Another Portland transportation face card bails
Former Portland parking meter guru Ellis McCoy's immediate supervisor, Lavinia Gordon, is retiring from city government. While federal investigators presumably continue their look into notoriously shady dealings involving the city's parking meter contracts, all of the bureaucrats directly involved in the deals -- McCoy, Gordon, and former city transportation chief Sue Keil -- have conveniently left the building. The operations manager of the bureau, Ron Geason, also abruptly hit the bricks a couple of weeks ago.
Will the feds do anything with the evidence they've collected? Given how long the case has been festering, and the recent turnover in the U.S. attorney's job, we're less than optimistic.
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Comments (5)
Congress needs to start getting interested in waste and graft in federal grants to states.
That ridiculous sculpture for the unneeded and ridiculously expensive MLR should've caught someone's eye by now in Washington.
Posted by Mr. Grumpy | November 1, 2011 1:58 PM
Will the feds do anything with the evidence they've collected? Quick and easy answer "NO"
Posted by phil | November 1, 2011 4:54 PM
From my experience, most of these investigations stop shortly after the vermin step down, and pursuing it afterwards comes off as "harassment". Otherwise, the words "State's Evidence" might become common, especially involving perps who didn't get enough hush money from the people really behind the criminal offenses.
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | November 1, 2011 5:46 PM
Sheesh! Seems like collection agencies can do a better job of tracking slime balls than the feds. Tote up the bill, get a judgment and let them go!
Posted by Nolo | November 1, 2011 6:06 PM
Are they moving to non-extradite countries?
Posted by Mister Tee | November 2, 2011 3:38 PM