Last month, I wrote about all the political bickering affecting port authorities along the U.S. West Coast, particularly the key gateways of Long Beach and Seattle. Turns out that as that issue went to press, the juiciest stuff yet was just being revealed in Oakland. In mid-October, two high-ranking executives, including now former Executive Director Omar Benjamin, at Northern California’s biggest port, were placed on administrative leave as a result of a travel expenses scandal re...