Seldom does a week go by without some new scandalous revelation or criminal indictment involving a city councilman or some other scrounger at the local public trough.
Right on schedule recently came the news that Mark Ridley-Thomas, a career politician currently serving on the L.A. city council, was indicted for bribery for alleged acts he committed while sitting on the L.A. County board of supervisors.
Last week in this space, I wrote about the vaccine mandates being imposed in some states and cities and how they were being resisted in some quarters, notably by police officers and firefighters.
The city has offered an alternative in the form of twice-weekly testing, which sounds reasonable until you learn the details of the arrangement.
The city has awarded a $3 million contract for COVID-19 testing to a company called Bluestone, which is partly owned by Pedram Salimpour, a Los Angeles doctor.
After entertaining no competing bids, the city council awarded Bluestone the contract for the twice-weekly testing to be required of city employees who decline to be vaccinated.
If the stream of testing customers falls below 1,000 per month next January, the city is obliged to pay Bluestone a "Software maintenance fee" of $125,000 per month.
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Dem Pols Profit From Forcing COVID Tests on Cops, Firefighters
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