Politics

Playing rough

Looks like labor leader Julie Butcher's car was torched in her front driveway in Highland Park. The head of the Service Employees International Union local at City Hall found her Saturn burning at 4 a.m. on July 7. An empty gasoline can was found next to the flaming car. She was a Hahn backer in the last election, but then so were a lot of labor leaders. The LAFD is investigating, the Times says.


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