CREDIBILITY: To cool the raging controversy over...

CREDIBILITY: To cool the raging controversy over the county retirement board’s frequent travel, top administrator Mary Jean Hackwood has returned 14 credit cards issued to board members and administrators. . . . Auditor-Controller Steve Lewis, who rejected $5,000 worth of personal expenses board members charged on their recent trip to Europe, has complained that the cards were too often misused. . . . Supervisor Roger R. Stanton was surprised at the number of cards the pension board held. “It’s a good thing that the sunlight was let in over there,” he said.