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The City Council said no deal to the $540,000 consulting contract negotiated with former Port of Los Angeles executive director Larry Keller. One of the objections is that he's a witness in the grand jury investigations of practices at the harbor. Times, Daily Breeze
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Sweet deal for harbor chief nixed
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