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City officials say it cost Los Angeles taxpayers $183,000 to close streets and direct traffic at the Bob Hope memorial service in the Valley on August 27. According to David Zahniser in the Daily Breeze, the city council agreed Friday to pay the tab.
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Bob Hope didn't go cheap
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