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San Gabriel Man Convicted of Killing Angels Pitcher
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Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly MONDAY, DECEMBER 27 - JANUARY 2, 2011 VOLUME III, NO. XXXXV
‘Luck’, Locally Filmed HBO Series, To Resume Production on Jan. 10, 2011
Sentenced to 51 Years in Prison A man convicted of killing Angel’s pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others was sentenced to 51 years in prison Wednesday at Santa Ana Courthouse for an April 2009 fatal drunk-driving collision. Andrew Gallo of San Gabriel, 24, committed second degree murder when he crashed his minivan into a car driven by Adenhart’s girlfriend, Courtney Stewart of Diamond Bar at an intersection in Fullerton. The jury found that Gallo was drunk at the time of the collision. Three people were killed in the accident. He was sentenced to 15 years each for the three deaths and three years each for injuring a fourth man and fleeing the scene of the collision.
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Government Performance and Results Modernization Act to Become Law Rep. Schiff Co-sponsors Bill, Along with Fellow Blue Dog Members
Board of Accountancy. At the firm’s request, nearly all communications during the course of the review went through MHM’s attorneys. The Controller’s review found that the firm did not adequately look for documentation and evidence to support the city’s records, did not document the reason for deficit balances, management’s plans for dealing with the financial conditions, or the adverse effect of deficit balances. Instead the firm relied primarily on comparisons to prior year financial statements, requesting in-
Rep. Adam Schiff (DCA) supported and the House passed H.R. 2142 on Tuesday, the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, clearing the bill for the President’s signature. The legislation, co-sponsored by Rep. Schiff, will bring increased transparency and accountability to the federal government by implementing the same approach that has improved the value and efficiency of state-level programs throughout the nation. “For Congress to make fiscally responsible budgetary decisions, we must have transparent data about the performance and efficiency of federal agencies,” Rep. Schiff said. “As a cosponsor of the bill, I believe it will help Congress conduct more effective oversight, make better-informed authorization and appropriation decisions, identify and eliminate duplicative programs, and enhance the performance of federal programs.” Specifically, The Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 will: Require that federal agencies assess performance on a quarterly basis to ensure federal taxpayer dollars are being spent in an effective manner;
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Dustin Hoffman and Director David Milch on the set of “Luck” at Santa Anita Park.
Production on the pilot and first two episodes of Home Box Office’s
(HBO) highly anticipated series, “Luck,” has been nearly completed and pro-
duction and shooting for episode Three will resume at Santa Anita on Jan. 10.
“Luck,” which stars
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Controller’s Review Finds Problems with Bell Audits from Mayer Hoffman McCann (MHM)
Parole and Probation Temple City and Rosemead Used the Same Firm Compliance State Controller John have led them to identify MHM’s work found that statements. A copy of the Chiang Tuesday, published some – if not all – of the the firm failed to fully com- review has been submitChecks the results of a quality- problems my office has ply with 13 of the 17 ap- ted to the California State On Thursday, December 16, 2010, Detectives from the Arcadia Police Department were joined by personnel from State Parole, the Alhambra, Monterey Park, and San Gabriel Police Departments, for the purpose of conducting parole / probation compliance checks at 22 locations: Arcadia (7), Rosemead (7), San Gabriel (3), Temple City (1), and Alhambra (4). These checks targeted 23 subjects who are on active parole or probation, or who had outstanding arrest warrants. The majority of these subjects are either Asian gang associates or sex registrants.
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control review of the City of Bell and the Bell Community Redevelopment Agency’s audits, which found that the City’s audit firm, Mayer Hoffman McCann (MHM) failed to follow the majority of applicable generally accepted fieldwork audit standards. “MHM appears to have been a rubberstamp rather than a responsible auditor committed to providing the public with the transparency and accountability that could have prevented the mismanagement of the City’s finances by Bell officials,” said Chiang. “Had MHM fully complied with the 17 applicable fieldwork standards, it would
uncovered since August.” Cities – like counties and other local governments – must produce annual financial statements and use outside auditors to review those statements. These reports are used to determine the city’s financial position, its ability to meet its obligations, and the performance of the city’s management and governing board. The purpose of any quality-control review is to ensure the city’s contracted auditors followed generally accepted government audit standards, performed adequate testing and fieldwork, and were able to support their conclusions. This review of
plicable fieldwork auditing standards. In particular, the firm’s auditors complied in varying degrees with fieldwork standards regarding audit documentation and evidence, risk of fraud, and litigation, and their conclusions were not supported by their working papers. MHM has worked as Bell’s independent auditor since 2006, when it bought the City’s previous audit firm, Conrad and Associates LLP. Conrad and Associates had performed audits for the City since 1994. This review focused on the working papers behind MHM’s latest audit of the City and redevelopment agency’s 2008-09 financial