Villaraigosa talks about the pitfalls and opportunities of running for mayor
Monday, May 31, 2004 at 05:03AM
TheSpook
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Los Angeles in this month of May, the working poor and
theirfamilies still constitute a majority of city residents. Gang
violence continues to surge. Millions of Angelenos lack any
medical coverage. And13 years after the Rodney King
beating, the LAPD has still not managed to put in place a
system to track violence-prone officers,though the
department has been under a court order for several years todo
exactly that. All of which is a roundabout way of saying the
city still needs Antonio Villaraigosa as its mayor. [more]
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