By Nancy Vogel, Times Staff WriterDecember 15, 2006
SACRAMENTO — The assemblyman at the center of a controversy over the issuance of official-looking badges to campaign supporters on Thursday called the fellow lawmaker asked to investigate the practice "the most racist legislator I have encountered in over 40 years."
Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally (D-Compton) made the comment about Assemblyman Hector De La Torre (D-South Gate) in response to a question from a television reporter.
(I guess Mr. Dymally never "encountered" Democrat Senator Robert Byrd during his tenure in the House of Representatives.)
For more background on this issue, read:
Nuñez wants use of badges probed
The Assembly speaker acts after lawmaker Mervyn Dymally attracts notice by issuing the official-looking shields to supporters.
By Dan Morain and Evelyn Larrubia, Times Staff WritersDecember 13, 2006
Man held in DUI had badge issued by Dymally, police say
By Evelyn Larrubia and Dan Morain, Times Staff Writers December 5, 2006
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