Antonio Villaraigosa

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Is Fabian Nunez an American, a Mexican, or a little bit of both? - 8/30/2005

Fabian Nunez is the Speaker of the California Assembly, and he's returned from a four-day trip to Mexico designed to smooth over our troubled relations with that fine country. Unfortunately, based not just on this trip but on his entire career, I'm a little bit confused over which country he actually represents. Does he represent America, or does he at least partially represent Mexican i...

AVWatch: Villaraigosa's most worthwhile cause yet - 8/22/2005

... bad too, but Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has finally found something that's slightly not bad and that's worthy of his talents: The mayor of Los Angeles wants an independent review of the elephant quarters at the Los Angeles Zoo, to help determine the future of th

Wellington Webb: all power to the People of Color! - 8/21/2005

Wellington Webb is the former mayor of Denver. He also started that city's illegal alien sanctuary policy that was in the news recently.

AVWatch: Los Angeles Times still covering up Villaraigosa's past - 8/01/2005

The previous post ("L.A.

L.A. Times newsflash: the citizens are angry about illegal immigration - 8/01/2005

The Los Angeles Times reports in "Anger Boils at Illegal Immigrants" about a meeting held Thursday of last week at Pico and LaCienega sponsored by Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson and the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny. The confab was called "Blacks and Hispanics: Allies or Rivals?" The L.A. Times is now free to report that non-PC thoughts were thought, and non-PC statements...

Now with 20% more Asian content! - 7/14/2005

Picture to the right are NYC mayoral candidate Virginia Fields and her supporters. The bottom photo was produced from the top by Photoshopping in two Asians who were not supporters. Apparently the airbrushing was done by her direct mail company.

AVWatch: Los Angeles is the "new Ellis Island" - 7/05/2005

... convention, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said that: Los Angeles is an immigration hub, the new mayor said, and "the city of America's hopes and dreams." "Make no mistake, it's irrefutable.

AVWatch: The L.A. Times covers its bets - 7/02/2005

... reports on the inauguration of Antonio Villaraigosa, and they also offer "Much Unsaid in Villaraigosa's Inaugural Talk". Summary: in his speech, AV had a lot of big ideas, but few details were provided and he's going to have a very difficult task making them happen. The LAT has been a long-time supporter of the former member of a racial separatist group, including ignoring or ...

AVWatch: How is he going to pay for all this stuff? - 7/01/2005

... member and current L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa might propose a half-cent sales tax hike next year. That's not going to sit too very well with some people...

AVWatch: Why are foreign leaders coming to Villaraigosa's inauguration? - 6/29/2005

According to the L.A. Times ("Inauguration Is the Place for Politicians to Be Seen") and the L.A.

Home Depot doesn't support illegal immigration - 6/19/2005

The group Save Our State recently held a protest about illegal alien day laborers in front of a Home Depot in Alhambra, CA. It was counter-protested, but apparently peacefully. The AP reports: Home Depot said in a statement it does not support illegal immigration but can't stop workers from standing near its stores. I'll avoid making a joke at this point in time, instead I'll point ...

AVWatch: An Antonio Villaraigosa roundup - 6/08/2005

There's a roundup of the events and associations that the Los Angeles Times and all other MSM sources refuse to cover here. I'd suggest sending that link to public *at* nytimes.com and onlinenewshour *at* newshour.org and ask them to cover the issues that the LAT, Newsweek, and all the rest conveniently ignore.

AVWatch: what's the SacBee smoking? - 6/06/2005

I just ran across the 5/18/05 Laura Mecoy article "Villaraigosa wins L.A. mayor's race", which contains this: For instance, he quickly renounced Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or MEChA, a controversial group he joined in college, and avoided the criticism Lt. Gov.

AVWatch: Villaraigosa's under-reported associations - 6/03/2005

... America's favorite new mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa.

