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Sheriff Lee Baca is becoming one of the more interesting local elected officials, with his leading role in the defense of law-abiding American muslims and his advocacy of education programs for his jail inmates. My radio column aired today on KCRW; here's the link to listen or to read the text version. I recorded it before the weekend Times story about his reported gifts — but hey, they make him more interesting to cover.
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