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Feb. 9, 2011

Nancy Gast

With a hefty traffic court calendar of more than 250 cases daily, Commissioner Nancy Gast has no time for rubberneckers.

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By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

VAN NUYS - Listen up! Commissioner Nancy Gast's got a hefty calendar to move. Every morning, she handles up to 140 cases; every afternoon, another 120. She's got to keep moving.

"Do I go very fast?" Gast said. "Yes, I do."

So don't expect "warm and cuddly," she said, when you walk into Department 102, otherwise known as the traffic arraignment court.

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