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08/12/2011 6:02:00 AM
The unnecessary feel good details from your story make me doubt its authenticity. And if you are indeed legit, the fact that he paved your street before taking care of major thoroughfares like Wilshire or Sunset show how incompetent the guy is.
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arthur kidwell 05/16/2010 7:42:00 AM
Now I understand why he wants to boycott Arizona for enforcing the law and trying to feel safe
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Ricard Fusilier 03/10/2010 8:17:00 AM
Not only all that , but Villaraigosa was the leader in appointing an illegal politicval appoinyee as C.O.P. By ordinance (and L.A. is a charter city and it's ordinances supercede the State Code) a Chief has to come from the ranks (Civil Service) A New Yorker not from the ranks was appointed through Villaraigosa and it was illegal. Villaraigosa is a far cry from what was designated and envisioned at the Shaw machine bverdicts back then. Deficits seem to be on his agenda too as when he was in the State Legislature and now its L.A.
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Moral Minority 02/11/2010 4:55:00 AM
It's an absolute embarrasment to have Villar/Villaraigosa as the mayor of California. He's a phony, self serving man-whore in sheeps clothing. DO NOT re-elect this lying, immoral SCUMBAG! It's just a matter of time before he gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar again.
http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/antonio_villaraigosa.htm
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whooza 10/12/2009 4:50:00 PM
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa always help to solve of people bothered about anti-immigrant legislation coming from Washington. Lauren Slater (KOOZA ICON) with Our great Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa conducting an amazing forthcoming Cirque du Soleil show "Kooza" in Santa Monica.
For more pictures
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Craig Wilson 03/02/2009 6:08:00 AM
I am a candidate for city council city of LA dist 11. I have ACTUALLY been a paid pot hole filler, job title is Truck operator for the City of LA. I have been a Hydrographer {NOW} for DWP since 1992. I have been a parking meter coin collector for City Clerk. I have been the following: Standards Dept Matl Testing Tech 87 to 1990 Craft Trainee 1886, I learned to weld, cut steel with fire, {attn Rosie O Donnell !} I have a class I driver's lic , I have been a pool life guard city of LA Mar vista pool, Venice pool, Rancho park pool, and probably 10 other jobs for the City, incl Street Lighting, 1991 Office Engr Tech I dept of St Lighting. All this is a matter of public record. i have more experience working for the city as an actual employee, in my little finger, than out Mayor has in his entire body. No City council member has the wide range of city empl experience that I do . No brag just fact. Look it up it is public record. Our Mayor is a walking Village people, with the hard hat and orange vest, filling potholes. I ACTUALLY filled potholes for a paycheck in my lifetime. !! Please vote for Craig Wilson, friend of the working man because he IS the working man. 16 tons of trash a day I loaded by hand at age 35 for the dept of Sanitation, City of LA. It is on public records, set in stone. Look it up. Sincerely Craig Wilson Candidate for city council dist 11 Vote Mar 3 2009 !
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Craig Wilson 01/30/2009 4:26:00 AM
I want to know exactly how much each of Mayor V's Aides makes per yr. Is it $90,000 per yr? or 150 K per yr? or is it $ 20,000 per yr? We the People who foot the bill want to know. Enquiring minds want to know. We the People, we the Taxpayers are entitled to know. Craig Wilson, candidate for city council City of Los Angeles. Vote Mar 3 2009 Go to WilsonCD.com or WalterMooreforMayor.com to be informed before you vote. No more Sanctuary city policies for gangsters!
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Phil Jennerjahn 01/10/2009 2:41:00 AM
Antonio Villaraigosa is dishonest. He lacks integrity and a sense of right and wrong. He needs to be replaced. NOW.
Vote Phil Jennerjahn for Mayor.
A leader you can trust.
http://www.philjennerjahn.com/
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Jim Francis 11/26/2008 8:13:00 PM
This bungling, absentee Mayor whose ONLY goal it seems, is turning L.A. into AZTLAN, is seldom in L.A. .... he's too busy kissing the coattails of the Washington crowd, hoping to land a cush job on the East Coast - let him go! - We nwwd a hands-on Mayor, NOT a part-time Mayor !!
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gsuburban 11/25/2008 9:41:00 PM
I'll agree with everyone here. Tony Villar is a criminal who wakes up each morning to commit treason for "his people" and self promotion. He uses his job like a pimp does his hookers so to all in Los Angeles, you're hook'n for your lazy pimp.
This guy is a liar (no surprise) who violates every rule or law including matrimony trust.
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Amy Smith 11/04/2008 7:11:00 AM
Is it fun to bash the Mayor? Of course it's fun. But here's the thing. As part of that whole million pot holes thing my street - my pothole ridden, impossible for my kid to learn to ride a bike because it was so bumpy and torn up he was always falling street , got paved. I asked my neighbors "when the last time this happened?" They've lived here 40 years, I thought they would know. Their answer? It's never happened.
Thanks, Mr Mayor.
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DRE DAWG 10/21/2008 1:47:00 AM
DO NOT RE-ELECT ANTONIO VILLAR!!!!!!!!!
