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• Cardinal Mahony as the serpent and the mayor as Adam

  Published: July 23, 2007, 4:13 pm

  Tags: Roger Mahony, Los Angeles, Sexual Abuse, Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics, Christianity, Media

  sex abuse and about Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's philandering ways.Well, the LA Daily News put the two together in this cover for the Sunday Viewpoint section. That's Mahony as the serpent and the mayor chasing his adulterous lover Mirthala Salinas through the "Garden of Telemundo." You obviously get the reference.(Thanks,

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• Is Luke Ford good for the Jews?

  Published: August 2, 2007, 12:39 am

  Tags: Judaism, Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Media

  first reported that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had stopped wearing his wedding rings, that the nuptials were failing. And in June his reporting was vindicated.Luke is a complex character, a man of many layers, and I set out last week to profile him for the cover of this week's Jewish Journal. I spent six hours with him -- eating together,

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• Is Luke Ford Good for the Jews?

  Published: August 2, 2007, 12:39 am

  Tags: Judaism, Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Media

  The Luke Ford post has been taken down temporarily. It will be reposted Thursday afternoon, when The Jewish Journal cover story on Ford goes live. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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• Is Luke Ford good for the Jews?

  Published: August 2, 2007, 4:07 pm

  Tags: Judaism, Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Media

  first reported that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had stopped wearing his wedding rings, that the nuptials were failing. And in June his reporting was vindicated.Luke is a complex character, a man of many layers, and I set out last week to profile him for the cover of this week's Jewish Journal. I spent six hours with him -- eating together,

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• Telemundo Reporter Suspended for 2 Mos. For Screwing The Mayor of Los Angeles

  Published: August 3, 2007, 7:21 am

  Tags: Celebrities, Antonio Villaraigosa

  the relationship with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa when she announced the news of his separation from his wife of 20 years on local [...] Related Entries: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has affair with top aide’s wife!Kobe Bryant Suspended for Flying Elbow (again!)Paris Hilton Dumps Publicist After Jail FiascoParis Headed To The

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• Brzezinski: Democrat's Affair 'Not Pressing,' No Objection to Vitter Coverage

  Published: August 6, 2007, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Dc Madam, Double Standards, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Political Scandals, Religion, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, David Vitter, Joe Scarborough, John Ridley, Mika Brzezinski, Mirthala Salinas, Morning Joe, Msnbc

  to get an interview with Antonio Villaraigosa, the Democratic mayor of Los Angeles. Villaraigosa has been surrounded by controversy since revelations that he had engaged in an extramarital affair with Spanish language reporter Mirthala Salinas. The video clip showed one female reporter and at least two cameramen chasing the embattled mayor

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• You captioned this pic

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:37 pm

  Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles

  TJ Sullivan snapped the mayor on his cellphone in Westwood Village last week and culled through your caption suggestions. His favorites at Native Intelligence include: "Just tell Rocky to get someone over here before they tow it" "I just looked at it, a nice apartment, and cooler than the one in the Valley." "I've got wine and Chinese food.

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• Brzezinski Reverses on Villaraigosa Story: 'That Story's Important'

  Published: August 7, 2007, 12:42 pm

  Tags: Animal Rights, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Dc Madam, Double Standards, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Political Scandals, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, David Vitter, Joe Scarborough, John Ridley, Mika Brzezinski, Mirthala Salina, Morning Joe

  after Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Before she could catch up with the mayor however, the reporter was intercepted by a very large security guard and sent barreling into the side of what appeared to be a nearby dumpster. At the time Brzezinski brushed off the incident as "not that pressing," in stark contrast to the

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• Mayor and his Valley girl

  Published: August 10, 2007, 3:14 pm

  Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles

  spies caught up with Mayor Villaraigosa and Mirthala Salinas doing some shopping at Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks. The report says that — no surprise — the mayor was happy to see the camera pointed his way while the suspended newscaster was shy about being photographed. Villaraigosa even clicked through the photos to see what was

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• How TMZ Got the Shot of the Week!

  Published: August 10, 2007, 11:30 pm

  Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Antoniovillaraigosa, Mirthala Salinas, Mirthalasalinas

  Filed under: Hook-UpsTMZ.com: The mayor of Los Angeles isn't the biggest star in Hollywood, but being embroiled in a politically fueled adultery scandal with a TV reporter helps boost your TMZ cred -- big time! Say cheesy!Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hasn't been filmed with his... Read more

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• L.A. Times Buries News of L.A. Mayor's Fines, Campaign Violations

  Published: September 11, 2007, 10:14 pm

  Tags: Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Times

  Villaraigosa is not some small-town mayor. The former president of the ACLU of Southern California leads one of the largest cities in the Western hemisphere. He's graced the cover of Newsweek magazine. Hillary Clinton was thrilled to win Antonio's endorsement, and she appointed him to be a national co-chair of her campaign (link/link). Did

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• Obama snags Oprah and Hillary courts Magic

  Published: September 14, 2007, 11:05 pm

  Tags: Obama Vs Hillary, Power Games, Black Endorsements, Black Voters, Political Expediency, Black Politics, Magic Johnson, Antonio Villaraigosa, 2008, Race, Fundraising, Hillary, California Politics, Barack Obama, Politics

  guests included Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Guests at the Obama event included Sidney Poitier, Forest Whitaker and Chris Rock. The divided loyalties among blacks show “the community just isn’t going to go lockstep behind any candidate, even a black one,” said University of California, Los Angeles, political scientist

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• City of L.A. Playing Chicken With Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

  Published: September 18, 2007, 11:53 am

  Tags: Los Angeles, Law, Political Correctness, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, Race, Discrimination

  was vetoed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa last November and the veto was then upheld by the City Council. L.A. Weekly published an interesting take on the Pierce case earlier this summer entitled "What Really Happened in Fire Station 9?" which basically refutes the notion that the infamous "dog food incident" was a racially motivated

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• City Of Los Angeles Settles Tennie Pierce Case for $1.43 Million

  Published: September 22, 2007, 3:02 am

  Tags: Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles, African American, Antonio Villaraigosa, Race, Politics, Discrimination

  provided the text of Mayor Villaraigosa's statement was:MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA STATEMENT ON SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTMAYOR ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSACity of Los AngelesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 21, 2007LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa issued the following statement today regarding the settlement agreement in the case of Tennie Pierce v. City

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• Mirthala's new assignment

  Published: September 25, 2007, 12:13 am

  Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Television

  before her affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa became public. The staff in Burbank was told of the reassignment today. Telemundo executives want to send Salinas to the Inland Empire office to avoid any further conflict of interest for her and the station, the sources said. Both Salinas and her supervisors came under intense criticism after

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