AVWatch: Annotating Villaraigosa's speech - 6/02/2005

L.A.'s mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa appeared at the "Take Back America" event (for "progressives", not necessarily reconquistas). Here are his remarks, annotated with few randomly chosen links: I come today as a patriot...

Home Depot, Antonio Villaraigosa, Fernando Guerra, and Microsoft - 6/01/2005

What a strange, strange titular combination. Fernando Guerra is a Loyola Marymount associate professor and the director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at that school. He's also a pundit on Los Angeles politics, and he was apparently all over the TV, radio, and newspapers with his various pro-Villaraigosa views. However, he's also a lobbyist, pulling down $10,000 a month from ...

Can I blame the Catholic Church then? - 6/01/2005

The LAT offers us a guest editorial from L.A.'s own Cardinal Roger Mahony entitled "A Nation That Should Know Better": It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.

AVWatch: Mexico to play important role in Villaraigosa's policies - 5/28/2005

Los Angeles mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa was interviewed by Mexico City's El Universal a few days ago, and: [he said] that Mexico will play an important role in shaping his policies... Furthermore: ...Villaraigosa stressed that as mayor he would look to improve relations with Mexico. "We are starting a new era.

AVWatch: no California border patrols - 5/19/2005

Welcome to the first installment of Antonio Villaraigosa Watch, a feature that will highlight the thoughts of the new mayor of Los Angeles. Today's feature is "LA mayor-elect breaks with governor on civilian border patrols": Mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he opposes civilian volunteers patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border to discourage illegal immigration, putting h...

Villaraigosa's magic race shield - 5/16/2005

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa gets some negative coverage from a surprising source in a surprising place. From Gregory Rodriguez' "Race Is His Magic Shield": In the absence of major policy differences between the candidates in this year's mayoral race, character has moved to center stage. The campaigns of Mayor James K. Hahn and his rival, Antonio Villarai...

Where'd Antonio go? - 5/15/2005

... be perfect for a new round of Antonio Villaraigosa campaign commercials. As a preview of what a Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa would be like, reporters wanted to question him about a negative (believe it or don't) article in the L.A. Times.

Dirt on L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina? - 5/14/2005

... Los Angeles mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa, and the Chicano Studies Department at CSUN? I'm not going to repeat the supposed dirt here, and I want to stress this is just from an anonymous source and may have absolutely no basis in reality. Nevertheless, do a find of molina here to see it. Think of it as yet another important thing for the "jour

Has Antonio Villaraigosa renounced MEChA? - 5/12/2005

... Los Angeles mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa's campaign appearances trying to get him to renounce the racial separatist organization MEChA. AV was president of the UCLA chapter of that group.

Endorsement: Jim Hahn for Mayor of Los Angeles - 5/10/2005

... believe I can guarantee that Antonio Villaraigosa would be far, far worse. As has been pointed out many times, but, strangely enough, has not yet made the L.A. Times, Villaraigosa is the former president of the UCLA chapter of the racial separatist organization MEChA.

Poll: Hahn ties Villaraigosa for Mayor of Los Angeles - 5/07/2005

Via email: The Hahn campaign received wonderful news this week when a voter survey showed the mayoral race tied with only a week-and-a-half remaining before election day. The Tyson Organization, at the request of the campaign, conducted a survey of 1,515 voters who represent those who will turn out for the May 17 mayoral election. (A traditional polling firm usually only talks to 300-400 voters.)...

Yes, why did Antonio Villaraigosa get $179,000 in campaign contributions from Florida? - 4/29/2005

In a very good article, Copley News Service wants to know "Why did Floridians give $179,000 to Villaraigosa?" It isn't exactly clear, but man this seems fishy: ...Villaraigosa received $179,000 from Florida contributors as of April 5, the end of the city's most recent financial reporting period, with one of every six dollars coming from individuals affiliated with Travel Trade...

