Naive, indeed; The Mayor of LA has no power;he is just a figure representing that Mayoral Office.
Further more the Mayor has no legislative power; period.
If anybody thinks that the Mayor dictates anything, that person is dreaming. The City Council is the body who dictates and makes things work in LA.
Villaragosa is just grand standing to get Brownies among his peers.(the illegal/legal Mexicans)
IMHO I believe the real power a Mayor has, is when the Police Chief is elected, and also a few things withing City boundaries, no more no less.
Villaragosa is going to feel the heat for his comments, especially from the Blacks. Them pilgrims are not very happy campers, I will have you know!
Yes.
The institutional enmity between American native blacks and Mexicans is a little discussed issue.
It's profound on the "street".
They regard one another with a racial hostility that would not be tolerated were Anglos involved. Kobe Bryant's cutie Mex wife is an exception to that entrenched rule. Here in Nashville, I see no Mexicans with blacks...never.
All hispanics are not alike are they?