Antonio Villaraigosa

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AVWatch: Villaraigosa lied, exaggerated about his past? - 11/22/2006

... long look at Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's psychological makeup and his mythogizing of his past.

AVWatch: Villaraigosa to veto firefighter $2.7 million settlement - 11/20/2006

Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa plans to veto the $2.7 million settlement that was to go to black firefighter Tennie Pierce, who claimed racial discrimination after other firemen played a prank on him that resulted in him eating two spoonfuls of dog food. Pierce's nickname was "the Big Dog", and he had taken part in several other pranks against others. The settlement offer wa...

Juan Jose Gutierrez, ANSWER, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and NBC News - 11/15/2006

Juan Jose Gutierrez is the director of Latino Movement USA, and NBC News featured him as a spokesman for the Hispanic community last month. A week before then, he was a featured speaker at a public forum sponsored by the "Party for Socialism and Liberation". The flyer for that is to the right, and a description of the event is here.

AVWatch: Villaraigosa first former MEChA leader to make big leagues - 11/10/2006

... hagiography of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in "Mayor to reap spoils of election victories". He has a vision "of an eco-friendly metropolis with less traffic, more affordable housing, new trees and perhaps a subway to the sea." And, Aztlan! Except, that's not mentioned. It acknowledges one of the reasons AV might have avoided endorsing Phil Angelides until late:...

Arnold Schwarzenegger goes to Mexico after Mexican-American vote, cheap labor - 11/10/2006

The day after the (U.S.) midterm election, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger flew to Mexico to discuss topics such as immigration. The article by Kate Folmar of the MediaNews Sacramento Bureau is a strange beast, at times mocking the governator, using inappropriate language (Arnold's "post-election high"; his trip to China was a "tonic for his special election hangover&...

Tucson Citizen endorses former MEChA member Raul Grijalva - 10/20/2006

... "Mayor Reconquista" Antonio Villaraigosa has (somewhat) renounced that group, saying that he doesn't support their goals. Apparently Grijalva does support their goals. Grijalva's past affiliations might be a good conversation starter if anyone ever runs across Howard Dean or another leader of the Democratic Party somewhere.

Griffith Park Observatory re-opening tonight (only for "special people") - 10/17/2006

Los Angeles' famous Griffith Park Observatory has been closed for renovations for a few years. However, it's re-opening tonight... but only for "special people". This dispatch filed by our Roving Bike News Team: I drove up Hillhurst behind a very, very slow older tour bus with Wyoming plates. It was apparently too wide for the road, and had to even drive partway on the center m...

Peter Bagge is an idiot (Reason Magazine open borders cartoon) - 10/12/2006

The Reason Magazine cartoonist offers a fine slab of pro-open borders propaganda in the cartoon ending here. Let's take a look at a few of his points and see what he doesn't know or isn't telling his readers. (I'm fisking a cartoon?) The cartoon ends with a plea to literally erase the borders, oddly enough just like the "delete the border" loons and just like the Nort...

Democrats vs. assimilation - 10/06/2006

Yesterday, Arnold Schwarzenegger issued yet another "controversial" statement, this one about Mexican immigrants assimilating. I had two initial thoughts: a) I'm not carrying Arnold's water anymore, and b) few could quibble with his pro-American comments that are similar to ones stated by leading academics.

AVWatch: Villaraigosa, Arnold Schwarzenegger cut backroom deal? - 9/21/2006

Have Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cut a backroom deal?

The National Hispanic Media Coalition - 9/16/2006

... Angeles' Democratic mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently "declared war" on KFI's John & Ken at a gala held by the National Hispanic Media Coalition. Here's some background on that group. The NHMC - together with MALDEF and many other far-left groups - is a member of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission's Media Image Coalition (lahumanrelations.org...

AVWatch: Villaraigosa "declares war" on KFI's John & Ken - 9/16/2006

... Angeles' Democratic mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in a true statesmanly move, has sharply criticized KFI hosts John & Ken for their opposition to illegal immigration. He made the remarks at yesterday's National Hispanic Media Coalition "Impact Awards" luncheon. KTLA showed the tape of his tantrum to John & Ken, and the latter compared it to a "declaration of war&quo...

