Comped

City official who traveled with lobbyist demoted, gets 21% pay cut
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.; 12/18/2009; 1167 words; ...Murchison and Beck at his official city e-mail account obtained by the newspaper later showed that he was told the room would be "comped." The trip was to the AVIA Hotel, which is owned by LodgeWorks. The same firm owns the AVIA hotel at the Pike and is seeking...

City official who traveled with lobbyist is demoted
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.; 12/18/2009; 561 words; ...his hotel room was discounted, but two e-mails obtained by the newspaper later showed that he was told the room would be "comped." The trip was to the AVIA Hotel, which is owned by LodgeWorks. The same firm owns the AVIA hotel at the Pike and is seeking...

Council gives unanimous OK to looking at lobbyist ordinance
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.; 12/16/2009; 932 words; ...A Press-Telegram investigation uncovered e-mails among the three men that indicate they all knew their rooms would be "comped." Beck has reportedly gone on at least two other vacations with Murchison. City Manager Pat West placed Beck on paid administrative...

DLBA's Kojian paid in full for trip, board chairman says
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.; 12/12/2009; 1214 words; ...Attorney Bob Shannon and the Press-Telegram that the discount was a surprise. "Kojian told me he had no idea the room was comped," City Attorney Bob Shannon told the Press-Telegram on Friday. "That e- mail was sent to Kojian." Messages were exchanged...

City manager suspends Beck; e-mails suggest he knew about 'comp' hotel stay
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.; 12/11/2009; 2060 words; ...indicated that he had no idea that Kojian or Beck were going to be comped," Shannon said. "Mr. Murchison sat right there and lied to me. "Kojian told me he had no idea the room was comped," Shannon continued. "That e-mail was sent to Kojian...