“The Sanders campaign is politicizing something that is solely a public safety issue,” he added. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign on Saturday accused a Los Angeles city councilman who backs Hillary Clinton of obstructing his effort to stage a weekend campaign event at the city-owned Greek Theatre in the Hollywood Hills. The Sanders campaign asked to use the theater on Thursday. “Never once were they asked to cancel the event.”Becky Colwell, the Greek’s general manager, said the Clinton campaign submitted its application a month in advance. “The Sanders campaign was asked to work with L.A. city staff on a traffic mitigation plan and a ticketing system, just as the Clinton campaign has done for their event on Monday evening.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 05, 2016 05:22 UTC