41 4 2010-02-09T00:05:11-08:00 Mayor Jim Dear reportedly shuts speakers' microphones down with a before their allotted three minutes are up. 'It's a very unique complaint,' a district attorney's official says. false 9948 D.A. launches inquiry into Carson mayor's use of a mute button http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/politics/cal/~3/qkFx0zMRrK8/la-me-carson-mute9-2010feb09,0,1458033.story da-launches-inquiry-into-carson-mayors-use-of-a-mute-button 2010-02-09T00:05:11-08:00