who's the mayor of L.A.?
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antonio villaraigoso\n\nit took my 2 seconds, literally, to find and pull up the city of l.a.'s website, where the mayor's name and photo was displayed prominently. it probably would have taken you less time to do what i just did than to ask someone else for the info.
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I was deployed to Louisiana with the National Guard for two months after Hurricane Katrina. I had the distinct displeasure of meeting Mayor Nagin on a couple of ocassions. The man is an incompetent, racist boob.\n\nTrue leaders find solutions for their people NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE. All Mayor Nagin did was whine and complain. He had no real plan of action to help his people.\n\nHe deserves neither the office nor the title of Mayor.
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My blond, christian, father in-law, who just happens to be the mayor.
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Go to City Hall. Mayor Gavin Newsom and his goofy staff haven't seen daylight or had any input from the outside world in years....
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in the newspaper or call the city mayor
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City Level\nMayor:  Michael Bloomberg\nCity Councilor: Joseph Addabbo, Jr.\n\nCounty (Borough) Level\nBorough President: Gladys Marshall\nDistirct Attorney: Richard A. Brown
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He also manages a Starbucks in LA
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The usual issues in mayoral races are obviously local.\nCrime and police protection, city services (garbage collection, parks, snow removal) tend to be at the top of the list. TAXES are also a huge issue.\n\nDepends on whether she is playing the incumbent or the challenger as well. The incumbent obviously tries to play up what is good about the city, stresses their record on lowering taxes, providing services, fighting crime.\nChallenger obviously has to make the case that the incumbent is doing a lousy job.\n\nHope that gives you a hint about where to go.\nOne good idea might be to look at your own city's race for mayor. What did the candidates talk about in the real election?
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker\n\nNone... this is his bio from the mayor's page\n\nAntonio R. Villaraigosa is the 41st mayor of Los Angeles.\n\nHe was elected on May 17, 2005 and sworn in to office on July 1, 2005.\n\nVillaraigosa is known for his exceptional skill at building broad bi-partisan coalitions and is considered one of the leading progressive voices in the country. His mayoral platform emphasizes finding solutions to the major issues facing Los Angeles including education, transportation, public safety, economic development and ethics.\n\nBorn Antonio Villar on January 23, 1953, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles, he is the oldest of four children raised by a single mother, Natalia Delgado. Villaraigosa graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School and attended UCLA, where he received a B.A. degree in history. He is a graduate of the People’s College of Law.\n\nAt the age of 15, Villaraigosa began his lifelong involvement with the labor movement as a volunteer with the farm workers movement, later he served as a field representative/organizer with the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). He also is a past President of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Federation of Government Employees.\n\nIn 1994, Villaraigosa was elected to the California State Assembly; four years later, his colleagues elected him the first Assembly Speaker from Los Angeles in 25 years. While Speaker, Villaraigosa oversaw passage of landmark state legislation including the modernization of public schools, the toughest assault weapons ban in the country, the largest urban neighborhoods parks initiative in\nAmerica, and the “Healthy Families” program that provides healthcare for over a half a million California children.\n\nHe ran for mayor of Los Angeles in 2001 and narrowly lost the election. He then was appointed a distinguished fellow at UCLA and USC, where he helped write “After Sprawl” a policy blueprint for addressing the issues facing many urban centers.\n\nIn 2003, he won the 14th District Los Angeles City Council Seat. During his tenure on the City Council, he championed many of the issues he is addressing today as Mayor and is widely credited with resolving the MTA transit strike, creating the largest passive park on the Eastside and Los Angeles, and protecting funding for the Arts.\n\nHe is married to the former Corina Raigosa, an educator (Villaraigosa is a combination of the surnames) and is the father of four children.
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its going to be one of the things that they talk about in the nfl owners meeting.\n"Tagliabue has voiced his hopes that getting a team into Los Angeles will take precedent on the NFL's "to do" list now that the new television contracts have been secured and the collective bargaining agreement has been extended. The league will hear what progress has been made with the L.A. stadium proposals, but there shouldn't be any major movement with the issue. Tagliabue is expected to visit proposed stadium sites in the coming months."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Philadelphia\n\nJohn F Street
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As someone who deployed with the National Guard to Louisiana to help clean up, I can say without hesistation that Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco are two of the most inept, incompetent public servants I have ever had the displeasure of working with. Some claim that they were just caught in a bad situation - Good leaders rise above the situation NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. Just like Mayor Guiliani.\n\nNo, Mayor Nagin is incompetent and should not be mayor. But just like the idiots who just re-elected Mayor Kilpatrick in Detroit, New Orleans will get exactly what it deserves if it does not find new leadership.
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Police Commissioner \nRaymond W. Kelly
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Texas will be fine, just like we were last year.  LA on the other hand...\n\nNo hope.  Those silly fools just re-elected the same guy who screwed them last year.
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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and Republican politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California.
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The mayor is not too smart in D. C.
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You should just stick with local issues...who the mayor is of their city, etc. Keep it simple, they don't understand the abstract of  US "politics" yet...