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Travel expenses scandal plagues Oakland port

Friday, October 19, 2012

Benjamin Port commissioners at the Port of Oakland late Thursday placed Executive Director Omar Benjamin on paid administrative leave following revelations of employees submitting improper travel expenses, including a reimbursement for visiting a strip club. The board of commissioners named Deborah Ale Flint, director of aviation, to interim executive director while the investigation into the port's finances continues. The board has also retained the Arnold & Porter law f...

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