COUNTY TO PAY $1.6 MILLION IN GUN SHOW SETTLEMENT.Byline: - Michelle Rester Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle two lawsuits filed by the Great Western Shows in return for a promise the company will never bring its gun show back to the Fairplex Fairplex, formerly known as the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, has been since 1922 the home of the L.A. County Fair. It is located in the city of Pomona. The L.A. County Fair is now held during the month of September, but the facility is used year-round to host a variety of in Pomona Pomona, city, United States Pomona (pəmō`nə), city (1990 pop. 131,723), Los Angeles co., S Calif. at the foot of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1888. . Great Western's 22-year stint in Pomona ended in 1999, after the Board of Supervisors banned the sale of guns and ammunition This article is largely based on the article in the out-of-copyright 11th edition of the Encyclopdia Britannica, which was produced in 1911. It should be brought up to date to reflect subsequent history or scholarship (including the references, if any). at the Fairplex and other county properties. Great Western sued, challenging the gun sale ban and claiming the board held illegal secret meetings. The settlement ends both suits. Great Western's president said Thursday he was disappointed the gun show wouldn't be returning to Pomona. ``The Fairplex was absolutely the perfect venue,'' said Karl Amelang of Texas. ``I guess we're just very sad. Many of the table owners were retired people who made a supplemental income by selling all types of collectibles.'' But Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. hailed the settlement as a ``victory for common sense and public safety.'' ``Our law enforcement felt it had a significant problem with gun shows,'' he said. ``These gun shows had become the venue of choice for people who wanted to ... purchase illegal weapons.'' The $1.6 million settlement is less than the county would have spent defending itself during a trial, Yaroslavsky said. |
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