Mexican flag raised over Maywood, CA (SOS protest) - 8/26/2006

The Save Our State group held an anti-illegal immigration protest in Maywood, California earlier today. According to various posts in their forums (1,2) there were allegedly a few incidents, including: - An elderly couple being swarmed and having to go into an auto parts store and then be escorted out by police to avoid the crowd...

"Census Shows Growth of Immigrants" - 8/15/2006

From this: The number of immigrants living in American households rose 16 percent over the last five years, fueled largely by recent arrivals from Mexico, according to fresh data released by the Census Bureau. And increasingly, immigrants are bypassing the traditional gateway states like California and New York

Reid, Durbin concede in Mexican elections; Villaraigosa now mayor; Cedillo, Nunez reelected - 7/02/2006

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Hard fought races to become actual Mexican Senators ended in defeat earlier today for Sens. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Dick Durbin (D-IL). They had been on the ballot in Guerrero and Oaxaca, respectively. Because of U.S. rules and regulations, they are allowed to run for office in foreign countries.

Clinton, Rove to speak before National Council of La Raza (The Race) - 7/01/2006

The National Council of La Raza ("National Council of The Race"), a far-left, Ford Foundation-sponsored racial power group, will be holding its annual meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center on July 8-11.

Rob "Meathead" Reiner's Soviet Union-style preschool initiative fails - 6/06/2006

Rob Reiner's attempt to put 4-year-olds in preschools - which would end up being state-directed and most likely mandatory - has failed ("Rob Reiner Says Campaign Raised Awareness").

Vicente Fox to visit colonies, meet with Alta California legislators - 5/23/2006

Vicente Fox of Mexico is starting a whirlwind tour of the U.S. today which will conclude on Friday. The apparent goal of the tour is to help immigration "reform". However, as with the illegal alien marches, he will end up helping the American side. He'll be in Utah for three days, then he goes to California. While in Utah he'll meet with Gov. John Huntsman, a supporter of Bu...

"Day without Illegal Alien" not so bad - 5/01/2006

I drove across Hollywood in record time. An intersection that's usually backed up a block or two was only backed up a half a block... I'm sure that the great majority of legal residents of Los Angeles would gladly pay an extra 10 cents for lettuce just to enjoy such light traffic on a daily basis. Plus, think of all the money that was saved by cars not having to idle at stops... As my pa...

AVWatch: patriotism is the last refuge of Antonio Villaraigosa - 4/30/2006

Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles (Alta California), is swiftly backing away from the coming anti-illegal immigration backlash. As previously noted, he'll be out of town on Monday. And, while he supports the marches he wants students to stay in school. His latest pronouncements are that those foreign citizens who are marching in our streets should carry American flags and that the Na...

AVWatch: Antonio Villaraigosa and the illegal immigration march/boycott - 4/29/2006

... marinero, soy capitan!" Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles' first Latino mayor in the modern era, will skip huge pro-immigration rallies planned for Monday to meet with pro football officials in Dallas, leaving organizers feeling like "a ship without a captain." Oscar Sanchez, an organizer of the Great American Boycott in Los Angeles, said the mayor's office previously...

May Day illegal immigration march/boycott: the supporters - 4/28/2006

Who supports the May 1 illegal immigration boycott and/or the marches on that day?

Links between the Democratic Party and the Mexican government - 4/22/2006

Many Democratic politicians and pundits supported the recent illegal immigration marches, and some Democratic politicians appeared at some of the rallies or even helped organize some of them. And, some other organizers of the rallies have various kinds of links to the government of Mexico. While that's not enough to claim that the Democratic Party has direct links to the Mexican government, t...

Reconquista introduction, video - 4/17/2006

... leaders, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, belonged to MEChA in high school or college. Former Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante came under fire from conservatives for refusing to renounce his membership during the 2003 gubernatorial race... Unfortunately, Bustamecha is still Lt. Gov., although he's kept a low profile since his defeat.

AVWatch: 500-to-1 against Villaraigosa's support of illegal immigration marches - 4/15/2006

... Angeles Times, former MEChA leader Antonio Villaraigosa informs us about the response to his recent involvement in the illegal immigration marches: The letters and e-mails have been overwhelmingly negative, maybe 500 to 1, maybe a little more... But I think we're elected to do what's right, not necessarily what's popular. Yes, but 500 to 1?

