The Los Angeles City Council voted against both the letter and the spirit of the new city charter last week. The issue was whether to appoint a temporary 13th District City Council replacement, as the charter requires.By their vote, council members declared the vacancy to be no big deal. Nor is the ACLU‘s pending federal action to force the council either to appoint a temporary incumbent or to set up a special election.The council carefully did neither. In a measure derisive enough to confirm the most embittered Valley secessionist’s views of City Hall apathy, the council ruled that, should a certified miracle transpire, and one of the eight 13th District contenders for the open seat win the April primary outright, well, that contender can then take the seat vacated last year by now–Assembly Member Jackie Goldberg.
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