WHO CARES WHO ELSE RUNS!!!!!! THEY'S BE 100 TIMES BETTER THAN VILLAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(he's no longer allowed to use Raigosa after hurting and embarrassing his wife and kids...all of them)
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Xristiana 10/16/2008 5:04:00 AM
Wow. This reporter has gotten all of you all riled up and ready to blow. The truth is. There is no truth to all that he has written. The Mayors job is not a job to be done by him alone. He has to be able to mutliti task more so than anyone else in LA. I believe he has proven that ability. Maybe not on our own personal issues on the day we want them done. For all we know those organizations that are quoted in the article stating that they have not heard from the Mayor yet are really among a long list of others that had request before them. We all would like to think our cause is greater. But guess what in the Mayors office they are all equal and he is supposed treat each situation in a nonpartisan way. I'm sure Natural disasters are priority though. I'm hoping these organizations are also contacting their local city halls also. If your needs are worthy causes than they should never give up. There are Congressman and Senators that can help as well.
The truth is the Mayoral Election for 2009 has obviously begun. So the less favorable criticizing does not surprise me and may continue if any reporter wants to vote for someone else. So don't be fooled. We all have complaints, but do we all share our solutions? I'm honored that Mr. Villaraigosa would like to continue the job even after the bullying by the press. There's something to say about those who were born and raised in LA. " They never give up� I�m convinced that he's determined to accomplish and follow through on the promises he made to the City of Los Angeles in 2005. I never thought any one could do all that in less than five years. That's the truth and that's why I will be voting "YES" for his second term. It's not about him. It's about his dream of what we all are capable of accomplishing in the great city of Los Angeles together.
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Jeff de la Rosa 10/15/2008 3:08:00 AM
An excellent piece of writing, Patrick.
Perhaps you will apply the same magnifying glass to one of Tony's inept general managers, Ed Boks of Animal Services.
Ever since City Beat went wacko and "all kitsch -all the time, " there is no longer any worthwhile coverage of this most despicable man.
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Gilbert Hernan 10/04/2008 8:19:00 PM
I am a Colombian immigrant , Antonio Villaraigosa is a disgrace to the USA. He only cares about him and only him.
Most of the Latino do not even know how bad he is. The Spanish TV channels and radio are the most bias media available. These channels of information only show one side of the story, most of the time the one that favors the left. Where is the media in Spanish that shows unbiased information? Nowhere to be found.
If we want to attack individuals like Antonio Villaraigosa , then this attacks most be in Spanish as well.
Please translate all this information to Spanish as well, Antonio Villaraigosa have not been attacked in his own language, and when this happen he will care.
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L.Smith 09/24/2008 8:17:00 AM
Well if the Mayor stayed at his desk and did his work as promised then we'd have no reason to throw his rear end out of office at the end of his term.
I wonder if the posing for that wax statue was on his day? Ah right. He's proven that he's a person that thinks through his zipper, so it's an easy guess as to why he doesn't have time to do the work he was hired for and why he spends a lot of time out of town. We could get a homeless man hose him off put him in a $600. suit and he would be just as effective.
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L.Smith 09/24/2008 8:16:00 AM
Well if the Mayor stayed at his desk and did his work as promised then we'd have no reason to throw his rear end out of office at the end of his term.
I wonder if the posing for that wax statue was on his day? Ah right. He's proven that he's a person that thinks through his zipper, so it's an easy guess as to why he doesn't have time to do the work he was hired for and why he spends a lot of time out of town. We could get a homeless man hose him off put him in a $600. suit and he would be just as effective.
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Truth 09/23/2008 2:01:00 PM
Great article, sad article. This town is messed up in numerous ways, and Antonio runs around greasing the wheels for what he believes to be his inevitable ascension to governor and beyond. But he needs to watch his step - he may end up with that bubble popped, like Gavin Newsom, or with all the success in Sacramento that Gray Davis had.
To put an end to this guy, candidate for mayor Walter Moore only needs a few more thousand dollars to be included in the mayoral debates - can you imagine some who actually passed the bar exam versus dunce Antonio. Donate now!
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Both ways 09/22/2008 10:00:00 AM
Ohhhhh now you want someone who will "get to work." But when you were getting rid of workaday Jim Hahn, you said he was too "boring" and wanted the image that would sell LA to the world instead. I see how it is. Hypocrites on both!
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Me 09/21/2008 11:06:00 PM
Save our city.
Walter Moore for Mayor.
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Kenny 09/19/2008 7:22:00 PM
Great work LA Weekly. Someone needed to put a magnifying glass on our mayor. He's gotten a pass from our local reporting for years. Maybe this is the smack in the face he needs to get to work on our city.
Thank you
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Mary Ann Jacobson 09/19/2008 3:54:00 AM
Thanks for a terrific insight into our dis-functional City Government and the Twit who is supposed to be in charge.
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DaVinner 09/19/2008 1:41:00 AM
To all those organizations, groups and individuals who have unsuccessfully tried to get the Mayor to meet with you, here's a hint: let him know that a TV camera will be there!
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Chris 09/18/2008 11:52:00 PM
The Mexican Reconquista mayor is completely self-absorbed. I haven't seen such a shameless, narcissistic self-promoter in a long time. I hope he does strive to be governor that way he will hopefully stay away from the mayoral race next year and we can get a REAL mayor like Walter Moore elected.
