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Gay Club Manager: I Didn't See Anti-Gay State Senator Here -- It Was Latin Night
Justin Elliott | March 4, 2010, 2:28PM
State Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-CA)
The manager of the night club where anti-gay California state Sen. Roy Ashburn was reportedly hanging out before his 2 a.m. DUI arrest Wednesday tells TPMmuckraker she didn't see him at the club that night.
Tuesday night is Latin night at Faces, explained manager Laurie Bonifield in a phone interview. The club describes itself as "Sacramento's premier GLBTI Nightclub since 1985."
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Roy Ashburn
Sources: Family Values GOPer Was At Gay Club Before Drunk Driving Arrest
Zachary Roth | March 4, 2010, 9:17AM
CA Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield)
A California Republican family values legislator who was arrested early Wednesday morning for drunk driving had recently left a gay club, sources tell a local news channel.
State senator Roy Ashburn was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol on Wednesday at 2am in Sacramento, after police saw the car he was driving swerving erratically. An unidentified male passenger was in the car with Ashburn.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (35) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (5)Topics: California, DUI, Faces, Gay Nightclub, Gay Rights, Hypocrisy, Latin Night, Roy Ashburn, Sacramento, State Legislature
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