OAKLAND — Ousted Coliseum Authority Executive Director Scott McKibben is facing criminal charges of violating state conflict-of-interest laws, but his spending habits as head of the special agency raise new questions about how he did his job.
Bills show McKibben charged the public agency for two NBA Finals tickets given to lawyers, traveled out of state without board approval to meet with an executive he now works for, and authorized a $25,000 payment to the son of former state Sen. Don Perata, even though he cannot explain what work the younger Perata did for the authority.
And although McKibben earlier said Don Perata, a controversial figure in East Bay politics, would have no involvement in authority affairs, receipts show the two met more than a dozen times to discuss authority business.