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##  [ LA Supe Solis and Gov Walker: Odd Couple Gifting Billionaire Hedge Funder, Stiffing the Working Class ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11673:la-supe-solis-and-gov-walker-odd-couple-gifting-billionaire-hedge-funder-stiffing-the-working-class&catid=312)

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## [LA Politics: Mother to All Kinds of Crime and Corruption](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11672:la-politics-mother-to-all-kinds-of-crime-and-corruption&catid=312)

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Written by Chris Reed on August 18 2016.

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