Jim,

The Bee story could fill in the blanks.

George Britton went to Downey High School with Mike Zagaris.  When Jack
Crist was hired the community development department was in the city
attorney's office. 

Milich and Zahr took over the community development department to cover
up the scandal of Village One. Milich joined the Zagaris payroll after
retiring from the city. 

Jack Crist made the Village One scandal public by taking community
development out of the city attorneys office and temporarly bringing the
department into the city managers office.

Crist also made the mistake of joining the Mayor at the time by
insisting that developer fees be collected and that Village One
construction be stopped for six months until the fees could be raised.
The vote was negative and the city lost at least $12 million.  Where did
it go?

At that point Mike Zagaris lobbied or ordered city council members to
get rid of Jack Crist.

George Britton was hired to replace Crist when the time came for
Zagaris, Keating, and a majority of the council could vote to fire Crist
without explanation.

Carmen Sabatino, Former Mayor of Modesto

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