Gatto pressues blogger

In an unusually sharp response by a public official to scathing Internet postings, Assemblyman Mike Gatto this week forced a political blogger to remove reports that the San Fernando Valley-area Democrat claimed were defamatory.Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

Gatto's attorney threatened legal action against Michael Higby, who runs the Los Angeles-based Mayor Sam's Sister City blog, and Scott Johnson, who writes for the website.