It's L.A.'s Voters Who Need Their Head Examined

Correction:  $50,000, not five cents.

David Zahniser reports in the Los Angeles Times that the DWP spent $50,000 of YOUR MONEY on a psychologist to answer the musical question, "Can't we all just get along," where "we" comprised the top two executives at the agency that overcharges you for water and power, namely, Messrs. Nahai and Raj. Read it and rage on.

Better yet, read it, then send a check for $25 to candidates David Barron, Rudy Martinez and, when she gets enough signatures, Althea Shaw.

Zahniser reports:

The psychologist received nearly $50,000 under a contract that required him to give only an oral report to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office. As a result, there is no written record, a DWP spokesman said.

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Nahai and Raj became the top two executives at the utility in November 2007. Both had raised money for Villaraigosa's 2005 mayoral campaign.  

Man, if yours truly had been elected, heads would have rolled, not shrunk. Hey, how much would it cost to have that same guy examine Villaraigosa's head?