Dennis P. Zine
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Dennis P. Zine is a Los Angeles City Councilman and represents the city's 3rd Council District. The 3rd district includes: Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Reseda, West Hills, Winnetka and Canoga Park. Councilman Zine is also a LAPD Reserve officer. Prior to his career as a councilman, Zine was a police officer. He is of Lebanese decent. He is one of the two Republican members of the City Council.
Zine earned prominence when on November 8th, 2006 the Los Angeles City Council voted 11-1 on a settlement for Los Angeles Firefighter Tennie Pierce. The council voted to award Pierce $2.7 million. Zine was the only dissenting vote. Pierce alleged that a prank where some LAFD fellow firefighters put dog food in his spaghetti was an act of racism. The joke derived from when Pierce and his fellow firefighters were playing volleyball, Pierce would yell out "Someone feed the big dog". Pictures later surfaced of Tenny Pierce engaged in harrowing acts of firehouse pranks including shaving another firefighters testicles. Zine motioned for reconsideration, although the motion failed. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vetoed the settlement. The City Council later voted to override the measure, the motion failed the 2/3 override needed. The lawsuit goes to court on March 19th.
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