IF YOU WANT TO GO TO WAR WITH AN AGENCY OR OFFICIAL, FOIA THEIR TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT RECORDS: High Speed Rail CEO Resigns After Questions From CBS. “The move followed an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General which concluded that consultants have billed the authority nearly $600,000 for unauthorized expenses, including first-class flights and rides to gyms as well as an escape room.”

Best line: “Only in California could a project that is years late and billions over budget somehow find money for consultant rides to a cigar lounge.”

I’ve always said that if my university ever fired me, I’d hire an investigator and audit all the travel accounts. Pretty much guaranteed pay dirt.