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Mayor vetoes dog-food settlement BY KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer LA Daily News Article Last Updated:11/20/2006 05:28:52 PM PST Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today vetoed the controversial $2.7 million settlement with a Los Angeles firefighter tricked into eating dog food, after reviewing photos that showed the firefighter had engaged in hazing and pranks himself. The mayor's veto - his first in office - sends the settlement back to the City Council, which had approved the payout Nov. 8. "The behavior underlying this case must be eliminated in our city workforce," Villaraigosa said this afternoon. "At the same time, settlements of this magnitude...

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