nd Highest Paid Muni Worker in State as Santa Ana's City Attorney
City Attorney Joseph A. Fletcher left the cracked streets of Santa Ana a January ago with more than $605,000 in salary, severance and benies, and new data released by the State Controller show that brought him this "distinction":Fletcher earned more in 2010 than any other municipal employee in Ca ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
What We Learned
The Year on Navel Gazing and Beyond!
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November 1, 2011
Robert Rizzo, Facing Trial for Fleecing Bell, Sues City for Back Pay
JabbaNow that he's sold his Huntington Beach home, there is really no local angle for your favorite OC-based alt. weekly to comment on Bell's disgraced former city administrator Robert Rizzo. But we just couldn't resist this latest tidbit involving Jabba the Corrupt.Consider this our parting shot ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Robert Rizzo, Corrupt and Bloated Bureaucrat, Sells His Big-Ass Surf City Home
The Huntington Beach home of disgraced former Bell city administrator Robert Rizzo has sold for $939,000.That's $40,000 less than the asking price when the two-story home was first listed in June, $10,000 less than a later discounted price, and $139,000 more than the bloated bureaucrat earned in ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
OC Weekly Captures 10 or 11 OC Press Club Awards
OC Weekly won 10 or 11 awards at Wednesday night's Orange County Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Irvine. Among these were eight first-place awards. It's 10 or 11 total because the same Weekling tied for first place in the same category, something Kedric Francis, Firebrand ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
You, Too, Can Live Like a Muni-Fleecer: Robert Rizzo's Surf City Home for Sale
Bloated ex-Bell city administrator Robert Rizzo, who put the "pig" in "pig at the trough," has put his Huntington Beach home on the market.According to the Pier Realty listing, "Jabba the Corrupt" wants just shy of $1 million--which is just shy of what he made in yearly salary and benies from tin ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Bruce Malkenhorst Sr., Vernon's Ex-Top Exec, Accepts Plea Deal
A Huntington Beach resident who was formerly the city administrator of a tiny town in Los Angeles County has pleaded guilty to various public corruption charges against him.Nope, it was not Robert Rizzo, but Bruce Malkenhorst Sr., the ex-top exec in the city of Vernon and dead ringer for th ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
[UPDATED with Date of Whipping:] Robert Rizzo's House Creamed
UPDATE, MAY 9, 12:51 A.M.: It dawned one me after posting on the creaming of Robert Rizzo's Huntington Beach abode that I'd neglected to include the date of the incident. According to the Association Of Human Excellence (A.O.H.E.): "Rizzo got creamed on Cinco de Mayo, which our association finds ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Ruben Vives, Former Illegal Immigrant, Wins Pulitzer for Coverage of Bell Scandal
There are a lot of local angles to tie in this week's Pulitzer Prize victory by Los Angeles Times reporters Ruben Vives and Jeff Gottlieb for their coverage of the City of Bell Scandal. You have the man they took down, Robert Rizzo, being a resident of Huntington Beach, and that Gottlieb used to ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
LA Times Pulitzer: Happy Ending to the Paper's Sad Saga of Decline
Yesterday, the LA Times won the much coveted Putlizer prize for public service reporting thanks to its expose of a web of public-sector corruption in the city of Bell. The award marks what many observers hope will be a reversal of fortune for the newspaper, which has seen a staggering decline in ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
[UPDATED with New Charges] Robert Rizzo, Ex-Bell City Administrator, Must Stand Trial
UPDATE, MARCH 30, 12:53 P.M.: Ousted Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo of Huntington Beach earlier this month had a misappropriation of public funds count tossed by a judge in Los Angeles, although Jabba the Corrupt was ordered to stand trial on a conflict-of-interest charge.But a grand jury i ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
[UPDATED] Robert Rizzo, Ex-Bell Administrator, Leaves Hospital and is Due Back in Court Monday
UPDATE, FEB. 25, 1:31 P.M.: Huntington Beach resident and ex-Bell city administrator Robert Rizzo was released from Good Samaritan Hospital late Thursday and is expected back at his public-corruption trial in Los Angeles Monday morning.Rizzo was wheeled out of LA County Superior Court with chest ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
Robert Rizzo Hog-Tied to Emails Where Other High-Salaried Bell Officials Admit to Being Piggies
Court documents released today show disgraced former officials in the tiny city of Bell talked of "pigs" and "hogs" when referring to the "salaries" they paid themselves, with a special snout out to the fattest piggy at the public trough, Huntington Beach resident and ex-city administrator Rober ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
Six More Surf City Volunteer Gigs for Disgraced Robert Rizzo (and One Place He Can Never Work)
Robert Rizzo, Bell's disgraced ex-city manager, went from earning $800,000 per year to working off a community-service sentence as part of a DUI conviction out of his residence in Huntington Beach.Now comes word he has shifted from volunteering at a thrift store to parking cars for the Internatio ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Robert Rizzo, Who Helped Create the Mess in Bell, Now Cleaning Messes at Local Thrift Store
If you walk into the Huntington Beach Goodwill Store, turn a corner and are confronted by a big tub of goo with a bad dye job on top, don't assume that's a big tub of goo with a bad dye job on top.It could very well be Robert Rizzo, the disgraced ex-city manager of Bell.
