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Beat the Devil
Cockburn, Alexander | March 27, 2000 issue

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In California, as in most states, any election aftermath involves a wan hunt for silver linings. As always, it's hard to find them. Gays will have to book flights to Vermont and take up residence there, in the hopes of someday securing legal sanction for their unions. This year it's been the Rampart scandal, which traces its specific origin to campaign pledges by Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan to hire more police. Mayor Riordan's bright idea is to meet this bill and its successors by issuing bonds against the city's expected windfall of $300 million in tobacco-settlement money, originally earmarked for healthcare.

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ELECTIONS; POLITICAL campaigns; POLITICS, Practical; CALIFORNIA -- Politics & government; LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; UNITED States
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