| City Council Votes 4 to 1 to Pursue Card Club at Leonardo's Restaurant, a Campaign Contributor August 5, 2004 By WatchOurCity.com Huntington Park- Mayor John Noguez, Council Members Ed Escareno, Mario Gomez and Ofelia Hernandez voted on June 21, 2004 to hire Tigran S. Marcarian to set up a card club in the city at Leonardo's Night Club even though the State has reportedly stopped issuing card club permits. There is also a state-wide moratorium on card clubs currently in effect. Leonardo's was a major campaign contributor to Noguez, and Hernandez. Mayor Noguez has publicly stated that the owners of Leonardo's are his relatives. The owners of Leonardo's Restaurant made a monetary campaign contribution of $2,000 on 1-21-03 to Ofelia Hernandez, and donated $5,000 in non-monetary contribution to John Noguez on 3-4-03, the day of elections, for hall event and food. On 2-16-01 Leonardo's donated $1,500 to council member Ed Escareno's campaign. Ric Loya cast the dissenting vote. The last Card Club operator was convicted and fined. |
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