You gotta love the reporting on this story about the LA supervisor who gets busted by the Times. I wonder if you were writing this, what would you have done differently? Reporters Jack Leonard and Matt Lait: Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, who was elected to represent some of the county's poorest neighborhoods, is living in a gated Brentwood home, despite laws requiring her to reside in the predominantly South Los Angeles district she serves.
In an interview with The Times two weeks ago, Burke said it was only on weekends and special occasions that she used her Brentwood home — a 4,000-square-foot residence with a swimming pool and tennis court that she and her husband have…
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