Golden Fleece Award – Issue 74

This week’s Golden Fleece Award travels south to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP).

This brilliant government agency dropped $162 million on an electronic billing system that overcharged more than 60,000 rate payers and left them with a bunch of bank overdraft fees.

DWP complains about not having enough money to replace 90 – 100 year old pipes, one of which burst and flooded UCLA’s $137 million basketball arena.

We wonder how many pipes DWP could replace if it didn’t pay its average worker $101,237 per year – 50% more than other city employees?

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