Adam Elmahrek at the union-funded Voice of OC steps up with an excellent story today on the OCTA’s Board unanimous vote to stop a $19+ million subsidy to the LA-centric Metrolink commuter rail system: OCTA Board Withholds Money From Metrolink.
OCTA Director Jeff Lalloway correctly points out the “forensic” audit that’s been called for to investigate the financial malfeasance and plain sloppiness at the Metrolink bureaucracy has not been accomplished — in fact, it’s yet to be approved as the Metrolink “board has decided to finish with the work of external auditor and a financial consultant before starting the forensic audit” per their public affairs spokeshole. Mr. Lalloway has good experience with these forms of audits as he and his Irvine City Council colleagues (the honest ones) on the Great Park Board have called for similar action to investigate the misuse and disappearance of nearly $200 million in Park development funds.