Editor’s Note: We at the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative are working on our latest website, The Modesto Focus, which we expect to soft launch later this month. The following is the first story from Modesto Focus accountability reporter Garth Stapley.
One of the area’s most bruising blows to government trust in years – StanCOG potentially fleeced by its own, according to the Stanislaus Civil Grand Jury – has many wondering how in the world something like this could happen.
This includes elected officials themselves, some of whom were figuratively at the wheel of the transportation agency when the wreck happened…