Camp Riordan: Everybody needs a day at...
Camp Riordan: Everybody needs a day at summer camp--even the mayor. Richard Riordan, wearing a T-shirt but flanked by aides in suits, spent a leisurely afternoon at the Woodland Hills Boys & Girls Club day camp Tuesday. . . . He beat camper Ryan Dall at table tennis and played a mean game of basketball, at one point grabbing the ball just before it could land in the hands of a boy much shorter than he. He didn’t make any baskets, though. . . .
Faux Pas: Some things have changed since the mayor’s days as a camper. When a very poised little girl came up to him for a chat, he looked into her eyes and asked her what her daddy did. . . . She looked at him and, punctuating her words with a grand shrug, replied: “I don’t know. I never saw him before.”
Tonight: State junior middleweight champion P. J. Goossen, above, of Panorama City fights tonight for the International Boxing Organization’s Junior Middleweight world title at the Warner Center Marriott (C8). . . . Goossen, in a battle to gain acceptance as a fighter, is boxing in the main event of a seven-bout card that starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 to $100. Information: (800) 228-1918.
Secession Vote: Valley leaders are trekking to Sacramento today to support--or oppose--a bill that could set the stage for secession from Los Angeles (B1). . . . Assemblywoman Paula L. Boland’s bill, which would eliminate the city’s veto power over a region’s decision to divorce itself, is set for a committee hearing. Foes will try to kill the bill, or at least amend it.
Disney Move: A Jesuit priest has been elected to the Walt Disney Co. board. The Burbank studio came under criticism from Catholics offended by the movie “Priest.” . . . And Southern Baptists pledged a Disney boycott over benefits to gay couples (D2).
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