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Oct 11 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This racist scandal in Los Angeles City Council is horrifying.

There are three council members who need to resign:
2) Councilmember Gil Cedillo, representing the First District (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angel…)

Councilmember Nury Martinez, representing the Sixth District (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angel…)

Councilmember Kevin de León, representing the Fourteenth District (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angel…)
3) If they resign, that means openings for new councilmembers. I'd have to consider running, "putting my money where my mouth is," but I'm in District Two. ...
4) Are you in Los Angeles' First District, Sixth District, or Fourteenth District? We need good people to get into politics and this might become an opportunity for YOU to become the new generation of better politicians.

#RunForSomething

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