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EDITORIAL MURPHY AND THE LAW COUNCILWOMAN'S RESIGNATION IS GOOD FOR BURBANK.


ON Tuesday, Burbank City Councilwoman Stacey Jo Murphy did what any politician in her position would have little choice but to do - resign.

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 of scandal.

A jury will now decide whether, in Murphy's past dealings, she chose to do good or ill. But at least in her resignation - her last act as a public official - no one can doubt that she did the right thing.
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Date:Sep 1, 2005
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