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Los Angeles Times, by Hector Becerra & Paul Pringle Posted By: JoniTx- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:54:59 GMT The city of Bell has a pattern of doing business with current and former city officials, including an ex'mayor who served time in federal prison, according to interviews and records obtained by The Times.In the most recent deal, Bell's Community Redevelopment Agency last year paid $4.6 million to purchase property from a family trust of longtime politician Peter Werrlein, who was sentenced to three years in prison in the 1980s for holding hidden interests in a poker casino.Despite his criminal record, Werrlein worked for the city as a consultant at least into the 1990s.

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