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### Chiang’s Gone Madoff

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## [Big Money Wins in LA: Melvoin Spent 71% of the Money to Get 57% of the Vote](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13239:big-money-wins-in-la-melvoin-spent-71-of-the-money-to-get-57-of-the-vote&catid=312)

HIGHJACKING DEMOCRACY IN LA-Once Nick Melvoin joins the Los Angeles Unified School District board, he’s going to require all high school civics teach…

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Written by Paul Hatfield on May 15 2017.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on May 15 2017.

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Written by Daniel Guss on May 15 2017.

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Written by Sara Roos on May 15 2017.

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Written by Joe Mathews on May 15 2017.

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Written by Peter Dreier on May 15 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 15 2017.

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Written by Daniel Guss on May 15 2017.

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Written by Peter Dreier on May 13 2017.

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