AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File As I’ve covered previously, Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, a Democrat who’s held one office or another for the past 30 years, is facing federal charges for bribery and fraud related to a full scholarship to and paid professorship at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Social Work awarded to his son, allegedly in exchange for Ridley-Thomas steering millions of dollars in county contracts to the school. The school’s former dean, Marilyn Flynn, has also been indicted, and both are set to go to trial in November.
Another long-time Los Angeles Democrat politician — Rep. Karen Bass — also received the same type of scholarship, and also used her elected office to attempt to steer big money to USC by sponsoring 2014’s Child Welfare Workforce Partnership Act, which would have given private universities the ability to receive federal reimbursements for training social workers […]
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