Chicks says farewell to City Hall

In festivities interspersed with tears and laughter, City Controller Laura Chick threw her own going-away party on Friday as she ended 16 years of elected office at Los Angeles City Hall.
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"I can't walk far without making sure I have tissues," Chick said as a stream of city workers -- the staffers, mechanics and janitorial workers she has come to know on a first-name basis -- streamed into her office for cookies and coffee.

There was no formal goodbye from her fellow elected officials -- a decision Chick said seemed appropriate as she prepares on Monday to become inspector general overseeing federal stimulus money received by the state.