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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Who's Playing Watchdog in LA County?

    Yesterday in the City of Maywood, Mayor Felipe Aguirre and two other elected officials survived a recall. The mayor is only one of many local officials to face corruption complaints and criminal charges.  Maywood has 30,000 residents with just 7500 registered voters. Eleven hundred voted against the recall, 800 were for it.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Yesterday in the City of Maywood, Mayor Felipe Aguirre and two other elected officials survived a recall. The mayor is only one of many local officials to face corruption complaints and criminal charges. Maywood has 30,000 residents with just 7500 registered voters. Eleven hundred voted against the recall, 800 were for it. We hear on the story from Matt Fleischer, senior editor at the LA City Beat, and Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies, a non-profit research organization that looks at ethics and campaign financing.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Matt Fleischer

      Senior Editor, LA City Beat

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      Bob Stern

      Center for Governmental Studies

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    The full episode

    4 of 4
    Los Angeles Times Publisher Discusses Bankruptcy
    1. 1:16The Price of Gasoline: Good News and Bad
    2. 24:21NPR West Takes a Hit
    3. 30:29Los Angeles Times Publisher Discusses Bankruptcy
    4. 41:55Who's Playing Watchdog in LA County?You’re reading this
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