LA Times Wins Pulitzer for Exposing Plutocrats

The Los Angeles Times's superlative investigative reporting exposed that Bell, Calif. politicians in the 37,000-resident town (the poorest in Calif.) had increased property taxes and other service fees in part to cover the enormous, six-figure salaries the officials were paying themselves. The Times's series eventually led to arrests and the ouster of a number of city officials. 

The LA Times article that describes the whole sordid mess can be linked to below.