Villaraigosa Faulted For Not Helping Latino Politicians

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco

I’ve heard the grumbling from some of my Californiano friends. So you know this headline caught my attention.

It was highlighted as a link I found while doing a dive for NewsTaco stories. Funny thing is that the actual story, on NPR, had a different headline:

After One Of L.A.’s First Latino Mayors, Who Will Follow?

Anyway, it’s a good piece, or rather a transcript of a good radio piece by Kirk Siegler.  He talks to Villaraigosa and other LA nobles like Frank Gilliam, the dean of the UCLA school of public affairs, and Arturo Vargas, who heads NALEO.

The best quote, though, comes from Emanuel Pleitez, who ran for Mayor. Things should be easier for Latinos in LA politics now that Villaraigosa has been Mayor, he said, “but I could say that he could’ve done more.”

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