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...like to be in the spotlight. Rather, she likes to help people and let them be in the spotlight. ” Urzua’s behind-the-scenes efficacy was confirmed with the passing of a bill that she helped write with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, which will ensure greater accountability for her home city’s education system. Next year, Urzua will return to LA with Teach for America. But she may have an ulterior motive for returning to her urban California home. “You could ask me anytime of the day, I always...
...cafeteria Atlanticism" - wariness in general, coupled with recognition that there will be places both sides need to do business. When Blair chose to fight the anti-American mood inside the Labour Party at its annual conference last week, he picked for guest speaker the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa - a Hispanic environmentalist and public-transit advocate from a state that just passed into law a version of the Kyoto accords. By the time he finished, the delegates were radiating fraternal feelings toward this representative of the U.S. Frenchman Benjamin Bechaux, 24, who just completed his studies at the prestigious...
...back legs tucked under her and her front legs outstretched. This position is especially dangerous for the circulatory systems of the giant elephants, who rarely sit down. All attempts to treat Gita failed, and officials have not announced the precise cause of Gita's death. L.A. Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa asked the city for "an independent, timely and exhaustive necropsy of Gita to determine the cause of Gita's death...
...whipped up enthusiasm for the March 25 boycott, didn't report to his mike this morning, in support of the boycott, and the station aired a previously taped show. Meanwhile, over the weekend, some members of the We Are America coalition were disheartened to hear that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa would be traveling to Dallas for NFL meetings, rather than participating in their afternoon march. Villaraigosa told TIME.com in March that he preferred to lobby for the McCain-Kennedy Senate bill on immigration reform rather than backing a May 1 protest that encouraged kids to miss school or adults to skip...
Nearly 20 mayors from twelve states joined a packed audience at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night for a speech by Antonio R. Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles and the first Latino to lead the nation’s second-largest city in over a century. Calling himself a “proud progressive,” Villaraigosa said America’s cities form the base of the current progressive political movement. “Survey the political landscapes, and you see that the one place where progressive leaders hold power is in our cities...