Posted on 07/01/2005 8:16:09 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa formally took the oath of office Friday as the city's 41st mayor, promising to bring a new era of prosperity and unity to a city troubled by gang crime, garroted traffic and failing schools.
Let's dare to dream," he told a cheering, festive crowd of thousands that included former Vice President Al Gore, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver.
"I have no illusions that there is a quick fix or a single path," he said of city schools after announcing a new task force would advise him on education.
He promised new initiatives to improve the environment, unspool gridlock and fight crime. He made only passing reference to the huge costs involved.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
And some people didn't see this coming...
Excuse me while I go hurl.....
That's easy for you, you get it out of your system and you are done.
Just think of those of us stuck here in LA, under the governance of the great Villaraigosa.
Nightmare...or is that NighMayor?
Just to give the guy some credit...when Gov. Ahhhnold got up to speak, some in the crowd jeered. The Mayor shut them up, saying "We WILL have civility on this day!"
Well, this is the first and last thing Villaraigose deserves credit for.
Good point.....my sympathies go out to you and all other conservatives stuck under his sure to be "enlightened" (/sarc) rule. God bless, and keep your powder dry.....you'll have need of both.
"Antonio Villaraigosa (then, Tony Villar) leading a protest to include the Communist organization "Committee to Free Los Tres" on the Steering Committee of the Chicano Studies Center. UCLA campus, May 23, 1974."Link to article: HEREThis commie radical founded the UCLA MEChA chapter. This group's official logo sports a burning dynamite bomb. (Mecha means fuse in Spanish.)
Thanks for this info. I didn't know about it.
I knew how radical Villaraigosa is, but I didn't know about these activities.
I'm making popcorn!
Thanks for the link to all the info about Villaraigosa.
It is too bad this information didn't receive any publicity BEFORE the runoff elections.
http://www.bruinalumni.com/antonio/avarchives.html
Ping to #8, for those who aren't aware of the new Mayor's past...
and what the escapee from being the main course at a thanksgiving dinner clutches in it's talons is an Aztec War Mace.
The info was out there, I posted quite a few threads and nis nationalist leanings were included from his past..
It wouldn't have mattered anyway.
Most folks just don't care ,, sadly.
his=nis
Actually, I fear this is the party aRnie would seek to build along with V in California.
A true Rainbow GReen Coalition
I hope you are writing really, really, really fast.
Buckle up folks.
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