Exclusive: This L.A. County supervisor had 2 take-home cars, but denied it - LA Daily News
On the Los Angeles County government’s official list of employee take-home vehicles, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas looks very frugal. His assigned car, a 9-year-old Chrysler 300 Limited sedan, cost the county about half as much as the next supervisor’s. But newly released vehicle maintenance records show that Ridley-Thomas, for most of last year, actually had two cars at his disposal. The documents reveal that Ridley-Thomas, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, was stretching the county’s vehicle resources more than other supervisors, and that he misrepresented his situation when challenged. Ridley-Thomas said he only drove a newer car when his older one was “inoperable. And whether Ridley-Thomas actually drove the cars himself is uncertain. On a recent afternoon, his chauffeur idled one of the big black Chryslers at the county office building downtown. An on-duty sheriff’s deputy escorted Ridley-Thomas to the curb, opened the rear passenger-side door, and the supervisor slid onto the gray leather. Paid only for older car Top county officials sign agreements and pay for their take-home vehicles, but Ridley-Thomas paid only for the older car. Source: www.dailynews.com
