County cracking down on $40 pens, $18 scissors

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's news web site has posted a story about the county's Chief Executive Office getting serious about spending on overly expensive office supplies. Excerpt:

Somewhere out there in the vast universe of Los Angeles County office supplies, a Mini-Jeweleria brown resin fountain pen ($40.50) is feeling the heat right about now.

So is the Victor 12-Digit Heavy-Duty Two-Color Printing Calculator ($202.46), the Deflect-O® Execumat Heavy-Duty Vinyl Chairmat For High-Pile Carpets ($131.54) and a certain aluminum beveled edge ruler ($4.75).