California: Vernon mayor indicted for voter fraud
The Los Angeles Times reports: Capping years of investigation, Los Angeles County prosecutors filed public corruption charges Wednesday accusing Vernon's longtime mayor of voter fraud and the former city administrator of using public funds for personal purposes.
The indictments come after decades of complaints by critics that the small, quirky industrial city a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles is operated as a fiefdom by city leaders, including Mayor Leonis Malburg, who has been in office for more than 50 years and is the grandson of Vernon's founder.
Most of the homes in Vernon are owned by Malburg, other council members and the city, and a majority of the 91 residents are city employees.
Prosecutors charge that Malburg, 77, has been fraudulently voting in Vernon elections for decades as he allegedly lives in his grandfather's former estate in Hancock Park, 20 miles away. -- Vernon mayor and ex-official are indicted - Los Angeles Times
Note: The remainder of the story reveals that the grandfather was also the mayor of Vernon and indicted (but not convicted) of similar charges in the 1920's.