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| 2005/5/18 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:37729 Activity:moderate |
5/18 Yes yes yes! Enough with racial fighting, violence, and failing
educational system in the second largest city in the US. DOWN with
wealthy, out of touch white male politicians and in with a new
minority mayor! It is about time. It's a huge victory for diversity,
minorities, and average Americans -white male politician hater
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4554873.stm
\_ Why am I reading about a US mayor on the BBC?
\_ uh, because your sense of perception is usually better when
you're far away, whereas when you're closer things tend to be
over-magnified or distorted? Or if you're asking why a foreign
news cares about a sucky US city, is it because most of the
world is well in tune with what goes on in the US, whereas the
other way is untrue? This is, perhaps we are the most self
indulgent species in the entire planet and we don't care about
the world, or our perception by the world? Or maybe this is
because unlike Europeans, we don't travel as much for
whatever reason? Take your pick.
\_ The Euros as a whole (massive overgeneralization) tend to
look at US politics as a pretty monolithic affair. I
remember my gf watching Rumsfeld get the bitchsmack laid
on him at some Senate hearings and being extremely astounded
at how aggressively they were treating him. You don't often
get that sort of depth of detail in most countries about
other countries' politics. Who here heard of George
Galloway before he appeared in the Senate? (You didn't miss
much) -John
\_ What did BBC have to say about the District 2 special
election in Oakland? 'Cos I'm never heard of any of these
people, and I've been living here for six years and
worked for the City of Oakland for 3.5 years. --erikred
\_ Oakland is not the biggest 5 cities in the US, so it's
not really a city :)
not really a REAL city :)
\_ Damn you and your logic! :)
\_ I thought Oakland is the biggest US city by area,
although not by population.
\_ Not a chance, but you would be forgiven for thinking
so if you've ever driven down San Pablo and then
moved over to International all the way to San
Leandro. Speaking of which, are there any movie
theaters south/east of the Parkway?
\_ Follow-up: Oakland ranks 98th in area among
cities with pop > 100k.
http://www.demographia.com/db-us90city100karea.htm
\_ I love how the state of California is more
densely populated than the city of Anchorage.
\_ This is not the first time LA has a non-white mayor, racist. |
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| news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4554873.stm Printable version Latino challenger is new LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrating his apparent victory Antonio Villaraigosa dedicated his victory to the people of LA The US city of Los Angeles has elected its first Hispanic mayor since the pioneer days of the 19th Century. Antonio Villaraigosa, a son of a Mexican immigrant, defeated incumbent Ma yor Jim Hahn, a fellow Democrat. Mr Villaraigosa said his victory was a moment of unity for a city where L atinos make up 46% of the population. The challenger took a narrow early lead over Mr Hahn with the publication of unofficial postal vote tallies from across the city, and widened his advantage as results began to pour in. Bridging LA's ethnic divide Mr Hahn initially refused to admit defeat, insisting that the result coul d still swing his way. But the swing did not come, and Mr Hahn called his opponent to concede sh ortly after midnight (0700 GMT) "The results of this election say it more eloquently than I ever could," said Mr Villaraigosa, who lost the 2001 election to Mr Hahn. It doesn't matter whether you grew up on t he Eastside or the Westside." Dropout v dynasty Correspondents say the two candidates' sharply contrasting personal backg rounds showed off their essential differences. Mr Villaraigosa, 52, dropped out of high school in deprived East Los Ange les before paying his way through law school and rising to become the sp eaker of the state assembly. A supporter of Antonio Villaraigosa celebrates in Los Angeles In downtown LA champagne flowed as early results came in Mr Hahn, 54, comes from a powerful political dynasty and has been mayor s ince 2001. Mr Hahn is the first incumbent mayor to fail to win re-election since Sam Yorty lost in 1973, when Tom Bradley became the city's first black mayo r He is also the first mayor to lose an election after a single term of off ice since the Great Depression. Mr Villaraigosa's victory will make him Los Angeles' first Hispanic mayor since Cristobel Aguilar in 1872, a time when the city was a dusty front ier town of just 5,000. Mr Hahn began voicing regrets by 2000 (0300 GMT) at an early election par ty in Hollywood, telling supporters: "I should have spent more time brag ging about what I was doing." Earlier, thousands of his supporters gathered in downtown Los Angeles for an election night party in anticipation of a win for their candidate. The BBC's David Willis in Los Angeles says the rising popularity of Mr Vi llaraigosa is seen as a reflection of a shifting demographic in the US, with Latinos becoming more powerful politically. His appeal also stems from being able to reach across racial lines, our c orrespondent says. |
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