Council Ends Fight, Approves Mayor's Police Cars

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PATERSON The City Council has finally approved the purchase of 19 police cars painted the way Mayor Joey Torres wants them.

And that simple official action this week seemingly put to rest a complex power struggle between mayor and council. The fight, over who has the right to say what color the cars should be, ended last week with a judge scolding everyone for engaging in a political spat while the city's residents dodge crime right and left.

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Council Ends Fight, Approves Mayor's Police Cars

"We compromised," said 2nd Ward Councilman Aslon Goow, a vocal opponent of the mayor's plans to retain the red-white-and-blue color scheme ...

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