{"id":104132,"date":"2016-08-23T10:24:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T18:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=104132"},"modified":"2016-08-23T10:31:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T18:31:37","slug":"los-angeles-city-council-president-doesnt-pay-his-bills-on-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=104132","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles City Council president doesn&#8217;t pay his bills on time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.laobserved.com\/archive\/2016\/08\/city_council_president_do.php\">NEWS<\/a>: Herb Wesson, the president of the Los Angeles City Council, has received five default notices for being late with mortgage payments since he became the top council official in 2011, David Zahniser reports for the L:A Times. &#8220;In two of those instances, Wesson\u2019s properties came dangerously close to a foreclosure auction, according to county real estate records. 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