A quick little notice out of California - former City of Los Angeles building and safety commission chief Efren Abratique is coming under fire for voting three times to grant permits to a firm that directly benefitted his own company financially.

And now a friendly little reminder for all the local officials out there: if a vote comes before you where you have a financial stake in the outcome, the proper thing to do is to recuse yourself.  I have a feeling Abratique is going to learn that lesson the hard way.