To the editor: I so loved the characteristic on one among California’s most inventive public curiosity attorneys, who represented me in election litigation. (“Roger Diamond, L.A. environmental attorney and champion for the underdog, dies at 81,” Feb. 25.)
The article ignored that he was well-known for eliminating the “incumbents listed first” legislation and the “candidates follow in alphabetical order” practice in the 1970s.
And his most novel case could have been suing the Los Angeles Metropolis Council for “not listening” by videotaping a 2003 session displaying councilmembers away from their seats, speaking on the telephone, chatting with one another.
He sued, demanding his shopper get a brand new listening to, that the Structure required that the members really concentrate. He didn’t succeed however the information protection of elected officers’ inattention hopefully embarrassed officers in every single place into doing a greater job.
Mike Schaefer, San Diego
The author is a member of the State Board of Equalization
