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City Council Candidate Joe Buscaino Talks About Campaign

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| city council district 15, Janice Hahn, joe buscaino, Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles
Christine Detz |
October 12, 2011 | 9:38 p.m. PDT

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Joe Buscaino is running for the LA City Council (Photo courtesy of Joe Buscaino for City Council 2011)
Joe Buscaino is running for the LA City Council (Photo courtesy of Joe Buscaino for City Council 2011)
Janice Hahn’s election to Congress has left an empty seat on the Los Angeles City Council.  Eleven candidates are now vying for her vacant council district 15 seat in a special election to be held Nov. 8.  

Joe Buscaino, an LAPD officer, is one of those candidates. 

Buscaino says he is running for city council after being approached by several members of the community. 

 “They’re fed up with the political machine, they’re fed up with these career politicians bouncing from one seat to the next,” Buscaino said, perhaps referring to State Assemblyman Warren Furutani who is also running for the city council seat.

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