At least some "liberals" are getting a clue - 4/18/2005

Over at the not-quite-as-bad-as-Hatrios site MyDD, Chris Bowers offers us "Scapegoating Immigrants" about the REAL ID Act.

L.A. C of C, Antonovich endorse Hahn; Riordan, Harman, others endorse former member of racial separatist organization - 4/01/2005

... Hahn as well: Mayoral contender Antonio Villaraigosa won the support Wednesday of several San Fernando Valley community leaders while incumbent James Hahn picked up the endorsement of Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D.

Endorsement: Jim Hahn for Mayor of Los Angeles - 3/09/2005

... that from four years ago, with Antonio Villaraigosa vs. the incumbent Jim Hahn. I strongly endorse Jim Hahn and I urge you to support him.

"Hertzberg vs. Villaraigosa" - 2/21/2005

In a Sunday editorial, the L.A.

Former MX Prez Zedillo accused of crimes against humanity - 2/14/2005

From this: Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo GRD '81, the director of Yale's Center for the Study of Globalization, denied on Sunday accusations that surfaced late last week that he committed crimes against humanity by supporting murderous paramilitary gangs during his six-year term as president. Yale officials are standing behind Zedillo, supporting the economist who served as p...

L.A. Mayoral debate, Tues. 2/15 7am on KABC radio - 2/14/2005

... Bernard Parks, Walter Moore and Antonio Villaraigosa.

Hertzberg gets Riordan endorsement in race for L.A. mayor - 2/11/2005

From this: Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan endorsed the mayoral campaign of Bob Hertzberg on Thursday, saying he favored the former state Assembly speaker's plan to break up the Los Angeles Unified School District. Riordan, who now serves as the state secretary of education, appeared on KFI-AM's "The John and Ken Show" and praised Hertzberg's plans for education ...

No Republicans please, we're Angelenos - 12/12/2004

At the first Los Angeles Mayoral debate, the five candidates who were invited to speak represented Los Angeles' rich political spectrum: all were Democrats. Those same five Democrats are the only candidates who have been invited to the second debate, which is being sponsored by the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters. On Friday, I spoke with David Allgood from the League.

Backstage at the L.A. Mayoral debate - 12/02/2004

I'll be somewhat live-blogging it tonight at 7pm. I haven't been following L.A. politics recently, but I'll do my best. I finally got around to removing a certain site from my list of blogs; said site had publicly objected to me including links to the article "MEChA, Villaraigosa And The LA Mayoral Campaign" in a whopping two posts. I called Ron Kaye of the L.A.

Antonio Villaraigosa: "let's face it. Is anyone excited about electing John Kerry...?" - 6/12/2004

... and here's what he says Antonio Villaraigosa said: "After all, let's face it.

John Kerry: "help will be on the way to California!" - 3/30/2004

The article 'Kerry offers aid in capital visit' appears in the SacBee, but I occasionally thought it might be in the Onion: Presidential hopeful John Kerry said Monday that "help is on the way" to California if he is elected, suggesting that Gov.

More key endorsements for John Kerry - 3/18/2004

The NewsMax article 'Malaysia's Jew-Hating Ex-leader Endorses Kerry' has the current run-down: It turns out that Spain's new soft-on-terror socialist leader, North Korea's communist terrorist dictator, the Arab propagandists of Al Jazeera and the cowardly French aren't the only dubious foreign supporters of John Kerry's presidential campaign. Mahathir Mohamad, w...

Boxer foes court Bush, but oppose immigration plan - 3/01/2004

... and Los Angeles City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa [NOTE: both are former members of the racial separatist organization MEChA -LW] Race for Boxer's U.S. Senate seat subdued Marin, who came to the United States from Mexico as a teen-ager, strongly supports President Bush's plan to create a guest worker program for immigrants now in the country illegally. Kaloogian has repeatedly atta...

Stop fucking with my mind, man! - 4/05/2003

Want to fuck with a "peace" protester's mind? Show them this speech: Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors... The hard fact is that so long as S...

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