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Brian 09/18/2008 7:26:00 AM
A legend in his own mind
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pris 09/17/2008 4:53:00 AM
as someone who works in city hall, this mayor is horrible and so is his staff. the only goal they have is to support the mayor and not the constituents. as i have been told "you answer to the mayor, not the people, he's your boss".
his administration is running over departments and trying to control their mandate or rewrite them to suit the mayor--it really is scary, if people actually knew the mess this mayor was creating, he would be impeached.
transparency is a lie, if you question or challenge, you're fired or your department suffers. transparency for this administration is blind agreement and promotion of the man not the city.
i am so happy that the la weekly wrote about this, all the other papers are still on their lovefest...what has this mayor done?????nothing but sell it to the highest bidder and take a cut to boot.
sadly, it looks like we may be stuck/cursed with him another four years!
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michael kelly 09/17/2008 4:21:00 AM
What a wet suit this jerk is; so glad I don't live in L.A.
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STUCK IN THE 3RD WORLD 09/17/2008 2:32:00 AM
And now let's use the Metrolink tragedy as another photo-op wearing a firefighter jacket & boots to appear as though he was actually pulling victims from the wreckage!!! And somehow it all becomes about him. I WAS THERE ALL NIGHT WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE AND IT WAS GRUELING!!! This man has absolutely no shame. Then getting on the train at Chatsworth to show people not to be afraid (complete with security detail), but he was afraid to be in the camera-shot with Denise Tyrell when she told the truth. He was advised by his handlers to keep his distance- not good politics you know? What a scum-bag and now exploiting a tragedy, Divaraigosa is a coward.
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STUCK IN THE 3RD WORLD 09/17/2008 2:32:00 AM
And now let's use the Metrolink tragedy as another photo-op wearing a firefighter jacket & boots to appear as though he was actually pulling victims from the wreckage!!! And somehow it all becomes about him. I WAS THERE ALL NIGHT WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE AND IT WAS GRUELING!!! This man has absolutely no shame. Then getting on the train at Chatsworth to show people not to be afraid (complete with security detail), but he was afraid to be in the camera-shot with Denise Tyrell when she told the truth. He was advised by his handlers to keep his distance- not good politics you know? What a scum-bag and now exploiting a tragedy, Divaraigosa is a coward.
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STUCK IN THE 3RD WORLD 09/17/2008 2:32:00 AM
And now let's use the Metrolink tragedy as another photo-op wearing a firefighter jacket & boots to appear as though he was actually pulling victims from the wreckage!!! And somehow it all becomes about him. I WAS THERE ALL NIGHT WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE AND IT WAS GRUELING!!! This man has absolutely no shame. Then getting on the train at Chatsworth to show people not to be afraid (complete with security detail), but he was afraid to be in the camera-shot with Denise Tyrell when she told the truth. He was advised by his handlers to keep his distance- not good politics you know? What a scum-bag and now exploiting a tragedy, Divaraigosa is a coward.
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Lightfoot Letters 09/17/2008 1:54:00 AM
With all due respect to the Mayor..he seems really busy promoting himself at the expense of the people he was elected to represent.
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Abby 09/17/2008 12:56:00 AM
This is typical of Los Angeles being lead around by our nose politically do to "racial bias". We are so busy being politically correct that this "idiot" is merely a byproduct of what is increasingly wrong with LA and its sanctuary city mind set. He is a narcissistic poser/loser who should be ashamed of himself and removed from office immediately.
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Jim 09/17/2008 12:42:00 AM
It should come as no surprise as to why the mayor or any Democratic politician is elected. THE unions back them with enormous amounts of money and votes, to insure their continued high salaries and pensions. Just look at what is happening to Parks, and other cities in financial straits. They are run by Democratic leaning politicians that approve their salaries. Look what happened when the Teachers Union was asked to give up 1 day of pay to help the budget. And they say they are for the kids. BaBaBa
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glenda 09/17/2008 12:25:00 AM
I've always wondered how much has the city paid for about 25 palm trees that they have alocated behind some old buildings on Jefferson Blvd. between Main And Maple, in Los Angeles, these trees were just left there throughout the summer without any care, by now they are all dried. is it the city's property? And if it is
Is Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa really aware of these expenses? It seems to me that the trees were just an over purchase and didn't need them for the initial site after all.
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waterman3 09/17/2008 12:01:00 AM
Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.
Marshall McLuhan
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waterman3 09/16/2008 11:47:00 PM
villar is a suckophant to the rich and powerful. and he masks himself as the man of the people. his only contact with the people is to scrape his feet clean on them as he rushes to another party to honor his ability to steal from the poor and give to the rich.
and the la times has been the spokeshole for the rich abusers of the people since the 19th century.
the times and villar go together like stalin and pravda.
we should re-tag him as villainregosa.
and his lapboy, rockhead delgadillo.
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Jayne 09/16/2008 8:55:00 PM
This hit-piece on TONY VILLAR is accurate!! I have an uncle in L.A. City's attorneys office (around 600 attorneys) who said that he receives approximately 14 e-mails each week with the mayor's photo ops, encouraging the employees to fill in the background crowd. No kidding! Many people know what Villar is doing on his official time clock.....PHOTO OPS! Villar is posturing for the governorship of Mexifornia on our dime, and it's shameful.
The big question is..... who's running the assylum while Tony Villar is away?
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Pamela 09/16/2008 8:50:00 PM
Thank you for the great article.
LA is sure "going to hell in a handbasket" as my grandmother would say. How can he say LA is the safest it has been since the 1950's? It is for the unions & if we complain the leaders say "we need more money" to fix anything. Where the hell has all the money gone???
