Political newcomer, veteran in runoff for vacant L.A. council seat

14 January 2012, 6:35 pm

Joe Buscaino, an LAPD officer, came in first in last fall's special election and is favored to win Tuesday, but state Assemblyman Warren Furutani is stressing that he won't need 'training wheels.' Joe Buscaino is not a dockworker, and yet everyone at the longshoremen's union dispatch hall near the Port of Los Angeles seemed to know him.... Read More »

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