Suit Against City Officials Alleges Financial Conflict
A group of businessmen has sued the mayor, two city councilmen and the city attorney of Industry, accusing them of conspiring to spend public money for their own benefit.
The suit, filed Wednesday in Pomona Superior Court, alleges several financial conflicts of interest, including land leases to Mayor John Ferrero and his son, Councilman John Paul Ferrero, and waste-hauling contracts to a firm owned by Councilman Patrick Perez. It says City Atty. Graham Ritchie helped arrange the deals.
The three plaintiffs, Edward Roski, Edward P. Roski Jr. and John Curci, are Industry developers who claim their property tax money is being misused.
The land leases and waste-hauling contracts were called questionable in a 1985 Los Angeles County Grand Jury report on the City of Industry.
Perez refused to comment. Neither of the Ferreros nor Ritchie could be reached Thursday.
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