I am so glad I live in Long Beach
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lakergirl 09/16/2008 3:48:00 AM
Thanks for info, DD. Didn't know all of that.
I just don't understand why the LA TIMES doesn't report this? I mean, it's an injustice to the people of LA that's been happening since he's been in office, and not even our major newspaper will report this?
Does LA Weekly have more balls than the big ole LA Times?
Does Villar give them $$$ or something?
I just don't get it.... this is such a HUGE issue....
FYI-- KFIAM640 is totally on this...
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Lucy Urban 09/15/2008 10:54:00 PM
It's is a shame people voted for this individual just because he is Mexican or Chicano or were ever they wanted it to be call, this man doesn't care about the American Citizens, don't we all know he is Pro Illegals?
Los Angeles is a Santuary City? he welcome illegals with open arms ? [his Raza] they laughing at us for been to nice and given, when his Raza demands Amnesty he goes along with them, laud & clear "Si se Puede" this is the Mayor of our City !
We need a Mayor who cares for us all .
VOTE FOR THE NEW CANDIDATE , MR. WALTER MOORE !! Please sign the Petition, The Jamiel's Law THIS IS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO DENY SANTUARY CITY PROTECTION TO ILLEGAL ALIENS IN GANGS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES we need more signatures !
Concern Citizen
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Ed Molina 09/15/2008 12:12:00 PM
If I had a job where I would only work at my primary tasks less than 50% of the time I doubt I could even last more than a few days. He's only good if you like higher taxes, horrid public schools, protecting gang members, and enhancing our status as the largest sanctuary city of illegal aliens. One other thing - I'm bilingual and when I hear this guy speak I can't even determine what his primary language is since he butchers both English and Spanish. Is this the best the second largest city in the country can select as our mayor? LA please wake up and correct the worst disease we've ever inflicted on our city. Please by sure to vote this guy out when you get the chance. This cockroach has got to go.
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DD 09/15/2008 7:42:00 AM
Well said, Lakergirl. Here is a little more entertainment on the Villar; his advisors are so out of touch, they have convinced the Mayor that he will win the dem nomination for 2nd term mayor because the majority of voters are hispanic. In addition, they have advised him that his chances of winning the nomination for governor is a lock because he will get all the hispanic voters (in the state) on his side. Amazing, isn't it? Here's another juicy tidbit, all his spouting about utilizing regional airports in SoCal to take the heat off LAX was a fake. He is allowing Palmdale to close after the city of LA spent millions to open it and now Ontario is falling apart with certain layoffs and depriving the IE of much needed business travel to sustain the economy. In addition, LAX has lost billions of dollars in revenue from airlines leaving due to poor management and a tirant airport director (even though the newspaper reports the decline in flights is from the oil crisis, it's not). So the Mayor is responsible for thousands of people losing their jobs and billions of dollars of lost revenue for the city. And the icing on the cake? The city will soon announce plans to spend billions (with a "B") in LAX improvements. I wonder where all that money will come from? Maybe another tax, it's the Villar way.
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lakergirl 09/15/2008 2:00:00 AM
Some people are funny...so you ONLY support the mayor because he's CHICANO?? Uhmmm... isn't that hypocritcal to SUPPORT SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE???
We are AGAINST THE MAYOR NOT BECAUSE OF HIS RACE, but BECAUSE HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING to improve LOS ANGELES!!!! What has HE done to IMPROVE THE CHICANO COMMUNITY exactly? Have you seen an INCREASE IN the GRADUATION RATE of CHICANOS???
Have you seen these freakin' TREES planted to IMPROVE the quality of CHICANO neighborhoods?
Have you seen CHICANO GANGS ON THE DECLINE???
WAKE UP!! HE CAN'T EVEN HELP HIS OWN PEOPLE!!!
But, of course, because ALL OF US NON-CHICANOS, are all against him because of his FAILURE to come through with his PROMISES, you CONDEMN US FOR BEING RACIST!!
How funny, is that???
IF you're SO PROUD AND WANT TO BE AROUND A CHICANO SOCIETY AND ARE SO AGAINST THE NON-CHICANOS (I'm ASIAN, BY THE WAY), WHY NOT GO BACK TO MEXICO???????!?!!?!?!?!?!
You won't have ISSUES THERE ABOUT THIS WOULD YOU??
GO BACK if you CAN'T EVEN OPEN YOUR EYES TO OUR FAILURE OF A MAYOR!
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Heather Johnston 09/14/2008 11:14:00 PM
Patrick Range McDonald for Mayor! Please don't ever stop writing. Your piece should win an award. I for one am embarrased to say that I was sucked in by the Mayor's tales of poverty, Boyle Heights roots and devotion to his wife and teacher. It wasn't long before he dumped his wife (after adding her name to his) and took up with the babe from Telemundo. Then, even she dumped him. Public Relations people are just as evil as this con artist. Most people are so busy working their asses off every day they don 't have time to investigate the realities of these clowns that are running our state. They read a paper like the L.A. Times which has been kissing Tony 's ass since the get-go. I didn't know he never even passed the bar exam, so thanks for that info. The inagauration of Tony was quite the dog and pony show. How ironic that in his speech, with Arnold in the front row, he made a point of saying, "I'm no movie star, I come from humble beginnings" Thank you L.A. Weekly for having the guts to put this guy where he belongs, in a paper worth reading, and with reporters who have the courage and energy and motive to truly investigate. Antonio has got to go! Antonio has got to go!
