A few weeks ago, I blogged about how former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez pulled papers to run for state treasurer in 2014. I speculated that whether we see Fabian Nuñez re-emerge in elected office will depend largely upon what happens with his son’s murder trail, which is scheduled to begin in May. Well, another [...]

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Happy Monday & Happy March!
There are a few items that I will be blogging about this week, but in the never ending search for new material, I came across this piece regarding Latinos and the “tea party movement.” Essentially, Latinos have become the perfect scapegoats for the Tea Partiers. Here’s the latest video from the [...]

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As was mentioned last month, Mayor Villaraigosa had a cameo appearance on the soap opera All My Children. Since I don’t watch television, I had to catch it online. This morning the local NPR station in LA was saying that Villaraigosa and Councilman Garcetti appeared on the soap because it had recently moved to Los [...]

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We have discussed Mayor Villaraigosa (or Villar as many of you like to call him) and his penchant for jet setting and hanging out with celebrities. Back in March of last year, the AP even did an article asking if Villaraigosa was a “Hollywood hype” or a “heavy hitter” that we subsequently blogged about.
Well, he’s [...]

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It has been a busy week, but here are some items that I have been following in the past few days.
This piece from the Huffington Post caught my attention about Villar (as many like to call him) or Mayor V. It speculates that Villar may be holding out to run for the Senate in [...]

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