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### Sheila Kuehl Middle Fingers LA

Written by Daniel Guss on December 03 2020.

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## [Friends and Development Partners with Ties to Donald Trump’s Family are Trying to Buy the Crenshaw Mall](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20853:friends-and-development-partners-with-ties-to-donald-trump-s-family-are-trying-to-buy-the-crenshaw-mall&catid=312)

The community needs to act now and stop the sale to LivWrk-DFH Partners (pronounced “Live-Work”), the business partners of Donald Trump’s son-in-law…

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Written by Tony Butka on December 03 2020.

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Written by Zelda Bronstein on December 03 2020.

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Written by Janie Grice on December 03 2020.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on December 03 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 03 2020.

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Written by Liz Amsden on December 03 2020.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 03 2020.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 30 2020.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on November 30 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on November 30 2020.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 30 2020.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on November 30 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 30 2020.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on November 30 2020.

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Written by James Preston Allen on November 30 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 25 2020.

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