Past haunts Burbank council candidate
Burbank City Council candidate Gary Bric's past run-ins with the law are just coming to light, and his opponents are smelling blood.
According to the Burbank Leader, court documents show Bric, a local restaurant owner, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in June 1997. He also was arrested in 1990 on bookmaking charges, which were later dropped. The charges were apparently based on allegations from an informant.
The informant alleged that Bric accepted wagers at his residence, also acting as a pay-and-collect person for a gambling operation. The informant also alleged that he often settled up on wagers with Bric....
Bric maintains his innocence in the bookmaking charge, which he said is evidenced by the fact that when another defendant in the case, Arthur Hanlon, was convicted for bookmaking in February 1991, the charges against Bric were dropped.
"I know the arrest doesn't look good, but I hope people will look at the fact that all charges were dropped against me after the bookmaker pleaded out," he said.
Word on the street is these revelations about Bric have already found their way into the latest round of mailers. Since I'm working out of Glendale, can someone Email me a copy?
Background checks the Leader conducted on the other candidates in the April run-off _ Carolyn Berlin, Philip Berlin and Anja Reinke _ didn't turn up much.