A city hall insider leaves two high profile gigs and lots of questions

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Chris Pook was yukking it up pretty good in the foyer of city council chambers on April 15. Inside, city auditor Laura Doud had just told the council that Pook had stiffed the city for $37,000 while operating the Long [...]

Although money wasn’t mentioned in the report the Sea Festival Association just submitted to the city, a top official of the organization acknowledged to The District today that it will pay the City of Long Beach at least $30,000 for the rights to hold last summer’s events along the local waterfront.
“I have good news, for a change,” said Drew Satariano, president of the Sea Festival Association Board of Governors, [...]