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Ana Catan 09/14/2008 9:49:00 PM
You are a true reporter! We wish there would be more
like you. We are Mexican American and can not stand
the Mayor!! We should support Walter Moore. If the Mayor get's elected we can kiss California good by.
Your report is AMAZING! Thank you, Ana
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A. Ferraro 09/14/2008 5:33:00 AM
BRAVO, Patrick Range McDonald!
KUDOS, LA Weekly!
Outstanding work. Thank you for doing such a thorough job outlining what we already knew--Tony Villar is a complete narcissistic bafoon.
It is difficult to believe he actually could get relected as Mayor--then to think he wants to be Governor, then President--outrageous.
Villar is THE worst Mayor Los Angeles has ever had the misfortune to have in office. We long for the Reardon days of intelligent, industrious, business-like problem solving.
Villar is a complete embarrasment for Los Angeles and feels his celebrity that he promotes 89% of the time is the priority--and, yes--it IS all about him.
I have passed your article along to several others--keep up the great work!
Sincerely,
A. Ferraro
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ron 09/14/2008 1:38:00 AM
I voted for AV and was an enthusiastic supporter. I will not vote for him at the next election. My reason, I asked for help twice via e-mail, the result NO RESPONSE of any kind. On the other hand when I send a question to certain extreme right wing LA County supervisor, I received an immediate response.
Mayor: all politics is local and your operation has to address your constituents needs before expanding to global - save the world ideas. As they say in show biz, you jumped the shark.
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Anne 09/13/2008 11:16:00 PM
Now watch him. He'll try to use the train crash--a tragedy for LA--to get his face on TV as much as possible and to exploit the accident in an attempt to "look good" for the "people." He is so predictable. Who voted for this guy? What a waste of a mayor.
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Jack Humphreville 09/13/2008 10:52:00 PM
On May 17, I was in Brussels on business. In any case, a large forum is not the place to discuss details regarding the 25% DWP Power Rate Increase and the impact of the Rate Restructuring Plan. Furthermore, Mayor Villaraigosa has no working knowledge of DWP other than the DWP Money Train provides about $800 million in goodies for the City's General Fund and the DWP unions, the Mayor's largest contributor, and that it is a nice place for his political buddies to collect a paycheck. Finally, we need a Rate Payers Advocate, much like the Public Utilities Commission and its Division of Ratepayer Advocates to analyze the operations, finances, and management of DWP so that we really know what's going on at DWP. It might not be a bad idea to have a Tax Payers Advocate to help the citizens of LA know what is really going on downtown!
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Jack Humphreville 09/13/2008 10:51:00 PM
On May 17, I was in Brussels on business. In any case, a large forum is not the place to discuss details regarding the 25% DWP Power Rate Increase and the impact of the Rate Restructuring Plan. Furthermore, Mayor Villaraigosa has no working knowledge of DWP other than the DWP Money Train provides about $800 million in goodies for the City's General Fund and the DWP unions, the Mayor's largest contributor, and that it is a nice place for his political buddies to collect a paycheck. Finally, we need a Rate Payers Advocate, much like the Public Utilities Commission and its Division of Ratepayer Advocates to analyze the operations, finances, and management of DWP so that we really know what's going on at DWP. It might not be a bad idea to have a Tax Payers Advocate to help the citizens of LA know what is really going on downtown!
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DON DELL 09/13/2008 11:24:00 AM
A este Alcalde Mejicano le gusta mucho la publicidad. Como Alcalde es muy malo. No veo la hora que termine su mandato
y que vaya a postular a la Alcaldia de ciudad de Mejico.
We should recall this Mayor. He is a terrible.
For next election we need someone MUCH better than him.
Necesitamos a un Alcalde que trabaje para todos los Americanos y no para los immigrates ilegales.
Good bye se�Antonio Villa.
GOD SAVE AMERICA !
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Disgusted in Los Angeles 09/13/2008 9:05:00 AM
Thanks for having the guts to stand and up and call out this fraud of a mayor. You have done your research well and have presented undeniable proof that Tony Villar is not the mayor that the great city of Los Angeles deserves. (We have all witnessed his corrupt ways for years and years from when he first took public office, but we were called racists and xenophobes if we even spoke up about his less than satisfactory work ethics.)
Only by stopping him in the next election can we start to put Los Angeles back on track and reclaim our former glory. Get out and vote. Get out and vote for a person who can turn this city around. Leave Tony Villar to crawl back into the woodwork
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M A Andrews 09/13/2008 8:48:00 AM
Thank You L.A. Weekly !!!!
Thanks for the stories that the LAT no longer does,
you are the real Newspaper of the city.
Tony Villar must go !!!
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Charlene 09/13/2008 7:25:00 AM
I came to LA in Dec of 2007, I have never voted, (Im 50). But this year I'll be voting, and this Mayor is not one on my list to vote for. He is really a EVIL person, and hurts the citizens here. LA is in sad shape, and he does nothing. What a real piece of work. He is not for the people, so my advice is that after his $200000.00 Wax pieace is done, we should make a candle of it, put a wick in it, and burn it. (sell tickets to get some of LA's money back)
I hope everyone looks to Walter Moore for Mayor. Keep in mind the sad children and people being killed on the streets of LA by buddies (illegals) of this Mayor Veri (whatever) I hope he gets arrested for breaking the laws, and then when he gets in jail with his buddies, he can be their Mayor. Thank God For LA Weekly speaking the truth, and Thank God For the KEVIN JAMES SHOW, which has opened my eyes to this shyster.
