Inglewood always up to no good-possibly cooked the books to get Rams stadium

[PortCityProphet]

Former Inglewood employee claims books were cooked to lure NFL team

As the Rams return to L.A. and prepare to eventually move into a swanky new home in Inglewood, a new vehicle has emerged for potentially peeling back the curtain on exactly how the deal got done.

Regardless of its ultimate merit, a federal lawsuit filed by Inglewood’s former budget and accounting manager could result in the public disclosure of plenty of documents and information and testimony and other stuff that Inglewood, the Rams, and/or the NFL would prefer the public not see.

Via Angel Jennings of the Los Angeles Times, Barbara Ohno alleges that Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts (pictured) instructed employees to “create a faςade of financial responsibility and well-being” for Inglewood during the competition with Carson for the privilege of putting a football stadium within city limits. Ohio claim that Inglewood regularly used money from a federal Asset Forfeiture Fund to pay for expenses that could not be covered by the Inglewood General Fund.

Butts strongly denied the allegations, claiming that “[t]he city undergoes rigorous and thorough audits by an outside audit firm.” Butts also pointed out that Ohno was simply a probationary employee who was let go before her probationary period ended.

Of course, her status won’t matter, if Ohno can prove that her job ended because, for example, she complained internally about irregularities like the alleged use of the Asset Forfeiture Fund for unauthorized expenses. In most American jurisdictions, employees of public and private institutions are protected against retaliation for raising concerns that the employer would prefer to not be raised, by anyone at any time.

Ohno alleges that Butts labeled her a “troublemaker,” which is one of the ingredients for proving improper retaliation.

“I was told to stand down, look the other way and be a team player because when Inglewood got the Rams, there would be so much money coming in, no one would care how the city ran its finances,” Ohno said in a statement, via the Times.

The lawsuit primarily will focus on: (1) exploring the accounting details; and (2) developing evidence (such as email messages and texts) showing that Ohno complained about financial issues and/or that Butts raised concerns about her complaints.

Along the way, email or other communications between the city, the Rams, and the NFL could come to light. Thanks to the defect in human nature that routinely results in people reducing to writing things they’d never say while sitting in a witness box, it makes sense for every media outlet in Southern California to scour each and every document filed in court throughout the life of Ohno’s lawsuit.

ready to see that NFL dirt get exposed

 

[broller]

nfl and its associates been so obviously crooked these days

 

[DlAMONDZ]

NFL finna send their goons

 

[Drones]

So they're about to railroad another black politician for doing what white politicians do all the time, with impunity? Got it.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Can't say I'm surprised, they prolly been wanting to gentrify Inglewood for the longest. If this fukks up the Rams and opens the door for the Raiders then I'm all for it.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Kroenke did the same exact type of shyt to get the Rams to LA.... it's no surprise to me that Inglewood did what they needed to do to get the Rams.

 

[ManBearPig]

Inglewood a nice lil suberb.

 

[HHR]

The entire stadium/arena game is fraudulent and dirty. Taxpayers constantly supplementing the pockets of billionaires for the sake of having a team to root for

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Who cares

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Can't say I'm surprised, they prolly been wanting to gentrify Inglewood for the longest. If this fukks up the Rams and opens the door for the Raiders then I'm all for it.

If we're really keeping it 100, Inglewood had been gentrified by LA Blacks since the late 1940's.

With Space X,Aerospace,Northrop Grumman all being so close, and the fact that many blacks in Inglewood own homes... whites and asians are thirsty for them low land values.

But if Inglewood somehow pulled a fast one to get the Rams, why did they block a Wal-Mart from being built? cause that shyt was supposed to be done with the best interest of their own economy and well being of all the small business in the city.