Los Angeles Watchdog Group Tracks Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars in City Contracts

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Wayne Ward sat in the second row of the spectator gallery, his grey overcoat folded over the back of the wooden bench. He was checking his gold watch again, his thumb rubbing the latch on the band.

“The first item on the morning agenda is the renewal of the Ninth District waste management service contract,” the clerk announced.

“We have continue reading …