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  • Feds seek leniency for strip club figure (Galardi pleaded guilty)

    01/06/2007 8:09:12 PM PST · by calcowgirl · 10 replies · 546+ views
    San Diego Uniono-Tribune ^ | January 6, 2007 | Kelly Thornton
    Former strip club owner Michael Galardi bankrolled the plan to bribe San Diego councilmen to repeal a no-touching law at the clubs, but he was not the leader and organizer of the plan and should not be penalized as such, prosecutors said. JERRY RIFE/Union-Tribune Michael Galardi testified in the council bribery trial. In documents filed Thursday with the court, prosecutors took the unusual step of objecting to a sentencing recommendation by the neutral U.S. Probation Office by saying it is too harsh. Prosecutors are better known for objecting when they consider recommendations to be too lenient. The government disputed the...