For the Record - Oct. 13, 2008
Mark Ridley-Thomas: The headline on a briefing item in Thursday’s California section said “Ridley-Thomas gets cash infusion.” The money, raised by an independent union committee, did not go to the state senator’s campaign for the L.A. County Board of Supervisors; as the brief said, the committee is using it to help him win.
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