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Martinez's advertising accuses Huizar of using a taxpayer "slush fund" to finance a "luxurious lifestyle," and alleges federal investigators are looking into the councilman's activities, a claim Huizar's campaign calls a ruse orchestrated by the challenger.

'Political Bullet': Ugly Council Race Turns Former Buddies Into Political Nemeses AP 2011

Martinez's advertising accuses Huizar of using a taxpayer "slush fund" to finance a "luxurious lifestyle," and alleges federal investigators are looking into the councilman's activities, a claim Huizar's campaign calls a ruse orchestrated by the challenger.

'Political Bullet': Ugly Council Race Turns Former Buddies Into Political Nemeses AP 2011

Instead, one councilman's obsession (just happens to be gay) is driving the entire city's political agenda.

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The picture, taken outside the councilman's house in metropolitan Manila, clearly shows a man aiming his gun from behind the victim's smiling three-member family, seconds before he was shot.

Reynaldo Dagsa, Filipino Official, Caught His Own Murder Suspect On Camera (VIDEO) Cara Parks 2011

What was more riveting than the councilman's appearance, however, was seeing Bursk flanked by the two homeowner group representatives.

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Bosch, whose empathy for such victims is as fierce as his zeal to arrest their victimizers "he needed to see the look on the killer's face when he knocked on the door and showed his badge", can't help but be bothered by the department's priorities: Eight people are assigned to the death of the councilman's son, but nobody seems to care about Lily Price, dead for 20 years and her murderer still unknown.

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Ms. Jude said that Oliver Seabrook , the councilman's brother, was paid $4,000 to speak at two events; Priscilla Jenkins , a sister living in Georgia, was paid to evaluate a Bronx-based program.

Misuse of Funds Is Alleged Scott Shifrel 2011

"There is no evidence that Larry Seabrook knew any time that double billing was taking place," said Tony Ricco , the councilman's attorney.

Misuse of Funds Is Alleged Scott Shifrel 2011

If ever a case was a magnet for high jingo, it's the one thrust on Harry in "The Drop," Michael Connelly's 17th Bosch chronicle: the death of an influential, anti-LAPD councilman's son who fell, jumped or was pushed from a balcony of a Sunset Strip hotel.

Mystery Tom Nolan 2011

What was more riveting than the councilman's appearance, however, was seeing Bursk flanked by the two homeowner group representatives.

John Mirisch: Bait-Switch-Fix: The Westside Subway's Three Act Play John Mirisch 2011