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ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - A similar group of partisan players who made Eric Garcetti's passage to India possible by voting for his confirmation despite shocking and disturbing evidence grounded Phil Wahington's hopes of leading the Federal…

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ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - Not sure if it is gamesmanship or just confusion but first we heard that no County Supervisors would testify and then, surprise -- both Janice Hahn and Sheila Kuehl took the stand in the Dr. Mark Ridley-Thomas fede…

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