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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### YIMBY Wiener’s War On LA … and Other Local Planning

Written by Zelda Bronstein on February 12 2018.

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## [Will This LA Judge be Hoodwinked by an Alleged Bigamist Lawmaker?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14885:will-this-la-judge-be-hoodwinked-by-an-alleged-bigamist-lawmaker&catid=312)

 But this case, BD556209, has never been about just bigamy. It is about repeated instances of alleged perjury, mail and/or wire fraud and a bizarre…

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Written by James Preston Allen on February 12 2018.

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Written by Karen Wolfe on February 12 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 12 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on February 12 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 12 2018.

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Written by Paul Koretz on February 12 2018.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 12 2018.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on February 12 2018.

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Written by Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine on February 12 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on February 12 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on February 12 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on February 12 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 12 2018.

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Written by David J. DePinto on February 12 2018.

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