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Published on Sunday, October 12, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
As they did a year ago, Los Angeles officials are turning to the last public official with any credibility with voters: Police Chief William Bratton.
Bratton, who recently has denied that he was thinking of taking over London's police force, will emerge in the next month as the spokesman for Measure A, the $36-a-year parcel tax to pay for anti-gang programs.
It will be Bratton on billboards, Bratton on radio, Bratton on television - if they can raise enough money to pay for the spots - to talk about the need for the tax to develop prevention and intervention programs.
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, the driving force behind the tax, which needs two-thirds voter approval, said she was thrilled when Bratton agreed to be the leading force for the measure to try to convince voters to approve the levy.
"We know when Chief Bratton says he will support something, it means a lot," Hahn said
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