Mayor rejects council's OK of $2.7 million for a black firefighter who said he was harassed, citing photos showing the man hazing others.
By Duke Helfand and Sandy Banks, Times Staff Writers
November 21, 2006
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa issued the first veto of his administration Monday, striking down the City Council's approval of a lawsuit settlement that would pay $2.7 million to an African American firefighter who contended that he was a victim of racial harassment.
The case involved Tennie Pierce, who sued the city after discovering that dog food had been mixed into a spaghetti dinner served him by fellow firefighters. But the settlement's size, which was the largest in Fire Department history, triggered a swell of negative public reaction that deepened when a website posted photographs of Pierce engaged in hazing pranks.
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