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Facts are a bit thin on the ground in the article - they list the city manager as poster child, and that's that. You'd like to see averages to get the picture h

• mturmon 10y ago
  This is a general problem with LA Times muckraking. They do a lot of articles like this, with a single example used to backstop a whole narrative. On the other hand, they can go long (rarely!) with great results, as they did with the self-dealing of politicians in the small city of Bell (in LA County) -- (http://www.latimes.com/local/la-watchdog-me-bell-sg-storygallery.html http://www.latimes.com/local/la-watchdog-me-bell-sg-storygal...).
  • fencepost 10y ago
    This is a general problem with LA Times muckraking. They do a lot of articles like this, with a single example used to backstop a whole narrative. I'd call it Tribune more than just LA Times, and I'd note that the single example they use is generally an outlier. If they used an example from the median it'd be a lot harder to get people worked up.