If Los Angeles voters believe the campaign oratory that has been swirling around their heads, their next mayor will be, no matter who wins next week's election, an incompetent, a liar, an as sociate of criminals and a betrayer of the public trust. After a series of "debates" between incumbent Mayor Sam Yorty, 63, and black City Councilman and Ex-Cop Thomas Bradley, 55, the Los Angeles Times complained in disgust: "Slashing personal attacks apparently win votes. Well, that is what passes for politics in Los Angeles."
Mayor Sam's biggest clamor was a charge that Bradley had accepted a large campaign...
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