Articles by Michael G. Wagner

90 articles since 1997

After Merrill Debate, Profit Beat Prudence

News | By E. Scott Reckard, Shelby Grad, and Michael G. Wagner | July 24, 1998
For two years before Orange County went bankrupt, Merrill Lynch & Co. Read more
 

Records Show Brokerage Knew of O.C. Risks

News | By E. Scott Reckard, Shelby Grad, and Michael G. Wagner | July 24, 1998
For two years before Orange County went bankrupt, Merrill Lynch & Co. Read more
 

Transcripts Show Genesis of Bankruptcy as Early as ‘92

News | By Davan Maharaj and Michael G. Wagner | July 23, 1998
The two central figures in the Orange County bankruptcy who saddled the county with billions of dollars in risky securities admitted in lengthy depositions released Wednesday that each knew little about municipal finance. Read more
 

Depositions Shed Light on O.C. Bankruptcy

News | By Davan Maharaj and Michael G. Wagner | July 23, 1998
The two central figures in the Orange County bankruptcy–who saddled the county with billions of dollars in risky securities–admitted in lengthy depositions released Wednesday that they knew little about municipal finance. Read more
 

Panel Passes Bill Allowing Search Warrants by PUC

California | Local | By Michael G. Wagner | July 16, 1998
A Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously passed without comment a bill that state investigators had claimed Southern California Edison was trying to use to curtail their police powers. Read more
 

A Year Later, Few Answers in Orange

California | Local | By Lesley Wright and Michael G. Wagner | July 8, 1998
It’s been a year since the city of Orange dropped this bombshell on its residents: The operator of the city’s waste recycling plant may have misappropriated” perhaps millions of dollars for personal use that belonged to the city, and Orange police and the district attorney’s office were investigating. Read more
 

Edison Seeks to Limit PUC Police Powers

Business | By Michael G. Wagner | July 8, 1998
Southern California Edison wants the Legislature to strip the Public Utilities Commission’s investigators of their police powers for participating in last fall’s massive criminal raid of the utility’s corporate headquarters, according to two state officials. Read more
 

Edison Seeks to Limit PUC Police Powers

Business | By Michael G. Wagner | July 8, 1998
Southern California Edison wants the Legislature to strip the Public Utilities Commission’s investigators of their police powers for participating in last fall’s massive criminal raid of the utility’s corporate headquarters, according to two state officials. Read more
 

Edison Seeking to Limit PUC’s Police Powers

News | By Michael G. Wagner | July 8, 1998
Southern California Edison is trying to change state laws to severely restrict the Public Utilities Commission’s investigative powers, following the agency’s allegations that the massive 1996 Calabasas fire started on a utility power pole. Read more
 

Angry Edison Wants PUC’s Police Powers Scaled Back

California | Local | By Michael G. Wagner | July 8, 1998
Southern California Edison wants the Legislature to change state law to severely restrict Public Utilities Commission investigators’ police powers, after the state’s allegations that the massive 1996 Calabasas fire started on a utility power pole. Read more
 
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