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Tammy O 09/13/2008 5:32:00 AM
Oh boo-hoo-hoo! Villaraigosa is merely a politician behaving like a politician; what more do you expect? A politician's first priority is to get himself reelected and ingratiate himself to powerful party members who can promote him. Is anyone even surprised at his behavior?? His last quote says it all, "The city has given me more than I ever expected growing up...". Yes, he's in it with the constant attitude of "what can I get?".
Good job on this article--again, your paper completely surpasses the LA Times in journalistic quality and investigative reporting. You've confirmed exactly what most of us have suspected all along.
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patrick boos 09/13/2008 3:47:00 AM
I think our mayor is a fake, a fraud, and the LA taxpayers deserve better. He spends and spends with no caution and no production. His head is so far up illegals asses we might as well be in TJ. I can't even imagine a worse mayor. I for one can not wait to vote him out of office. What a clown, go back to Mexico since you care more about their plight than our great city and country schmuck. America does not need mayors like you what a disgrace.
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K 09/13/2008 2:16:00 AM
Thanks LAWeekly for reporting what Villaragosa is really all about. I don't understand how the people of LA could vote in this moron, who failed the state bar 4 times and never made a 5th attempt to pass, and panders himself like a $20 whore on Hollywood Blvd. He not only has done absolutely nothing for the City, he has hurt the City by neglecting important City business, such as, allowing the commercial airports to fail miserably. Now that moron wants the over-taxed "legal" citizens to pay more tax to cover up for his neglect. I can't even imagine how messed up this state would be if this idiot gets elected Governor. PLEASE vote NO for any ticket Villaragosa runs on! and Vote NO on any propositions that will raise our taxes!
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Barry Barker 09/13/2008 2:14:00 AM
I have maintained since the day he was elected that Tony V is nothing more than a smile and a shoe shine. Your piece confirms my feelings!
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Ed 09/13/2008 2:09:00 AM
Thanks for exposing this to the public. Yes this Mayor is a shame, rather than improving significantly our city he spends most of his time in self-promotion and latino causes, even for illegal aliens. Los Angeles is turning into a 3rd world city. Green spaces are getting replaced by condos. This Mayor is a hoax. He's not giving us trees, he's planting signs in spanish instead
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Bastante! 09/12/2008 10:38:00 PM
Thank you for exposing the true facts about our sham of a Mayor.
He is an embarrassment to the Hispanic community with his pandering.
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Maria 09/12/2008 10:35:00 PM
Our low-life mayor has only promoted himself and a third world sanctuary city where citizens like Jamiel Shaw can be shot down by illegals.
Our city is now a filthy, graffiti-ridden mess loaded with illegals and burgeoning taxes (fees) all on the backs of the middle class.
Can't imagine what idiots voted for him the first time and who could possibly be stupid enough to vote for him again for anything.
He's been too long at the public trough and in the pocket of the unions. HASTA LA VISTA BABY! Don't just vote for a Hispanic name!!
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stuck in the 3rd world 09/12/2008 10:24:00 PM
As many others noted above, we had been waiting & waiting for a media outlet to publish the full nauseating details of what many of us had observed for a long time. He is a corrupt, self-obsessed narcissist that only LOVES his job for the status it gives him. He has absolutely NO INTEREST in improving anything in Los Angeles. Earlier this week he was trumpeting on the news about all the great LIVING WAGE jobs he's bringing to LA at a press conference for American Apparel. Since when are sewing jobs (still essentially sweatshops) great living wage jobs? This is the future he envisions for LA, 3rd world jobs replacing the solid manufacturing jobs we have lost. American Apparel is owned by Dov Charney under investigation for numerous counts of sexual harrassment and he unapologetically admits in one article to having sex with many of his employees. Just the kind of company and work atmosphere to promote. Guess the mayor can relate to this behavior. Most politicians would want to distance themselves from such a mess. American Apparel also links to an article on their website where the mayor is demanding that ICE quit raiding these RESPONSIBLE companies. Guess that means American Apparel is loaded with illegals, the only group the mayor is advocating for. WALTER MOORE FOR MAYOR!
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cliff stanich 09/12/2008 9:58:00 PM
DEAR L.A WEEKLY I AM VERY IMPRESSED BY THE WORK OF PATRICK RANGE MCDONALD ON HIS ARTICLE ABOUT THE MAYOR.ITS NO SECRET THAT THIS MAYOR IS A BUST.THE SAD PART IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VOTING FOR HIM BELIEVE HE IS HELPING THEIR CAUSE.HE DOES THROW THEM A BONE EVERY NOW AND THEN BUT IS LARGELY USING THEM TO GET WHAT HE WANTS,A FEELING OF BEING IMPORTANT.THE MAYOR IS AN IMPORTANT POSITION BUT THIS MAYOR IS ABUSING HIS OFFICE.IF THE PEOPLE VOTING FOR HIM WOULD TAKE A REAL LOOK AT HIS RECORD,AND NOT HIS COLOR THEY WILL SEE THAT THE CITY OF L.A. WOULD BE MUCH BETTER SERVED WITH A MAYOR,ANY MAYOR THAT PUTS THE CITY NEEDS BEFORE HIS OWN. CLIFF STANICH
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JackH 09/12/2008 9:52:00 PM
However anyone may feel about 1994's Proposition 187 (denying public benefits to illegal aliens), after voters passed it overwhelmingly Villaraigosa, as Speaker of the California Assembly, went to Mexico to plead with then President Zedillo to help crush Prop 187. He worked hard to thwart the will of the people he was supposed to represent.
