As Diamond Bar Celebrates 20 Years, Political Bruises Remain

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DIAMOND BAR - While the city's 20th anniversary celebration is scheduled for today, former City Councilman Paul Horcher knew he wouldn't be going.

Horcher, a leader of the incorporation movement, said he didn't get an invitation. City staffers said only past mayors are formally invited. But Horcher, an original council member and state Assembly member who was recalled later after he supported a Democrat to lead the Assembly, took it personally.

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As Diamond Bar Celebrates 20 Years, Political Bruises Remain

"I'm just a little disappointed," he said. "Life's too short to be small."

Horcher's turbulent political career and hard feelings are not unusual in Diamond Bar, a city on LA County's eastern borde...

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