The infamous Michael Trujillo e-mail did not rise to the level of the Los Angeles District Attorney filing charges. Additionally, this week there was a candidate forum where both Rudy Martinez and Jose Huizar pledged to focus on the issues instead of nasty personal attacks. I could not attend this forum, but I did find this clip for you to view:
The LA Downtown News also has a pretty good analysis of this race so far as it enters its remaining few weeks. It looks like Jose Huizar is still in a good position as the incumbent, but I do want to highlight this segment from Rudy Martinez, addressing people who work on their cars on the lawns and campers parked on streets for extended periods of time because I think that these courtesy and basic residential pride issues are ones that many Latino neighborhoods need to work on:
One thing that Martinez seemed to focus on, just from the clips that I saw from this candidate forum, was volunteerism, which is fine. However, I think that residents don’t necessarily have time for more volunteering and that a reduction in services will have to happen for some things that require professional staff.
And finally, here’s another report on this week’s candidate forum.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Anna // Feb 12, 2011 at 8:20 pm
I have a friend who bought an investment property in Mt. Washington and the real esate agent told him that the area would eventually be gentrified. I wonder if Martinez is part of that plan. I can’t see why the LA Times would endorse a Republican with little experience and a criminal record. My guess is that Huizar is standing in somebody’s way.
2 Honesty // Feb 12, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Anna, you may want to look at Huizar pattern of approvals, that also have contribution to Huizars campaign. Huizar is part of a plan, it just does not include CD 14. Just look at the funds that Huizar has withdrawn from the CLARTS fund, and follow the money.
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