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Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [Duped Councilman Rationalizes Mayor’s Animal Bamboozle](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11068:duped-councilman-rationalizes-mayor-s-animal-bamboozle&catid=312) CITY HALL--“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/038k-eaf52500.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/038k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2016bb0a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11066:california-environmental-leader-or-liar&catid=312)### [California: Environmental Leader or Liar?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11066:california-environmental-leader-or-liar&catid=312) Written by Belinda Waymouth on May 09 2016. 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