Maria Robles, wife of Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez won a $125,000 consulting contract from the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Coincidently, at the very same time, the SCAQMD is lobbying hard in Sacramento for legislation that would cut emissions on train stations. Now for the more cynical among us, this might be a red flag that something less than kosher was afoot.

However, rest easy because Nunez spokesman Steve Maviglio said Robles signed a conflict-of-interest statement saying she can't lobby on the bill, and that Nuñez will abstain from voting if the bill reaches the Assembly floor.

Whew.

Otherwise, this might have appeared inappropriate☺