Mechanics Are Crooked?

Cross-posted on NAVEL GAZING, OC Weekly's World-Famous Staff Blog, and JoMoBlog

NEWSFLASH: Mechanics are crooked
Posted by Alex Brant-Zawadzki
January 1, 2008 1:53 PM
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As dutifully chronicled by the unoverestimatable R. Scott Moxley (A Tale of Two Tapes), 2007 saw a nail driven into the coffin of Sheriff Michael Carona's political career, not to mention his testicles. When the LA Times is publishing pictures of your wife and your mistress, calling them the Two Debbies, you just know the country club won't renew your membership for love, money or even political favors.

Two Tapes. Two Debbies. Two convicted Haidls (father Don and son Greg). Two convicted associates (Cavallo and Jaramillo). Truly this story explores the duality of man, for we also have two imbeclies - Mike Carona and Tony "Dumb As A" Rackauckus, our ever-vigilant District Attorney. While he left the boring busywork of nabbing one of America's more prominent and well-funded lawmen to federal law enforcement, Tony Rock was busy with far more sophisticated police work.

Which is to say, they popped EZ Lube for overestimating the amount of repairs cars needed.

Read on...