Posted on 10/16/2012 1:17:10 PM PDT by GSWarrior
A high-ranking Port of Oakland official is in hot water for throwing down $4,500 in public funds for a party at a Houston strip club.
"Port commissioners take this matter very seriously," board President Gilda Gonzales said in a statement after their meeting.
Kwon's strip-club spending spree didn't come to port officials' attention until just recently. The timing is especially terrible for the port, which is in the midst of a protracted labor fight with maintenance and other workers over terms of a new contract.
Now, officials are scrambling to get a handle on the strip-club visit and to determine whether it was part of a broader pattern by Kwon of misuse of public money.
Kwon, maritime operations director since 2007, wasn't available for comment - he's in China attending another port conference.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
This happened four years ago. Sounds like somebody settling a score.
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