WALTER MOORE FOR MAYOR!!
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Theresa 09/12/2008 8:23:00 PM
I just to say you are a breath of fresh air. I heard about this write up on the radio, Dough McIntyre, 790 KABC this morning. First of all I am Mexican, born in Los Angels, so I am a true Angeleno. I want to thank you for having the guts to tell the truth about the mayor. There is so much to say about the person, but that would take me all day. The man needs to get out of office, NOW!
You are my hero, I found the newspaper for me.
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grande mas 09/12/2008 8:12:00 PM
Thank you for your comment "no mas" hence inspiring my name "grande mas".....yes this has all been too much for too long! Out with this clown in a mayor's suit! He is allowing this city to be brought to its knees like a concrete block in a simming pool! We have been made promise after promise like the article says, and have been given nothing, but more gangs, a sanctuary city, trash and filth building up along with more traffic, NO POLICE BUT HIGHER TAXES, and nothing to help the actual citizens who are homeless and poor here. Food banks are empty and schools are overcrowded with illegal children our tax dollars are paying to feed and educate, but then they give all of the kids a barely passing grade so they can't read at a college level once they get there. VOTE HIM OUT! DON'T LET HIM BE THE FRAT BOY WITH 100 GIRLFRIENDS WITH A LIE FOR ALL OF THEM ANYMORE!
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Kathy 09/12/2008 12:15:00 PM
OH MY GOD!!! Someone FINALLY aimed at the Mayor and figuratively shot him squarely between the eyes! I've stopped reading all the papers because only write 'nice" things about this narcissist. I am SO happy that someone finally took the time to write the truth, not merely drive by and make up some stories in passing!! We were considering buying a house outside of Glendale but were so afraid to land in this guy's territory that we stayed here, instead. BRILLIANT reporting!!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!
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Holland 09/12/2008 10:16:00 AM
"I'm Antonio," he cooed to me at a festival where I was manning a booth dedicated to getting the (then three) LA Zoo elephants into elephant sanctuaries. He said to my and my colleague's faces, "I'm on your side," and proceeded to instruct us on political strategy.
Two elephant deaths later, another having bounced across the country and finally sent to a sanctuary, now the last elephant, Billy, languishies out of sight, rocking compulsively from the stress of being warehoused alone.
Tens of millions of dollars are being squandered on a larger space so more elephants can be captive at the LA Zoo. It's not too late to stop the boondoogle.
Call your councilperson. Demand Billy's release to a sanctuary and a stop to the new exhibit area.
Villaraigosa is one smooth, debonair liar. He won't be believed next time he declares he's for the animals.
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JVW 09/12/2008 10:09:00 AM
Hmm. . . a charismatic young politician of a desirable minority background runs for office promising the world but being remarkably vague on specifics. A pliant media decides that the white incumbent, who happens to be from a famous political family, is unfriendly, unhip, and incompetent and spills lots of ink playing up alleged scandals that they claim to uncover. Although the charismatic young politician strikes many observers as being unprepared and unserious, the media helps to downplay these deficiencies opting instead to emphasize the challenger's mantra of hope and change. The charismatic young minority politician is elected, and it turns out that his narcissism and inability (and unwillingness) to manage makes him a less than ideal executive.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Going with the unknown in the hopes that he proves up to the job hasn't worked out so well for Los Angeles. Can we afford to make the same mistake on a national level?
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deon 09/12/2008 9:45:00 AM
Nice article. Never really focused on Villar because he comes across as such a phony do nothing politician but this is trully nauseating. If the press lights the fire maybe the public will wake up and get these losers out. Keep up the good reporting, you are putting LA Times to shame.
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Chris 09/12/2008 8:35:00 AM
No way will Villaraigosa ever become governor. Maybe of his personal fantasyland, but not of California. We're not that degraded yet! Maybe 50 years from now we will be, but he'll be long retired then.
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suhina 09/12/2008 7:40:00 AM
Quoting Ron Kaye as a major "authority" on this mayor is like quoting the anti-smoking lobby about someone who smokes: Kaye's blog is devoted to one after the other articles about what's wrong with the Mayor, everyone on City Council (some more than others) and the city. From the point of view of a retired, senior citizen from the Valley who resents and dislikes "metro LA" and especially the westside, who he and his like- minded readers keep calling insular, rich lefties. (The one thing they have in common with the Latinos of East and South LA and the "Mexican machine" they distrust so much, a common "enemy.")
Kaye in his former editing job was the leader of the Valley secession movement, and still writes constantly about how the Valley "doesn't get its share" of anything, about why the "westside subway to the sea" is a rip-off of the Valley'-ites -- who he and his faithful believe would be the sole beneficiaries of the sales tax hike for mass transit, which is untrue, since the vast majority of people clogging the westside corridor are coming from the San Fermando and San Gabriel valleys every day. But they feel it's their "right" to do so in their single-occupancy SUV's, so they can complain about westside traffic they're creating and go home to their cheaper suburbs to deride how horrible LA is and how it takes advantage of them.
