EDITORIAL BELMONT PROBE.DISTRICT Attorney Steve Cooley has done in one month what former D.A. Gil Garcetti couldn't manage in half a dozen - he's found enough evidence to warrant opening a criminal probe into the Belmont Learning Center This Belmont Learning Center contains information about a building currently under construction. It may contain information of a speculative nature, and the content may change dramatically as construction progresses and new information becomes available. scandal. In making his announcement, Cooley said important evidence, including 70 witness statements, was never reviewed by his predecessor. No wonder Garcetti wasn't able to pursue public corruption. He wasn't looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. official wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do . Astonishingly a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. , that was his policy and a big reason Cooley won. Cooley has appointed an experienced prosecutor with a history of winning convictions in similar cases to head the Belmont task force, Special Assistant District Attorney Anthony G. Patchett. Patchett wants to find out why a nearly $200 million school was built on land oozing oozing exudation of fluid. potentially toxic hydrogen sulfide and explosive methane gas without regard to the law. Cooley sent a warning to all public officials in Los Angeles County when he got the school board to back down on its secret action to seek bids on selling or finishing Belmont. Now he has a chance to make it clear that the district attorney will no longer be a co-conspirator in tolerating corruption in high places. |
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