Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars and a Missing Name on a Ledger

his thirty years of public service.”

A young woman with a notebook turned away from the crowd and saw me standing near the water fountain.

“Ms. Martinez,” she said, raising her voice to be heard over the shouting near the elevators. “Are you the source of the ledger sheets that were delivered to the DA?”

I did not answer her, but three other reporters continue reading …