A small town mayor is under scrutiny this week after an investigation found that he sold cut-price cars from the town fleet to his daughter, who then flipped them for a profit. The mayor of Lakeside, Colorado, reportedly sold two cars to his daughter who at the time also worked as a town clerk.
Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 24, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know today.
If you live in California, namely the San Francisco Bay, and you owe on a bunch of parking tickets, you just got a huge break. CBS News reports the California Court of Appeals has ruled that towing over owed parking tickets violates the state’s constitution.
OceanGate’s submersible Titan went missing last week Sunday during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic. It was estimated that the missing sub’s occupants had enough oxygen to survive until Thursday morning, but the Titan likely imploded soon after it lost contact with OceanGate’s surface crew. The Odysseus 6K, a…