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October 11, 2010
Robert Rizzo Officially Becomes Shitty Surf City Neighbor as Overexposed Home is T.P.'d
KTLA/Channel 5 news trucks that rolled up to disgraced ex-Bell city manager Robert Rizzo's Huntington Beach home this morning discovered someone had beat them there.Toilet paper was strewn around the front of the home and three red X's were spray-painted on the sidewalk in front of the Lake Stree ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
Robert Rizzo Wants Back Pay
Jabba the Corrupt, "Want more food."Huntington Beach resident Robert Rizzo, the tiny city of Bell's disgraced former city manager, said through his lawyer that he is due severence pay and benefits for his $1.5 million yearly position.
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October 7, 2010
Live From Rizzo Watch 2010
News vans clogged Lake Street in Huntington Beach this morning as TV crews stood sentry during what KTLA/Channel 5 reporter Eric Spillman referred to as "The Rizzo Watch."Rizzo would be disgraced former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo, who posted bail last night and left the LA County Jail for his ... More >>
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October 5, 2010
Randy Adams, "Disabled" as Bell's Police Chief, Boasted of Athletic Prowess on OC Job App
The day last year when Randy Adams signed on to become the city of Bell's police chief, the 59-year-old was immediately declared disabled, meaning that whenever he decided to retire, he would receives half of his $400,000 annual salary for life.Funny, then, that Adams was taking rigorous spinnin ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
Ho-Hum, a City Official Busted in Surf City
A corruption probe resulted in the arrest of a city official in Huntington Beach this morning. Hell, that's not news, that's just another day in Surf City, you're probably saying to yourself. (Ah, ex-mayors Garofalo and Houchen, how we miss you so!) However, this time the busted city official ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
What Do You Get When You Wrap Scorned Ex-Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo in a Tux?
We already waxed poetic about the relative girth of Robert Rizzo, the Huntington Beach resident who has been scorned for pulling down $800,000 from taxpayers to be the city manager of Bell.6 Fatties Thinner Than Ex-Bell City Manager Robert RizzoHowever, that exhaustive investigative report was c ... More >>
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August 22, 2010
Sunday News Notes
Rizzo: I've been sodomized!Local news highlights include:Ex-Bell city manager says he is a rape victimIn case you haven't heard: Robert Rizzo, Bell's city manager who paid himself $1.5 million annually, was sexually assaulted. Yep, and Rizzo is naming names. The perpetrator? The LA Times, he says ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
6 Fatties Thinner Than Ex-Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo
People seem to really be interested in ex-Bell city manager's $800,000 annual salary--recently adjusted up to $1.5 million with benies. Less talk is directed at what a huge fucking load Robert Rizzo is. I mean, my God, look at that noggin!(Hint to authorities who may in the near future have to fi ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Today's Vomit Inducing Story
"Bell, one of the poorest cities in Los Angeles County, pays its top officials some of the highest salaries in the nation, including nearly $800,000 annually for its city manager."--Opening sentence in today's Los Angeles Times article by reporters Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives. The story also no ... More >>

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