If you have been upset about references to bulleyes and cross-hairs in politics, you ain't heard nothing yet. The LA news media is reporting tonight on a nasty development in a race for LA City Council. In a particularly nasty race between incumbent Jose Huizar and challenger Rudy Martinez, who used to be friends, Huizar has had to fire one of his campaign staff, a certain Michael Trujillo, for sending off the below-linked e-mail to the Huizar campaign. (Hat tip to Ron Kaye LA)
http://ronkayela.com/2011/02/huizar-fires-trujillo-over-ema.html
As stated, this race is very nasty. Here's another report on the race from the LA Weekly.
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/01/huizar_martinez_permit_feud.php
Martinez (l) and Huizar together in happier days
Just another chapter in the sordid drama that is LA politics. Oh yes. Huizar is a Democrat. Come to think of it, I guess Martinez is too. There aren't any Republicans I know of in LA.
In 1960, Benjamin F. Peery, a black Republican business owner, ran for the state legislature from a district in LA, and won 13 percent of the vote against a white Democratic incumbent. In 1968, he ran again, against a black Democrat, and won 10 percent.
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