"Immigration marches": what the MSM sees and doesn't see - 4/12/2006

... rally here, including one of Antonio Villaraigosa. Here's a flyer from one march. (Swiped and reformatted from the comment here)

Today's foreign citizens marching in our streets roundup, Part 2 - 4/10/2006

Like me, a blogger wonders whether the infamous poster is really from the Democratic Party. (Wouldn't they say "vote Democratic"?

California's educational system in even worse shape than previously thought - 3/11/2006

California's schools used to be at the top of the nation, now, according to one ranking, we're between Alabama and Mississippi.

AVWatch: Villaraigosa supports illegal immigration, Cardinal Mahoney - 3/02/2006

"Mayor Reconquista", aka Antonio Villaraigosa, supports Cardinal Roger Mahoney's call to disobey HR 4437 if it passes. Of course, both of them are lying or misinformed regarding the effects of that bill, but I guess the fact that it might affect his power base has clouded his judgement.

HotelWorkersRising.org meets Antonio Villaraigosa - 2/16/2006

HotelWorkersRising.org is a "progressive" organization featuring losing VP candidate John Edwards and involving the UNITE HERE union. They seek to improve the lot of low-wage earning hotel workers. Today they met with L.A.

AVWatch gets competition from other site - 1/27/2006

... few entries about L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and I've put "AVWatch" in the title to make it easier to find them (use the search box to the right). I recently discovered a site dedicated solely to keeping a close eye on the person some call "mayor reconquista": "Antonio Watch". It doesn't seem to have anything on MEChA or Tony Villar's other past ...

AVWatch: Villaraigosa to give Democrat's Spanish-language SOTU response - 1/25/2006

... Pelosi are proud to announced that Antonio Villaraigosa, the Los Angeles Mayor and former member of MEChA, will offer the Spanish-language response to Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday Jan 31. The former president of the UCLA chapter of the racial separatist group has previously admitted that his Spanish is a bit rusty. Seeing as he was born here and no doubt English was his first...

Los Angeles City Council approves illegal alien day laborer hiring hall - 1/20/2006

The municipal entity known as the City of Los Angeles is directly enabling illegal immigration by leasing a section of the parking lot of a new Van Nuys Home Depot from that store. They're paying $1 per year, and a non profit called the Youth Policy Institute will run it.

California Democrat Gil Cedillo re-introduces driver's licenses for illegal aliens bill - 1/12/2006

As surely as Winter follows Fall, Gil Cedillo has introduced SB 1160, which would give driver's licenses to those who are in California illegally. SB1160 is identical to last year's SB60. Schwarzenegger's press secretary says his opposition to this bill remains. Most of the illegal aliens who'd get licenses under this bill are of the same race as Cedillo, who's a former me...

Financial Times discovers dangers of massive illegal immigration - 12/20/2005

The Financial Times superficially reports that "LA's hidden economy threatens region".

"Liberalism" caused Los Angeles' massive underground economy - 12/14/2005

... 40"). Perhaps, in retrospect, Antonio Villaraigosa's trip to Mexico where he practically invited everyone in that country to come visit him was a costly mistake. And, the LADN offers "L.A.'s underground cash" which interviews Daniel Flaming, one of the study's co-authors: "There are several factors that create economic desperation: a slow recovery from the 2...

AVWatch: Villaraigosa rides on Ameriquest jet, pays 10% of cost - 11/10/2005

"Mayor Reconquista", aka Antonio Villaraigosa, was recently given short notice that he could appear at Rosa Parks' funeral. Now, if he were an average citizen, about the only thing he could do is try to get a last-minute flight from LAX or BUR.

True face of Democratic Party: union thugs attack woman at anti-Arnold rally - 10/28/2005

... downtown Los Angeles. It featured Antonio Villaraigosa, Fabian Nunez, and, in the crowd, lots of union members and one lone Arnold supporter. Read the report in "UNION THUGS attack Schwarzenegger supporter at Villarogosa rally in Los Angeles - VIDEO!!!".

Governor Bill Clinton... of California? - 9/23/2005

This rumor mill site says that sources say that someone else says that their sources heard from someone else that major donors (probably including George Soros) are encouraging "Bubba" Bill Clinton to run for governor of California. "On first blush, it might sound nuts" they quote a Democratic strategist. It sounds the same way on second, third, and subsequent blushes too. Othe...

Los Angeles City-mandated illegal alien day laborer centers? - 9/14/2005

There's a proposed L.A. City ordinance that would require big box home improvement stores to have an attached center for day laborers.

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