Government
Jul. 10, 2006
Former Prosecutor Doesn't 'Have to Be Loved to Be Effective'
LOS ANGELES - His father had been shot to death in a liquor store robbery, and Billy Yang showed up at a Los Angeles City Council meeting to relate his painful tale in support of a half-cent sales tax hike to pay for more police officers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - His father had been shot to death in a liquor store robbery, and Billy Yang showed up at a Los Angeles City Council meeting to relate his painful tale in support of a half-cent sales tax hike to pay for more police officers.
"Please, I beg you. I beg you," Yang said in a moment of high drama, directly addressing Councilman Jack Weiss, whose dis...
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