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FACEOFF: LAFD Union & Villaraigosa Exchange Insults

2011-04-04-tcmhuffpo.jpg | Posted 03.13.2012

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Story comes courtesy of The City Maven. By Alice M. Walton Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the president of the firefighters union used a mornin...

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Crime In LA Continues To Drop

Encino, CA Patch | Posted 09.12.2011

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and police Chief Charlie Beck today announced reductions in all categories of violent and property crime for the first half...

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The School Day Begins and Ends at Home

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Education, Schools, Technology, Parents, Villaraigosa, Partnership for Los Angeles, Education Reform, Education News
Antonio Villaraigosa

I can personally attest to the importance of a parent being invested -- perhaps even dogged, at times -- when it comes to their child's education.

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Villaraigosa: Government Shutdown Would Be Bad News For LA

thecitymaven.com | Posted 06.06.2011

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa did not mince words this afternoon when, during a City Hall news conference, he was asked about the possibility of a federa...

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What's Wrong With 311 in Los Angeles

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Olmsted

Citizens who take the time to keep their neighborhoods clean should not have to jump through hoops. The operator should just send the information where it belongs.

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Villaraigosa Gets Full-Body Scan At LAX

ktla.com | KTLA News | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES ( KTLA) -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stepped into an LAX full body scanning device Monday in an attempt to alleviate airline passenger fe...

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Collaboration and Innovation at the LAUSD

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

This morning, I toured one of LA's most innovative campuses with LAUSD's new Superintendent-designate Dr. John Deasy. At Synergy-Quincy Jones Elemen...

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Elected Officials Launch Group To Combat Partisanship

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Elected officials and activists from around the country gathered Monday to bemoan the excesses of political partisanship and seek way...

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The End of Seniority-Based Teacher Layoffs

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

Education is the civil rights issue of our time, but for too long, we've turned a blind eye to the inequalities in our broken public school system. W...

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Gaining Momentum for Our Pro Business and Pro Jobs Agenda

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

A little less than a year ago, I tasked First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner to lead a newly revitalized business team with one unequivocal mandate in mi...

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Arizona's Immigration Law: Racial Profiling at Its Worst as 10 States Explore Copycat Legislation

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

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Louis Provenzano

Arizona's law is racial profiling at its worst, and it forces police officers who know better but are just doing their jobs to harass millions of innocent legal immigrants who have done absolutely nothing wrong.

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Mayor Villaraigosa's State of The City Speech

Posted 05.25.2011

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Watch LIVE coverage of Mayor Villaraigosa's 2010 State Of The City Speech at 4pm ...

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Austin Beutner Picked For DWP Post

89.3 KPCC | 6:18 a.m. | | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will announce today that he is nominating First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner to be interim general manager of the Department...

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Free Speech -- You Can't Have it Both Ways

Tanya Jo Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tanya Jo Miller

White supremacists aren't going to disappear because Villaraigosa suspends their First Amendment Rights -- that just sets a bad precedent for other mayors in other cities.

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Villaraigosa Says Revenue Increase Will Keep Parks, Libraries Open

89.3 KPCC | Frank Stoltze | Posted 05.25.2011

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he no longer believed it would be necessary to shut down some city services because of a gaping b...

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Villaraigosa Calls For City Agencies To Close 2 Days A Week

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: City Agencies Closed Two Days a Week, Mayor Orders City Agencies to Close Two Days a Week, Villaraigosa, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES (AP)-- The mayor of Los Angeles says all city departments except police, public safety and those that make money must close two days a wee...

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My Name Is Antonio Villaraigosa, And I Am Here to Recruit You!

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

Tomorrow, May 22, would have been Harvey Milk's 80th birthday, and despite not having lived to see his 50th, what he accomplished in his few years in public life remains nothing short of extraordinary.

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Mayor To Announce Elimination Of City Departments, KTLA's LIVE Coverage at 2pm PT

Posted 05.25.2011

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Watch KTLA's live coverage as Mayor Villaraigosa announces the elimination of city departments. LIVE at 2pm PT ...

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Villaraigosa Faces City Council

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday made a rare address to the City Council to urge quick action on proposals to lay off workers and cut departments...

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Real Progress in My Partnership Schools

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

In Los Angeles, we have shown that even in schools that have been neglected for decades, when you raise standards and hold schools accountable, the kids will respond.

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