Posted on 04/03/2003 6:33:48 AM PST by Tatze
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The mayor, a Democrat who has expressed opposition to the war, said yesterday that he had acted only in response to residents' asking why Mrs. Johnson was allowed to put up ribbons while other displays were not permitted on public property.
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The dispute between the Johnsons, who are Republicans, and the mayor, who has served off and on for the last 25 years, may hark back to the 1978 election. Mr. Tyler won at the polls on Election Day, but then his opponent was declared the winner on the strength of 51 absentee votes. Later, Mr. Tyler accused his opponent's ally, Frank Hegyi, of tampering with those ballots; a judge agreed with him, tossing the ballots out and declaring Mr. Tyler the winner. Mr. Hegyi is Diane Johnson's father.
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