El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reyna de los Angeles de Porciuncula has given Antonio Villaraigosa a landslide victory as its new mayor (58%). He’s the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar left office in a town of 6,000 people in 1872.
“It doesn’t matter whether you grew up on the Eastside or the Westside, whether you’re from South Los Angeles or Sylmar,” [Villaraigosa] said. “It doesn’t matter whether you go to work in a fancy car or on a bus, or whether you worship in a cathedral or a synagogue or a mosque. We are all Angelenos, and we all have a difference to make.”
Read all about it in the Los Angeles Times.
NewMexiKen really doesn’t have much to say about this. I just wanted to write out the original Spanish name for the city we so carelessly call L.A.
Thanks to Colorado Luis for the reminder.