We got word that Michael Mendenhall, who worked on New Capital Show, was killed by a drunk driver, and John Daido Loori, one of the world's great Zen teachers passed away.  Leo reflects on their lives, and then turns his attention to the sordid story of how an ex deputy mayor of LA could take a seat on the board of one of the largest pension funds in the world, and then turn that gig into a $50 million payment.  This should be a national scandal, but it doesn't even seem to be a big story in California.  Americans have become jaded over the pilfering of capital resources whenever, wherever, and however that occurs.