Antonio Villaraigosa for Mayor redux

You hardly need me to tell you who to vote for Tuesday. Antonio Villaraigosa is so clearly the better candidate even the Times endorsed him unequivocally. But after two months of negative campaigning, you might need to be encouraged to vote at all.

The Times put it this way: "...the two candidates differ significantly in style, which means voters do have a choice. Villaraigosa's drive, people skills and knack for coalition-building earned our endorsement in 2001....It was Villaraigosa, not Hahn, who stepped in to settle the 2003 transit strike, and who rallied the state's congressional delegation to clear funding for an Eastside light-rail line. Villaraigosa energizes others. He is intuitive, quick at sizing up situations and recognizing talented people with good ideas....Villaraigosa's record, particularly as Assembly speaker in Sacramento, is of pulling together the right people to get things done. The city's needs keep growing. Villaraigosa as mayor would offer the promise that they would be attacked with relish and intensity. He is the best choice to lead Los Angeles."

So forget about how crappy the campaign's been. Go, vote, and then let's get busy laying that light rail line out to Culver City and Santa Monica.

-> L.A.Daily News endorsement: <http://ga4.org/ct/61aMhP41BX3F/dailynews>
-> L.A.Times endorsement: <http://www.latimes.com/>
-> Antonio 2005: <http://www.antonio2005.com/>
-> Scroll down this page for my comments on Villaraigosa's candidacy during the primary.