As noted previously, the mayor and much of the city council of Bell lost the recall election.
Ah, but there’s a catch: the city of Bell is losing their shirts on this deal, but they’re looking for audiophiles who need high quality cassette tapes. has to certify the election results. Under ordinary circumstances, that would be a non-issue. But a judge has ordered three of the current city council members to stay at least 100 yards from City Hall, as well as ordering them not to conduct city business. So there’s nobody available to do the certification. The answer: special emergency legislation.
And what of Robert “Ratso” Rizzo? The latest news from his hearing on conflict of interest charges is that, as city administrator, he hired an engineering firm owned by Dennis Tarango to do various environmental studies. Tarango was also the city’s planning director. And, even better, Tarango and Ratso were business partners in a horse-racing venture.
Somebody’s going to get a great true crime book out of this.
Edited to add: Wow. Just wow. Google Books, making it possible to hattip references from the early 1980’s.
I must note for posterity that DAK audio cassettes sucked. Over a period of about a decade, every single one of the ten I bought failed. In the same period of time, I probably only lost one or two TDK or Maxell tapes…
I, in turn, feel compelled to note for posterity that DAK Industries apparently still exists, in the form of DAK 2000.
That’s not to say that I’ve actually ordered, or tried to order, anything from DAK 2000: as far as I know, it could be a zombie website. However, the “What Happened to DAK 1?” page is worth reading, as is the Wikipedia page (mostly for the discussion of the legal precedent set in the case of Microsoft Corp. vs. DAK Industries).