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ANGOLA - State ethics laws are on the books to prevent the good ol' boy network in Louisiana, but it appears a clever workaround was found for two high-ranking employees at Angola earning $1,200 per-cut to cut a small section of grass at the prison.
The WBRZ Investigative Unit uncovered a warden and major at the facility were awarded a contract to cut grass at Angola. That happened in August, and the contract was issued by the State Office of Juvenile Justice. Four months after the contract was awarded, Louisiana business filings with the Secretary of State's Office show the employees who received the contract created a lawn company that bears the name on the contract.
The contract for grass-cutting was given to William Kaycee Rosso under the name Rosso Lawn Services. Rosso is a warden at Angola earning nearly $74,000 per year, according to state payroll records from 2021.
His brother, David Britt Rosso is a major earning nearly $70,000. Both men set up an LLC with the Louisiana Secretary of State back in December and are listed as the agents and officers of the company. Their addresses show they are living on Angola's property. It's a perk funded by taxpayers that is offered to some employees who work at the prison.
"We have an elaborate ethics law designed to prevent nepotism and abuse of office and corruption," LSU Law Professor Ken Levy said. "This certainly looks corrupt when state employees get the advantage on all of their competitors. It's not fair. It...
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