The Mayor, being a proponent of the "subway to the sea," comes in for plenty of fire for it -- while he's being derided for not doing enough to reduce traffic congestion. Readers genuinely assert that widening the roads is the whole answer, which is absurd even if there WERE more land to do so - but look at the difficulty in just widening the 405 to/from the Valley. The land just isn't there.
Sure, it's reasonable to argue, as the Kayesians do, that not discouraging illegal immigration but building "affordable housing" for them increases the problem, too -- but only singling out issues from a Valley-centric and anti-westside view hardly makes him a valid critic.
It seem like this article set out to prove its premise, that Antonio is an egocentric do-nothing from the start. Maybe he does spend too much time on PR, but it's also important what issues a Mayor champions, and he's called attention to the mass transit problem (lack of which has made LA one of the least0pleasant places to visit, per yesterday's CNN poll), gotten consensus on it even from his sometime opponent Zev Yaroslavsky; he's called attention to the schools and tried to take over all of them -- not a bad thing, since everyone including the Kayesians believe the current LAUSD is a disaster, so his attracting private investment can't hurt, and is sticking his neck out to help a few; and getting national/ international attention for LA is a good thing, even if he does benefit personally.
Backing Hillary was a smart choice, too bad the Democratic party pushed her off the ticket and is now struggling against an unknown woman from nowhere.
- I"m not a particular fan of the Mayor or against him: but this article is such a hit piece that it only serves to "validate" the negative feelings of his previous detractors.
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Pat Cardamone 09/12/2008 4:36:00 AM
It's a shame that the graphic art for this article doesn't appear in any way, shape or form to look like Villarigosa, which is sad because Antonio has very specific characteristic looks. A charcoal portrait street vendor at Disneyland would have done a better job.
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Mike 09/12/2008 3:35:00 AM
You needed to do all this research?? He has not done anything to make LA a better place to live. The only thing he has done was have a girl on the side and continue to spread misinformation on Spanish TV and radio. He is pro illegal immigrant and is doing nothing uphold the law of the land, in fact he breaks it every day by helping illegal immigrants remain in LA. he has done NOTHING for Education and yet he has the nerve to tell people , yes please pay more taxes. Its the craziest thing i have even seen. This guy is useless
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Abacrombee 09/12/2008 3:34:00 AM
Vote for this JERK for Governor, I'd rather have both arms broke.
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animal lover 09/12/2008 3:28:00 AM
The Mayor promised to move Billy the lone elephant from the LA Zoo, where he now languishes by himself like Chico the Meerkat. Once in office though, the Mayor could care less about Billy, or all of the animals being killed at Animal Services. There are insurrections from staff because this Mayor could not care less about the "little things", he's too busy chasing the spotlight. Why is Billy still at the zoo? Why are the citizens of LA putting up with it? This man needs to be recalled.
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Bill Christopher 09/12/2008 3:10:00 AM
To be fair, it should be noted that on Saturday, May 17th, a few days before your survey begins, the Mayor attended two events related to Neighborhood Councils, one in South LA and ours, the Citywide Alliance of Neighborhood Councils, in East Hollywood. At our event, with Jack Humphreville in attendance, the Mayor took questions town hall style for over an hour. No issues were off limits.
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Ray 09/12/2008 1:16:00 AM
I actually ran into Villaraigosa in Sacramento a couple years back, while he was being interviewed by the reporter who would eventually be outed as his mistress. He was giving a typical interview to one of the Spanish-speaking stations, which always reminds me of the late Yassir Arafat: when interviewed in English he would talk about being "everyone's mayor," but when interviewed in Spanish he focuses on "La Raza."
God help us all if he actually makes it to the Governor's office.
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Brett Hampton 09/12/2008 12:58:00 AM
Thank you, LA Weekly and Mr. McDonald, for this intelligent and unbiased report on our publicity-loving Mayor of Los Angeles. Villaraigosa first betrayed his constituents from his days on the City Council when he broke his promise to complete a full term on the City Council. Now, he has betrayed the entire City of Los Angeles by failing to fulfill any of his campaign promises. Unfortunately, he has little incentive to actually do any work as Mayor since his re-election is virtually assured and he has already set his sights on the next office. Foiled in his attempt to become a player on the national political scene by so vigorously supporting the losing candidate in the Democrats' primary, he is undoubtedly next going to vie for the Governor's Mansion. I never thought I'd find myself being glad to say that Jerry Brown is running for Governor, but at least his candidacy will crush Mr. Villaraigosa's ambitions, if only for the moment.
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No Mas!!! 09/11/2008 9:39:00 PM
First and foremost, Villar does NOT care what ANYONE thinks of him! He is drunk with power and has no concept of what it means to be a 'public servant'!
He conveniently forgets that he is the 'accidental' mayor...by virtue of the fact that he slipped in with less than 300,000 votes in a city with FOUR MILLION citizens!!! I repeat...less than 300,000 votes!!! And you can be assured that many of these 'votes' were from illegal aliens who committed voter fraud!
We can't dwell on the fact that this shyster has conned us in ways that are unimaginable! But we CAN concentrate on throwing his ass out next March!!! Every citizen needs to shed the inherent voter apathy that got us into this mess...and GET OUT AND VOTE VILLAR OUT!
The People do the hiriing; and the People do the firiing! Do not give this crook another four years!
